Information & News About United States Coins
The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2024 Kennedy Half Dollar starting today. Sales will begin at the usual time of Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s site. While there is no mintage limit for the Kennedy Half Dollar as it is considered a circulating coin, there are production limits on the bags and roll sets that will be offered for sale. First is the 2024 Kennedy Half Dollar 200-Coin Bag. …
The American Numismatic Association has announced that it will be hosting educational webinars, free to everyone, during National Coin Week. National Coin Week is April 21-27, 2024. National Coin Week, April 21-27, 2024, is a prime time to introduce the public to the joys of coin collecting. Whether a new or seasoned collector, there is something for everyone during National Coin Week (nationalcoinweek.org). Organized by the American Numismatic Association (ANA), the celebratory week is filled …
The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for March 2024. The report shows that the United States Mint produced just 332.7 million coins in March, its lowest monthly production since December 2023, and the lowest total for March in six years. Indeed, three of the six coins that the Mint normally produces for circulation had no production in March 2024. The Lincoln Cent saw total production of 189.2 million Cents in March, down …
The United States Mint has released its weekly Numismatic Product Sales Report for the seven days ending Sunday, April 14, 2024. The report covers numismatic product sales by the Mint, such as commemorative coins and annual sets. It is separate from the bullion sales report. The Mint reported net sales 5,696 products in this week’s report, an over 90% drop from the previous week. This is largely, in part, due to the lack of a release …
Ahead of today’s Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) meeting, candidate images of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal have been released. The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal is to be issued next year. Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African American boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 at the age of 14, after being accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family’s grocery store. …
Over the last year, the American Numismatic Association’s (ANA) education department has been revising and creating learning opportunities for ANA members. These exclusive member benefits can be accessed on the first day of the ANA eLearning Academy launch, April 29 (money.org/education).Whether a novice enthusiast eager to learn the basics or a seasoned collector seeking advanced insights, the eLearning Academy is the go-to resource for numismatic education. “This member-only resource is designed to reflect the School …
Brett Charville, a former President of Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) and an Ohio native, is the new owner of Northwest Ohio’s largest rare coin and precious metals dealership, Toledo Coin Exchange (www.ToledoCoin.com). Founded in 1980 by Clyde Englehardt, the company has been in the same prominent location at 5590 Monroe St. in Sylvania, Ohio since 1986. Englehardt, now 86, has retired and sold the company to Charville. “I started selling coins from a …
The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2024 Kennedy Half Dollar starting next week. Sales will begin at the usual time of Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s site on April 23, 2024. While there is no mintage limit for the Kennedy Half Dollar as it is considered a circulating coin, there are production limits on the bags and roll sets that will be offered for sale. First is the 2024 …
A young numismatist from Coeur D’ Alene, Idaho, Donivan Floyd, 19, is the winner of the 2024 Professional Numismatists Guild’s (www.PNGdealers.org) annual scholarship award competition. The PNG scholarship will cover airfare, tuition for one of the two June 2024 American Numismatic Association (www.money.org) Summer Seminar sessions, meals, and dormitory accommodations on the campus of Colorado College, adjacent to the ANA headquarters,” said PNG Executive Director John Feigenbaum. Floyd grew up in a coin shop, DJ’s Coins & Collectables owned by his father David …
Ahead of tomorrow’s Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) meeting, candidate images of the 2025 United States Marine Corps Commemorative Coins have been released. These are the designs that the CCAC are considering for the $5 Gold Coin, $1 Silver Dollar Coin, and Half Dollar Clad Coin. The 2025 United States Marine Corps Commemoratives are scheduled to be released early next year. The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land …