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Mint Releases Five-Ounce San Antonio Missions Coin

August 30, 2019 by Clinton

2019-P San Antonio Missions Five Ouce Reverse

As part of the series of releases celebrating the release of the latest America the Beautiful Quarter, the United States Mint has released the five-ounce silver bullion coin for the new San Antonio Missions Quarter. The three-inch coin is minted at the Philadelphia facility, is made of 99.9% pure silver, and celebrates the 49th Quarter in the series. The San Antonio Missions were among the largest concentrations of Spanish missions in North America, established in …

Mint Sales Report – American Eagle Silver Proof Continues Strong Sales

August 30, 2019 by Clinton

2019 American Eagle Silver Proof Obverse

The United States Mint has released its sales report for the 7-day period ending August 24, 2019. It shows that the 2019-S American Eagle silver Proof continues its strong start while the annual Proof and Uncirculated sets continue their strong sales that has happened over the summer months. The 2019-S American Eagle silver Proof added another impressive 23,026 units to its sales total, which now sits at 107,132. That is a solid start for a …

2019-W American Eagle Palladium Reverse Proof Coin Coming September 5th

August 30, 2019 by Clinton

The much anticipated 2019-W American Eagle Palladium bullion coin is set to be released by the United States Mint next week. The one ounce coin will come in a Reverse Proof finish and will have a production limit of only 30,000 coins. Like the 2017 and 2018 variants on this bullion coin, the 2019-W is expected to go fast. This particular series of bullion coins started in 2017 with an uncirculated version that year. It …

Mint Sales Report – New Releases Show Strong Sales

August 20, 2019 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its latest sales figures. The report is dated August 18, 2019 and represents sales for the previous 7-day period. In that time, the Mint released several commemorative and precious medal products and, as expected, they showed strong initial sales. In fact, three of the top ten selling items this week debuted on this week’s report. Take the top spot was the new 2018 American Innovation Dollar Reverse Proof coin. …

Mint Produced 1.3 Billion Coins in July 2019

August 19, 2019 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its production report for July 2019. In it, it shows that 1.329 billion coins were produced across both the Denver and Philadelphia locations for the month. That is down from the over 2 billion produced in June. The report is for circulation coins only and does not include commemoratives or special production coins like proofs. Overall, 714,800,000 Cents were produced in July with 353,600,000 coming from the Denver mint …

2018-S Reverse Proof American Innovation Dollar Released

August 19, 2019 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released the 2018-S Reverse Proof of the first American Innovation Dollar. The coin comes in a four-panel holder and is comfortably priced at $9.95. There is no household limit on the number that can be bought. However, production is limited to just 75,000 coins. At the time of this article’s posting, the coin was listed as “unavailable”. That likely means all of them have been sold. The new American Innovation …

Final America The Beautiful Quarter Designs Released

August 19, 2019 by Clinton

2021 America The Beautiful - Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site

The final six America The Beautiful Quarter designs have been released by the United States Mint. Five of the new designs will be released in 2020 while the final design, honoring the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site will be released in 2021. For 2020, we will see the following designs released by the Mint: National Park of American Samoa Weir Farm National Historic Site Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National …

2019 American Innovation Dollar Designed Released

August 19, 2019 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released the final designs for the 2019 American Innovation Dollar coins. The four coins, representing Delaware, Georgia, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, are the first full year of production for the latest dollar coin. This followed the introduction coin last year, representing the first patent in the United States signed by George Washington. The new series is set to continue through 2032 with each coin having a common Obverse and a …

Mint Sales Report – American Eagle Proof Debuts

August 14, 2019 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released the latest sales report and the Mint’s two newest Numismatic products have made their debut. The recently released 2019-S American Eagle Silver Proof not only appeared for the first time in the report, it took the top sales honors for the 7-day period ending August 11, 2019. 72,463 of the San Francisco minted bullion coins were sold during the week, pushing it well clear of all others in the …

Former Police Chief Doug Davis Named Anti-Counterfeiting Director of the Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation

August 13, 2019 by Clinton

(Rosemont, Illinois) August 13, 2019 – Doug Davis, founder of the Numismatic Crime Information Center (www.NumismaticCrimes.org) and a former Police Chief of the Dallas suburb of Pantego, Texas, has been selected by the nonprofit Anti-Counterfeiting Educational Foundation (ACEF www.ACEF online.org) to be its next Director of Anti-Counterfeiting. Doug Davis has more than 30 years of experience in law enforcement and in helping to combat numismatic-related crimes. He served the past two years as Chair …