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Mint Website Suffers Serious Overloading During Sales of World War II American Eagles

November 6, 2020 by Clinton

It was not a good day for the United States Mint’s website team yesterday. Due to the highest traffic the site has ever seen, many users received loading errors and traffic throttling error notices as the End of World War II American Eagles went on sale. It was a painful experience for users and another in what has increasingly become a frustration for customers of the Mint. The issues started as the gold and silver …

PSA – Sign Up For The Mint’s Enrollment Program

November 5, 2020 by Clinton

A Public Service Announcement and reminder to readers of USCoinNews who buy products from the United States Mint. Consider signing up for the Enrollment Program for your favorite annual products. The Enrollment Program assures that you will get the latest product in the designated series of releases each year, but also gets that to you shipped free. The Mint offers a wide range of Enrollment Program options for various products. These included: American Eagle silver …

American Eagle End of World War II Privy Coin Sales Starts Today

November 5, 2020 by Clinton

2020-W American Eagle End of World War II Privy Silver (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint is set to open sales of the limited edition American Eagle gold and silver Proof coins with the end of World War II privy mark next week. Sales of both the gold proof and silver proof will start at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s site. Both the gold and silver coins have the same Obverse and Reverse designs of the standard releases for each coin. However, on the Obverse of …

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve America The Beautiful Quarter 3-Coin Set Sales Starts Today

November 5, 2020 by Clinton

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve America The Beautiful 3-Coin Set (Image Courtesty of The United States Mint

The United States Mint is set to release the latest 3-coin set in the America the Beautiful Quarter series later today. The set for the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve will go on sale starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. It is priced at $11.50 and available directly from the Mint. The set contains an Uncirculated example of the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Quarter from the Philadelphia and Denver Mints as well as a Proof example from the …

Today’s Deal – 2-Coin 2017 Native American Dollar Set

November 4, 2020 by Clinton

Today’s Deal is on a brilliant uncirculated 2-coin set of 2017 Native American Dollars. The two coins, one from the Denver Mint and one from the Philadelphia Mint, are available from SmyrnaCoin on their Amazon storefront for $11.99. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. This article contains links that, when clicked and a purchase is made, will generate a small commission to the site. Those commissions are used to help pay for the upkeep and hosting …

Crime Blotter: Coin Shop Theft in Benbrook, Texas

November 3, 2020 by Clinton

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The Numismatic Crime Information Center (NCIC) and Benbrook, Texas Police Department are asking for the public’s help in solving a break in at a local coin and jewelry store. The crime happened at J&J Coins & Jewelry located on Williams Road in Benbrook, Texas. Access to the shop was gained by pushing a hole in the rear wall of the business. Once inside, alarms were triggered but video footage shows a single suspect moving room-to-room …

Mint Sales Report – November 1, 2020

November 3, 2020 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report to the public. The report covers the last seven days of sales for the Mint, ending November 1, 2020. As expected, the recently released Massachusetts American Innovation Dollar products had a strong showing in their first week of sales while annual sets and bullion products remained strong sellers. Take the top selling product honors for the week was the 2020 Proof Set. The standard set …

Mail Bag – Where Do You Buy Bullion Coins?

November 3, 2020 by Clinton

Today’s Mail Bag question comes from a regular visitor, Evan. He asks I buy bullion coins for my collection and/or investments. It is a great question Evan and one I’m happy to share my thoughts on. Hi, Long time reader of your site. Thanks for it. Where do you buy your bullion coins? I see you post pictures of some of them on Instagram but obviously you can’t buy one from 1988 mint’s website. Thanks. …

World’s Money Fair in Berlin Goes Virtual Due to COVID-19

November 2, 2020 by Clinton

The World’s Money Fair set to take place January 29-31, 2021 in Berlin has been cancelled as an in-person event. Instead, organizers will move it to a virtual show that will allow vendors to have virtual booths to sell their Numismatic products. The move comes as a direct result of the ongoing and now surging COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. While not explicitly stated in the update from the organizers, it is likely they could not …

NGC Announces Special Designations and Labels for End of World War II 75th Anniversary American Eagles

November 2, 2020 by Clinton

2020-W End of World War II 75th Annivesary Privy American Eagle (Image Couresty of NGC)

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has announced that they will have special designations and labels available for the upcoming End of World War II 75th Anniversary American Eagles. Both the gold and silver American Eagles bearing the “V75” privy mark go on sale later this week on November 5, 2020. As is usually the case, NGC will offer special designations for First Release and Early Release coins as well as a special label available to those …