Information & News About United States Coins
NGC has announced a new service in conjunction with their partnership with eBay. The new NGC Expert Review allows buyers of coins to have an NGC grading expert look at the eBay listing and give a judgement both on the grade and if the coin is genuine. The service starts as low as $5 per eBay listing and you get an opinion on that coin within two business days. With NGC Expert Review, buyers of …
Normally for my Coin History column, I look back at coins of the past. For this one however, I’m going to look forward to a new coin that is truly rolling out this year. The American Innovation Dollar Coin. The new Dollar coin came about through legislation passed in 2018 and is set to run through the year 2032. In all, there will be 57 coins released in the program with the first one released …
There was little doubt that the new Pride of Two Nations two-coin set from the United States Mint and the Royal Canadian Mint sold well but now we know just how well. The Mint sales report for the week ending July 7, 2019 is now live. The top selling product by a long way was the two coin set. Overall, 95,308 of the 100,000 available in the United States were sold. The reality is, the …
If you haven’t picked up your 2020 edition of A Guide Book of United States Coins, a.k.a the Red Book, now’s your chance. Right now on Amazon you can pick up the 73rd Edition of the book for $13.27 on Amazon. That’s about $6 less than the retail price for the book. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. This article contains links that, when clicked and a purchase is made, will generate …
At the upcoming World’s Fair of Money event in Chicago, the American Numismatic Association will be hosting their annual ANA Legacy interview series. The event will be held on Thursday, August 15, at 5 p.m. in room 44 at the World’s Fair of Money. This year, the interviewees are a real treat and if you are going to be at the show, and are an ANA member, you should definitely stop to see. The guests …
Today’s Mail Bag question comes from Raul and it has to do with commemorative coins. His question is simple: Is it worth collecting them? Clinton, I saw your Twitter post this week on a Geo(rge) Washington commemorative coin you got. What do you think of it? Is it worth collecting these types of coins too? Raul First, for those that missed the Tweet, this is the one he is referring to in his email: As …
The United States Mint has updated their monthly production report for June 2019 and it shows that the Denver and Philadelphia Mint locations produced 2,043,308,000 in the month. That brings the total production across both Mint locations for the year up to 7,600,608,000. The report shows that the two primary production Mint locations produced the Lincoln Cent, Jefferson Nickel, Roosevelt Dime, and Washington Quarter in the month. No Kennedy Half Dollars, Native American Dollars, or …
The United States Mint has confirmed to Coin World that there will be no W mint marked coins at the upcoming San Antonio Missions America The Beautiful Quarter event in September. The new San Antonio Missions Quarter will be introduced at an event on September 5, 2019 at 10:00 am Central in San Antonio, Texas. The coin exchange event is slated to start at that time and will take place at the Laurie Auditorium at …
Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) has begun offering the desirable “Prooflike” designation to qualifying Mint State Coins, Tokens, and Medals. It applies to both United States coinage as well as world coinage. As of July 1, all mint state coins, tokens and medals, U.S. and world, that meet the PCGS Prooflike standards now are eligible for PL designation. Brett Charville, PCGS President PCGS defines Prooflike when on a coin’s surface there is a clear reflection …
Colonel Steven K Ellsworth, Ret. is set to become the 61st President of the American Numismatic Association (ANA). Col. Ellsworth, a long time member of the ANA, received 3,206 votes in the election held in June for ANA members. He will be joined by Dr. Ralph Ross as Vice President. Both will be sworn in at the World’s Fair of Money event in Chicago next month. New members to the board of Governors include Muriel …