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Weir Farm National Historic Site 3-Coin Set Now Available

June 29, 2020 by Clinton

The United States Mint has opened up sales of the 3-coin Uncirculated set of Weir Farm National Historic Site America the Beautiful Quarters. The placard has an Uncirculated specimen from the Denver, Philadelphia, and San Francisco Mints with the Mint’s Certificate of Authenticity on the back of the card. It is priced at $11.50 and available directly from the Mint. The Weir Farm set is the second such set sold by the Mint this year, …

Mint Sales Report – June 21, 2020

June 29, 2020June 23, 2020 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report. The report covers sales for the 7-day period ending June 21, 2020. As has been the case for much of 2020, the Annual Sets produced by the Mint continue to be popular items while the recently released Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coins continue to sell well after a few weeks of availability. The top two selling items this week were the 2020 Proof Set …

NGC to Offer a Special Grading Event Following ANA Show Suspension

June 22, 2020 by Clinton

The following is a Press Release from Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) and the American Numismatic Association (ANA). It announced a special grading event for collectors who submit coins for grading. The event runs July 27 through August 7th and a wide range of services will automatically be discounted by 20%. This special event comes after the ANA announced the suspension of the 2020 World’s Fair of Money that had been slated for August in Pittsburg. …

CCAC Releases Design Candidates for Secretary Mnuchin Medal

June 22, 2020 by Clinton

Steven Mnuchin Secretary of the Treasury Medal

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has released the candidate designs for the upcoming Secretary of the Treasury Medal honoring the 77th Secretary, Steven Mnuchin. The medal, set for release next year, will be a 3-inch bronze medal and continues one of the newer medal series offered by the United States Mint. The Secretary of the Treasury Medal series began in 2017, honoring the 74th Secretary, Henry Paulson. All of the medals honoring the previous …

Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Design Candidates Released

June 22, 2020 by Clinton

Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Obverse

The design candidates for the upcoming Congressional Gold Medal honoring Larry Doby have been released by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, or CCAC. The design is expected to be finalized this year with the medal being released in 2021. Larry Doby was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball who was the second black player to break baseball’s color barrier and the first black player in the American League. …

Donald Trump Presidential Medal Design Candidates Released by CCAC

June 22, 2020 by Clinton

The design candidates for the Presidential Medal for President Donald Trump have been released to the public by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. The medal series commemorates each United States President – and each term they serve – with two bronze medals: 1-5/16th inch medal and a larger 3-inch medal. The United States Mint honors our Nation’s past Presidents with Presidential Medals. A detailed likeness of America’s Commanders-in-Chief appears on the keepsakes’ obverse, while the …

Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Candidate Designs Released by CCAC

June 22, 2020 by Clinton

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has released the candidate designs for the Obverse and Reverse for the upcoming Christa McAuliffe commemorative coin series. The law authorizing the series was signed in October 2019. The legislation calls for the United States Mint to produce 350,000 silver Dollar coins that would feature McAuliffe on the Obverse and a Reverse that would “portray her legacy as a teacher”. McAuliffe, the first teacher for the Teacher in Space Program from …

CCAC Releases Armed Forces Marine Corps Silver Medal Candidates

June 22, 2020 by Clinton

Armed Forces Silver Medal - Marine Corps (Images Courtesy of CCAC)

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has released candidate images for the 2021 Armed Forces Silver Medal honoring the United States Marine Corps. Founded in 1775, The United States Marines are responsible for expeditionary and amphibious operations with the United States Navy. Since 1834, the Marine Corps has been a component of the Navy. The United States Marine Corps traces its roots to the Continental Marines of the American Revolutionary War, formed by Captain Samuel Nicholas by a resolution of …

CCAC Releases American Eagle Reverse Candidates

June 22, 2020 by Clinton

American Eagle Proof and bullion Gold Coin Reverse

As reported back in January, the American Eagle gold and silver coins are slated for a Reverse make over in 2021. Next year represents the 35th anniversary of the release of the series, making a change of the Reverse of the gold proof and silver bullion coin timely. Coming out of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) meeting last week, we now have a glimpse of what that new Reverse could look like next year. …

Pittsburgh 2020 PNG Day Is Canceled

June 18, 2020 by Clinton

The knock-on effect of the suspension of this year’s World’s Fair of Money is that it has also cancelled a PNG event. The Professional Numismatic Guild traditionally holds a PNG day at the event but with the overall Fair now suspended, PNG has decided to call time on the event. PNG Day was scheduled to take place on Monday, August 3rd at the convention in Pittsburgh. Here is the full Press Release from PNG. (Pittsburgh, …