US Mint Production Report – 10 Billion Coins in 2019

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The latest US Mint Production Report has been released, updating production numbers through October 2019. It shows that in the month of October, the Mint produced 1.154 billion coins. That pushed the Mint’s total production for 2019 to 10.642 billion coins. The minting of 1.154 billion coins is up from the 939 million that were made in September 2019 and is the largest production month since July 2019. Even with the increase in production, it …

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US Mint Coin Product Report – Nearly 9.5 Billion Coins in 2019

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The September 2019 United States Mint circulating coin product report has been released. It shows that the nation’s coin production is nearing the 9.5 billion coin mark for 2019. In total, the Denver and Philadelphia Mint’s product 939.66 million coins in September, up by 172.24 million coins over the August production report. The highest production coin for the Mint was, as usual, the Lincoln Cent. 537.2 million of the coins were minted in September, accounting …

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US Mint Production Report – Fewer than 800 Million Coins in August

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The United States Mint has release its production report for August 2019. It showed that fewer than 800 million coins were struck for circulation by the Mint facilities, a virtual stand still when compared to previous months. In all, 767,420,000 million coins were struck for the month of August, down from the 1.2 billion that were struck in July. It brings the total Mint production for 2019 to 8,548,374,000 coins struck for circulation. As is …

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NGC App Update Brings Submission Tracking

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Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) has released an update to iOS and Android apps. While mostly focused on bug fixes and other performance improvements, the update rolls out a key new feature: Submission tracking. Now within the app you can easily track your orders that you have submitted to NGC for grading, foregoing the website to do it and being able to do it all from the app. This feature requires that you be signed into …

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Active Interest Media Acquires Brands four F+W Media

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Active Interest Media has acquired four enthusiast brands from F+W Media. This includes publications such as Numismatic News, Bank Note Reporter, World Coin News and Coins. All of the brands will become part of AIM’s Home group which is based in Des Moines, Iowa. Here is the full Press Release on the acquisition. Boulder, CO: North America’s leading participant media company today announced the acquisition of four storied groups of enthusiast brands from F+W Media. “The …

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Ohio Set to Remove Sales Tax Exemption on Bullion Purchases

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The Industry Council for Tangible Assets (ICTA) has issued a press release outline the elimination of tax exemption of bullion purchases in Ohio. The new rule is part of the state’s 2020-2021 budget and goes into effect October 1, 2019. From that point forward, If you buy bullion or investment coins within Ohio, you will have to pay sales tax on that purchase. Further, the new budget requires that deals collect sales tax on intrastate …

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United States Mint Selects 27 Artists for Artistic Infusion Program

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The United States Mint has announced the selection of 27 artists, new and some returning, to the Artistic Infusion Program. You can read the full Press Release below. WASHINGTON – Today, the United States Mint (Mint) announced that 27 artists have been selected to participate in its Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) to enrich and enhance designs on U.S. coins. “We’ve selected diverse artists who represent every region of America, from coast to coast,” said Mint …

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NGC App Update Brings NGC Registry Access

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NGC has rolled out a big update to both their Android and iPhone apps today. The update brings access to the NGC Registry so you can update your personal registry of graded apps. The update to the apps for both platforms are live now in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. I’ve written about the NGC app in the past as a way to verify that a coin you are interested in buying …

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This page details the privacy policy of USCoinNews including the data that is collected, use of cookies, and other privacy information. Who we are Our website address is: https://uscoinnews.com. What personal data we collect and why we collect it Comments When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created …

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