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2019 Uncirculated Mint Set Dominates Mint Sales Report for Week Ending June 16, 2019

July 31, 2019June 18, 2019 by Clinton

The US Mint has released its sales report for the week ending June 16, 2019. Once again, this week’s report was dominated by the 2019 Uncirculated Mint Set. That set, product 19RJ, added an impressive 188,467 units to its sales total, which has now pushed past the 214,000 mark (214,720). To put that in perspective, consider these facts: The 2019 Uncirculated Mint Set only went on sale May 14, 2019 The 2018 Uncirculated Mint Set …

CCAC Releases Images of Proposed Steve Gleason Congressional Gold Medal

July 31, 2019June 18, 2019 by Clinton

As a result of their meeting today, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has released the proposed images for the upcoming Steve Gleason Congressional Gold Medal. These recommended proposals were released along side the Anwar El Sadat images that CCAC also is considering. In all, there are 10 Obverses and 10 Reverses being considered in honor of former NFL player Steve Gleason. Gleason is best known for a blocked punt in 2006 while playing for …

CCAC Releases Images of Proposed Anwar El Sadat Congressional Gold Medal

August 1, 2019June 18, 2019 by Clinton

Yesterday I posted about the meeting today for the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, or CCAC. We now can see some of the fruits of the meeting. On the US Mint site, images of the 2020 Congressional Gold Medal honoring former Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat are available for review. In all, there are 14 Obverses and 14 Reverse that are being considered. You can view all of them in a gallery here on the Mint’s …

War in the Pacific National Historical Park 3-Coin Set on Sale Today

August 1, 2019June 18, 2019 by Clinton

2019 War in the Pacific National Historical Park Quarter Reverse

The special 3-coin set for the War in the Pacific National Historical Park Quarter will be going on sale later today. The set will be available from on the US Mint site starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 am Pacific and is priced at $9.95. The follows up on the release of rolls and bags of the Quarter being made available by the Mint earlier this month. The set includes an uncirculated example of the recently …

Mail Bag – Is There a Good Coin Grading Book?

August 1, 2019June 18, 2019 by Clinton

Today’s Mail Bag question is from Carl B. and it concerns coin grading books. They write, Hi, I wanted to ask what you think is a good coin grading book. I’ve been looking and there are a lot of them. I’m new to coin collecting and I’m looking for a book that will help me get better and grading what I have. Carl First Carl, thanks for your question and taking the time to send …

SS Central America Treasure Reveals Extremely Rare 1856-S Dime

August 9, 2019June 18, 2019 by Clinton

Retrieved in latest sunken treasure recovery, top rarity is now graded PCGS MS-65 CAC, tied for finest known (Brea, California) June 14, 2019 — The S.S. Central America, the famous “Ship of Gold” that sank in 1857 carrying tons of California Gold Rush-era treasure, continues to reveal astonishing numismatic surprises. The latest find is an extremely rare mint condition 1856 San Francisco Mint Liberty Seated silver dime that is now tied for finest known and described …

Today’s Deal – Guardhouse Coin Roll Boxes Starting at $12

August 9, 2019June 17, 2019 by Clinton

Today’s Deal is a great opportunity to stock up on coin roll storage boxes for your roll collections. Over at Amazon, Guardhouse has storage boxes for Cents, Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Half Dollars start at $11.72. Each box is color coded for the type of coin you are storing and can hold paper wrapped rolls as well as rolls in plastic storage tubes. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. This article contains …

1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent Sells for $50,400 at Auction

August 9, 2019June 17, 2019 by Clinton

For most Lincoln Cent collectors, the holy grail of the series is the 1909-S VDB. The first year run of the coin in San Francisco was only 484,000 before the design was changed after public outcry on the size of designer Victor David Brenner’s initials on the Reverse. That low mintage has made this particular Cent a key coin to the series and finding them in high quality has proven to be difficult at best. …

CCAC Meeting Set for June 18 to Discuss Congressional Medals and Commemorative Coins

August 9, 2019June 17, 2019 by Clinton

The United States Mint has announced that the next public meeting of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) will take place tomorrow, June 18, 2019, in Washington D.C. The meeting is open to the public and those admitted into the conference room are on a first come first served basis. The meeting has a primary agenda of reviewing and discussing candidate designs for two congressional medals as well as the reverse for the 2020 Basketball …

Mail Bag – The America The Beautiful W Quarter are not Fair

August 13, 2019June 14, 2019 by Clinton

Today’s Mail Bag feature comes from reader Adrian H.. His question has to do with finding the American the Beautiful W Quarter in the wild, no matter which particular one. He contacted me via the contact form on the About page here on the site. You can too by going to this link, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and sending me a question or comment. Hi, I have been trying for months to …