Information & News About United States Coins
Today’s Deal is a great way to stock up on 3-ring binder coin pages for your collecting. Over on Amazon, you can pick up a 100-count box of 20-Pocket 2×2 pages for $22. That’s .22 Cents per page and probably is enough to keep most readers going for a while. If you are an Amazon Prime customer, 2-day shipping is free. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. Today’s Deal articles contains links that, when clicked …
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation, or NGC, has opened up public voting for the 20th anniversary label for the Sacagawea Dollar. The four panels will be available in 2020 as part of the celebration around the dollar coin’s release. The four panels are all unique but all highlight Sacagawea or the coin itself in some way. Voting can be found at this link and you have until December 15, 2019 to cast your vote. After that, NGC …
Today’s Deal is on a great, 3-Coin set of 1937 Buffalo Nickel coins. The set consists of three About-Uncirculated (AU) coins and is $27.99 on Amazon. 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 of the site. Thank you. In this set, you will …
The Roosevelt Dime is one of the longest production coins without any design changes in our nation’s history. Released in January 1946, aside from alloy changes from silver to the nickel-clad version of today, the 10 cent piece has remained unchanged as it honors President Franklin D Roosevelt. The move to change the Dime began almost immediately after President Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945. Historically, Roosevelt was a towering figure, leading the United States …
The United States Mint announced the appointment of Dr. Lawrence S. Brown to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) as a member representing the interests of the general public in the coinage of the United States. This appointment for a statutory term of four years will fill the vacancy on the CCAC created by the term expiration of Erik Jansen. A life-long numismatist, Dr. Brown traces his fascination with coins back to his adolescence in …
The fourth and final silver Presidential Medal is set to go on sale today. The medal honoring the United States sixth President, John Quincy Adams, will be available to collectors starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on Monday, November 18, 2019. Like the other Presidential Silver Medals, the John Quincy Adams medal measures 1.6″ in diameter and features a plain edge. The Obverse was designed and engraved by Moritz Furst while the Reverse was designed …
Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) has partnered with APMEX (www.APMEX.com), the largest online retailer of precious metals, to offer an exciting new product geared toward bullion enthusiasts beginning in 2020. It combines APMEX’s popular MintDirect® products with desirable PCGS FirstStrike® certification eligibility. For years, APMEX has had success selling United States Mint products sealed in protective plastic to ensure they remain in the same unopened, untouched, unsorted and unsearched condition just as they were received …
Earlier in the month I reported on the burglary of famed Numismatist Ken Bressett’s home in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The break-in to the Bressett residence happened on November 2, 2019. Now we have a better picture of the extent of the theft. The Colorado Springs, Colorado police department along with the Numismatic Crime Information Center has released a full list of the items stolen in the robbery. Several pieces of spade, knife, Key and other …
As previously reported, the Frank Church River of No Return 5-ounce silver coin is now available. The coin is selling for $154.95 and available directly from the United States Mint’s site. The hefty five-ounce round bares the same Obverse and Reverse of the latest ATB quarter, commemorating the Idaho wilderness. However, unlike the reed edge of the Quarter, this silver coin has a smooth edge with its metal quantity imprinted on it. The River of …
If you were hoping to get your hands on the 2019-S American Eagle Reverse Proof, chances are you’ve missed out. The latest iteration of the bullion silver coin went on sale today at Noon Eastern. All indications are that it sold out in less than 20 minutes. Only 30,000 of the coins were produced so it was an automatic that it would be a quick sellout. But many users on Reddit and Twitter reported unable …