Information & News About United States Coins
A special mint strike 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar has set a record at auction. The 90% silver coin with champagne toning recently sold for a stunning $108,000 at Heritage Auctions. The coins was PCGS certified at MS-67 and is one of roughly a dozen examples of this particular coin with a special strike. PCGS notes that it is a “SMS”, or Special Mint Strike So what is a special mint strike? Essentially it is a …
At an event in Asan, Guam, United States Mint Director David J. Ryder announced the release of the latest America The Beautiful Quarter. The War in The Pacific National Historical Park, which is in the United States Territorial island, is a place of remembrance and to honor those who fought, suffered atrocities, or died in World War II during the Japanese occupation of the Island. War in the Pacific National Historical Park was established to …
The United States Mint has published their weekly sales report for the period of April 22-28, 2019. For the second week in a row, the 2019 Silver Proof Set is the top seller for the Mint. In the reporting period, 16,856 units were sold. That brings the total up to 208,526 units. The total is impressive given the Silver Proof Set has only been available for 12 days (to the end of the report). The …
When it comes to coin collecting, one of the early questions you will have to ask yourself is, “How am I going to catalog my coins“? It is a fair question and one that collectors have had to ask themselves for generations. The challenge is, once you pick a particular numbering system to catalog your coins, you are probably stuck with it for good. Can you imaging having to re-catalog hundreds of coins? Me either. …
Today’s Deal is a great way to build your America the Beautiful Quarter collection. Right now on Amazon, you can pick up a 10-coin set of uncirculated 2018 America The Beautiful quarters in the series for $11.99. The set consists of the five 2018 quarters in the series from the Denver mint and the five same quarters from the Philadelphia mint. All are brilliant uncirculated. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. This …
Good news this morning for collectors of the popular Silver American Eagle coins from the US Mint. The upcoming uncirculated 2019-W, which is set for release on May 29, 2019, will have no production limits and no household limits on purchases. That means you can buy as many as you want for your own collection and gifts for others. This will be a great way for current collectors of the series to add to their …
Time to start looking through your pocket change. A second 1982-D Lincoln Cent with a Small Date in Copper has been discovered. The second coin was recently graded by PCGS and weighed in a 3.07 grams. The copper Cents weighed in a 3.1 grams so this was well within tolerances. For reference, the copper coated zinc cents weight just 2.5 grams. The first 1982-D Small Date copper cent was graded by NGC and it was …
As expected, the United States Mint has begun selling the 2-Roll set of 2019 Kennedy Half Dollar today. The rolls consist of 20 coins each, one roll from the Denver Mint while the other is from the Philadelphia Mint. The set is $32.95 and available on the US Mint site. These rolls consist uncirculated finished coins and while the Mint lists them as part of the circulation coins for the United States, the Half Dollar …
While it is great having grading books, there are times that having a grading app on your Android or iPhone device just makes life easier. This is particularly true when you are at your local coin show and are doing a stare-and-compare with a coin you are thinking of buying. One of the best out there is PCGS Photograde. It is an app available on the web, for Android, and for iPhone and best of …
For many collectors, The Guide to United States Coins, or simply the Red Book, is a right of passage each year. Indeed some collectors collect the Red Book itself, a guide to United States Coins since 1946. If you have been waiting to get your hands on the 2020 edition, the 73rd in all, wait no further. Various resellers including Whitman Publishing themselves, have the 2020 edition of The Guide to United States Coins available …