2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site 5-Ounce Silver Coin Sales Start April 8

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The United States Mint is set to begin sales of the final five ounce American the Beautiful silver coin next week. The 2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site silver coin will go on sale at Noon Eastern on April 8, 2021. The coin will be available directly from the United States Mint’s website and is priced at $229.00. The Mint will only be producing 20,000 of the coins but there is no household limit on …

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2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site 3-Coin Set Sales Start Today

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The United States Mint is set to release the final 3-coin set in the American the Beautiful Quarter series later today. The 2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site set will go on sale at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific at the United States Mint website. Overall it is the penultimate product for the 2021 Tuskegee Airmen Quarter, with the 5-ounce silver bullion coin set for release in the Spring. For those of you who are in …

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Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site American the Beautiful Bags & Rolls Sales Start Today

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The America the Beautiful Quarter series will come to a close today when the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Quarter goes on sale. Sales of bags and rolls will be begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the United States Mint’s website. The release will represent the 56th and final coin in the America the Beautiful series of Quarters. The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of primarily African-American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II. …

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Opinion – The US Mint Must Improve Its Site Stamina Under Stress

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Last week, the remaining 2019 Enhanced Reverse Proof American Eagle silver 1-ounce coins went on sale. In all, there were an estimated 60 of the coins available so the odds of actually being able to purchase one was long. Every Numismatist knew that they would go quick and they did – less than 10 seconds quick based on various reports. That was not unexpected. The issue for many was that, during the brief time that …

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USCoinNews Now Supports Web App Installs

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A bit of site news for USCoinNews readers this morning – you can now install the site as a web app on your Windows PC or Mac. I made a behind-the-scenes update that allows this now from Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge on those platforms. Technically, the feature is called a Progressive Web App, or PWA. It allows a site to be installed as an app on your device which you can then access with …

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American Numismatic Society Launches CoinHoards.org Site

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The American Numismatic Society has announced on their blog the launch of a new site, CoinHoards. The site is a research tool for ancient Greek numismatics and ancient economies. It provides primary data and other information on 2,387 hoards of coins produced by Greeks and other non-Roman peoples between circa 650 and 30 BCE. The American Numismatic Society is pleased to announce the launch of CoinHoards, a new web-based, linked open data tool for research in …

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ANA Updates Site to be More Mobile Friendly

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The American Numismatic Association (ANA) has announced some changes to their website that are aimed to make navigation easier on mobile devices. Like many sites, the ANA’s originated with a focus on desktop computer running MacOS or Windows 10. Increasingly however, access to the site was coming from mobile devices like iPhones and Android phones. Therefore, the Association focused efforts to make it more friendly to those device. You can find the new site here. …

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Weir Farm National Historic Site 2020 America the Beautiful Quarters Launch Cancelled

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The following is a Press Release from the United States Mint on their cancellation of the launch event and coin forum for the upcoming Weir Farm America the Beautiful Quarter. The event had been scheduled to take place April 6-7, 2020 at the site in Connecticut. The cancellation is due to the state’s continuing efforts to stop the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont (D) has signed an executive order …

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ACEF Reports Silver Related Scams During Recent Bullion Rush

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The Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (ACEF) has released the following Press Release concerning recent scams found to attract buyers of counterfeit United States silver dollars. The rise in these scams has principally come from the steady rise of silver bullion in the market. February 11, 2021 — The recent panic buying of silver bullion has sparked a significant increase in fraudulent or misleading online advertising to lure unsuspecting retail buyers to purchase counterfeit United States silver dollars, …

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Whitman Expo March 2021 Baltimore Event Cancelled

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Chalk up another coin expo cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Whitman Expo has announced that its Spring event slated for March has been cancelled. This is due to the restrictions in place in Maryland and the city of Baltimore in efforts to contain the pandemic, which has now claimed over 415,000 Americans in the past year. Below is the full Press Release from the Expo. The March 25–27, 2021, Whitman Coin & …

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