Information & News About United States Coins
The United States Mint has released its circulating coinage production report for September 2020. For the month, 1.422 billion coins were produced by the Mint, down slightly from the 1.657 billion produced in August. So far for 2020, the Mint has produced over 11 billion coins, ahead of 2019’s figures by this point by some 2 billion coins. As is usually the case, the Lincoln Cent was the most produced coin for the month. 734 …
The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report today. The report dated October 4, 2020 covers sales for the previous seven days by the mint across all of its numismatic products. As has been the case throughout much of 2020, annual sets and bullion products continued to be strong sellers for the Mint. Reclaiming the top selling product spot this pas week was the 2020 Proof Set. 7,482 of these annual sets were …
The following is a Press Release from PCGS where they announce that all of their encapsulated coins, medals, tokens, and banknotes will have Near Field Communication (NFC) technology starting this month. This technology allows for quicker and more accurate verification of coins as the grading company continues its efforts to thwart counterfeiting of their holders. (Santa Ana, California – October 1, 2020) – Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) has announced that it will begin embedding …
The United States Mint has released the line art for the new Reverse designs for the 2021 American Eagle gold and silver bullion coins. As previously reported, the gold and silver Eagle’s will be getting updates as the program reaches is 35th year next year. The 2021 American Eagle gold Reverse design was designed by Mint Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) designer Jennie Norris. The Reverse will be scuttled by Mint Medallic Artist Renata Gordon. The …
The United States Mint will open up sales of the 2020 America the Beautiful Quarters Circulating Coin Sets next Thursday, October 8th. The sets will go on sale at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific and is priced at $10.00. The 10-coin set includes this year’s American the Beautiful Quarters, with one specimen of each of the five Quarters from the Denver and Philadelphia Mints. The 2020 set features America the Beautiful Quarters honoring the National …
The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2020 American Innovation Dollar Proof Set on Thursday, October 8, 2020. Sales will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific with the set priced at $24.00. The set contains all four of the American Innovation Dollar coins that have been or will be released this year in one lens. All four of the proof coins are minted at the San Francisco Mint. The 2020 American Innovation …
The following is a Press Release from PCGS, announcing two winners of the latest Coin Quest for the 2020-W Vermont America the Beautiful Quarter. The two winners will split the $2000 prize being offered by the grading company. Like previous releases, the 2020-W Vermont Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park quarter was intermixed in standard rolls of the quarter by the United States Mint upon release into circulation. (Santa Ana, California – September 29, 2020) – The …
The United States Mint has published its weekly sales report for the week ending September 27, 2020. Unsurprisingly, the slew of new products introduced last week by the Mint were on the top ten selling products list while annual sets continued their strong showing that has been the case for most of 2020. The top selling product last week was the 2020-W American Eagle Palladium Uncirculated 1-Ounce coin. 9,971 of the 10,000 of these bullion …
The United States House of Representatives last week passed H.R. 4104, titled Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act. The bill authorizes the Department of Treasury to create a wide range of commemorative coins to celebrate the centennial of the founding of the Negro Leagues of Baseball. H.R. 4104 was introduced on July 30, 2019 by Emmanuel Cleaver (D-MO) but it was not until September 22, 2020 that the bill passed the House. It was …
The Connecticut American Innovation Dollar bags & rolls products will go on sale today starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific at the United States Mint. Bags and Rolls of the fifth coin of the American Innovation Dollar series will be available for purchase. The follows the release of the Reverse Proof of the coin back in July. As has been the case with previous American Innovation Dollar releases, there will be a total of four bulk …