Information & News About United States Coins
The next Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) meeting has been scheduled with a large list of topics to be discussed. The meeting will take place on June 23rd starting at 9:00 AM Eastern and will go through until 4:00 PM Eastern. Due to the continuing concerns around COVID-19, the meeting will take place via telephone conference and not be an in-person meeting. The agenda for the June 23rd meeting is packed, with the following items …
Another coin show has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Forida United Numismatists, or FUN, announced they are cancelling their Summer FUN 2020 show. It had been scheduled for July but the FUN board determined that that, “the “cons” far outweigh the “pros” at this point in time” Here is the full Press Release from FUN. It is with great disappointment that the FUN board of directors is announcing Summer FUN 2020 is cancelled. The FUN …
The United States Mint has released is weekly sales report this morning for the 7-day period ending May 24, 2020. The report shows that, unexpectedly, the latest America the Beautiful Quarter products for Weir Farm occupied many of the top 10 sales slots for the week. The top selling product, and somewhat of a surprise, was the 2020 America the Beautiful Silver Uncirculated 5-ounce coin for Weir Farm. A total of 11,818 of these were …
The American Numismatic Society (ANS) has posted the latest episode in the Money Talks lecture series on YouTube. The newest talk is titled Currency with Consequences: Circulating Counterfeits in the United States and, as the name suggests, discusses counterfeit coins that are circulated here in the United States. Counterfeits in our national coinage – indeed, virtually every country’s coinage – is not new, and the history of it and the detection of those coins is …
The American Numismatic Association (ANA) has announced that it is continuing to plan on holding the 2020 World’s Fair of Money. Admitting that the situation is fluid, the ANA is working both with the State of Pennsylvania, the City of Pittsburgh, and the David L. Lawrence Convention Center regarding the summer convention. To that end, the bourse will be more spread out this year versus previous years while modifications to meeting rooms and even hosting …
The United Stats Mint will open sales for the 2020 Kennedy Half Dollar on Monday, June 1, 2020. Sales will begin promptly at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. The Half Dollar will be sold in 200-coin bags from the Denver and Philadelphia Mints as well as a 2-roll set from both Mints. As many readers will know, the Kennedy Half Dollar is not released into general circulation but rather made in smaller numbers for collectors …
Memorial Day is a day set aside on the last Monday of each May to allow us as United States citizens to reflect up on those how have sacrificed their lives while in military service. The honoring of our military dead is not limited just to a particular branch of the military nor to a particular conflict. Memorial Day was formerly known as Decoration Day and was a day set aside after the Civil War …
Today’s Deal is one that I’ve posted before but it is still a great deal that remains available to readers. It is on the Guardhouse flips for your coin storage. You can pick up a 100 pack of the flips, with inserts, for $12.64 on Amazon right now. That is the lowest price I’ve seen on these flips and it includes free shipping for Prime customers. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. This article contains links …
Today’s Mail Bag question comes from Amber and they ask a simple question: Are Proof Sets worth the effort to collect? It is a valid question that I suspect more than one numismatist has asked themselves from time-to-time. But the answer to this simple question is a bit more complicated. Hi, I just started collecting coins and I have been looking at proof sets on amazon and ebay. Are they worth collecting? I think they …
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) has certified the first Olympic gold medal for basketball ever awarded. This ultimate symbol of the sport’s rise to a global phenomenon was presented to US team captain William “Bill” Wheatley by James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, during the 1936 Berlin Olympics. With Germany as the host country and the world on the eve of war, tensions were high during the 1936 Summer Olympic Games. The event — one of …