Information & News About United States Coins
Today’s Mail Bag question comes from Randy and their question is about a coin grading book. Specifically, they want to know which one is the best one to use for grading their collection as well as learn a little bit more about them. In my view, there is only one answer to Randy’s question. Hi, Thanks for answering my question. I’m just starting out my collection but want to get better and grading my coins. …
The United States Mint will open sales of the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park 3-Coin set today at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. The set is priced at $11.50 and contains an Uncirculated example of the coin from the Denver and Philadelphia Mints and a Proof example from the San Francisco Mint. This is the last of the products for this particular America the Beautiful Quarter as the Rolls & Bags were released in September as …
The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report for the 7-day period ending October 18, 2020. As expected, the new American Eagle Silver Proof coin had a strong week of initial sales while annual sets from the Mint continued their domination of the top ten selling products list as they have done throughout much of 2020. The 2020-S American Eagle silver 1-Ounce Proof bullion coin was introduced on Tuesday of last week and …
Today’s Mail Bag question is one that I suspect many collectors starting out ask: Should I join the American Numismatic Association or should I join the American Numismatic Society. That’s exactly the question that Andrew submitted to the Mail Bag a few weeks ago. Hi, I’m starting out and I’m trying to decide if I should join either the ANA or the ANS. Which you do you suggest? Thanks, Andrew Andrew, the answer is yes! …
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 …
The Numismatic Crime Information Center (NCIC) has reported the theft of three coins – a gold Half Eagle and two ancient coins – in an apparent mail theft earlier this month. The incident involved a United States Postal Service package on or around October 5, 2020. The package, which is still listed as being “in transit” was being shipped from Baynton Beach, FL to Sacramento, CA. When the package arrived, the package had been tampered …
The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report for the week ending October 11, 2020. Annual sets from the Mint continued to be strong sellers in the week as well as one of the two new products that the Mint released last week. In total, the Mint sold 5,443,678 products for the week. The top selling product was the newly introduced 2020 American Innovation Dollar Proof Set. 46,546 of the sets were sold …
The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2020-S American Eagle silver Proof bullion coin later today. Sales will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. While the Mint has no household sales limit on the coin, only 200,000 of them will be produced this year and they likely will sell quickly. This year, the coin is priced at $73. 2020 represents the last year of the current Reverse design of the silver American …
The following is a Press Release from the United States Mint announcing that the 2020 Uncirculated Coin annual set will go on sale starting November 30th. The annual set will be priced at $25.25 and will be available directly from the Mint. 213,000 sets are set to be produced this year with no household limit on the number that can be purchased when they do go on sale next month. Of particular note, the Mint …
The following is a Press Release from the American Numismatic Association, announcing that the Association’s board of Governors has approved a $5.17 Million budget for its next financial year. The ANA’s financial year 2020-2021 begins on November 1, 2020. The Governors held their meeting on September 29th virtually with the new budget reflecting a nearly 10% decrease in budget from FY 2019-2020. The vote on the budget by the Governors was unanimous. At a Sept. …