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CSNS Honors Dennis Tucker With 2024 Q. David Bowers Award

March 11, 2024 by Clinton

The following is a Press Release from the Central States Numismatic Society announcing that it will present its annual Q. David Bowers award to Dennis Tucker. The Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS) (www.CSNS.org) will present its annual Q. David Bowers Award this year to acclaimed numismatic publisher and award-winning author Dennis Tucker, who recently retired from Whitman Publishing. The CSNS Bowers Award recognizes the contributions made by numismatic professionals in the hobby. “During his 19 …

2024 United States Mint Proof Set Available March 14

March 11, 2024 by Clinton

2024 United States Mint Proof Set (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The 2024 United States Mint Proof Set will go on sale later this week. Sales of this year’s 10-coin set will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on Thursday, March 14. This year, the set is priced at $35.00, the same as last year. The Mint has established that there is no household limit on the number of sets that can be purchased, nor is there a production limit on the set. That is normally …

NGC Grading On-site at the Whitman Baltimore Spring Expo 2024

March 11, 2024 by Clinton

NGC will offer on-site grading and encapsulation of US coins at the Whitman Baltimore Spring Expo in Baltimore, Maryland until 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 21. On-site submissions will be available for pick up on Friday, March 22 or by the end of the show depending on submission volumes. Coins must be picked up by the end of the show. NGC representatives will be at Booth 1221. NGC show representatives will also be accepting regular submissions for all service levels to …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – March 10, 2024

March 11, 2024 by Clinton

The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report through Sunday, March 10, 2024. The bullion sales report reflects bullion American Eagle and American Buffalo coins that the Mint sold to Authorized Purchasers for the previous week and is different than the weekly numismatic product report. The Mint reported 828,000 bullion coins were sold last week, with sales reported across five of the seven available products. The top-selling bullion product last week was the silver …

United States Mint Numismatic Product Sales Report – March 3, 2024

March 6, 2024 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly Numismatic Product Sales Report for the seven days ending Sunday, March 3, 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 of 91,051 products in this week’s report, with new releases dominating sales for the week. Seven of the top ten selling products last week were released …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – March 3, 2024

March 4, 2024 by Clinton

The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report through Sunday, March 3, 2024. The bullion sales report reflects bullion American Eagle and American Buffalo coins that the Mint sold to Authorized Purchasers for the previous week and is different than the weekly numismatic product report. The Mint reported 879,500 bullion coins were sold last week, with sales reported across four of the seven available products. Product 2/18/2024 3/3/2024 Sales American Eagle – Silver 5,750,000 …

ANS Announces 2023 Huntington Award to Ruth Pliego

March 4, 2024 by Clinton

The Trustees of the American Numismatic Society (ANS) have named Dr. Ruth Pliego as the recipient of the 2023 Archer M. Huntington Medal Award for Excellence in Numismatic Scholarship. The award will be presented on June 13, 2024, at the ANS headquarters in New York City, followed by the Silvia Mani Hurter Memorial Lecture by the honoree: “Archer M. Huntington and the Visigothic Coins: Revisiting the La Capilla Hoard.” Dr. Ruth Pliego holds a Ph.D. …

Today’s Deal – Complete 2010 10-Coin America The Beautiful Set

March 1, 2024 by Clinton

Today’s Deal is on the first year of the America The Beautiful Quarter series. Right now on Amazon, you can pick up the 10-coin set of Quarters from 2010 for $19.99. That will give you both the Denver and the Philadelphia minted quarters for all five of the ATB quarters released that year. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. Today’s Deal articles contains links that, when clicked and a purchase is made, will generate …

United States Mint Circulating Coinage Production Report – January 2024

March 1, 2024 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for January 2024. The report shows that the United States Mint produced 755.98 million coins in January, far lower than the number of coins produced in December 2023 or year-over-year from January last year. According to the Mint’s report, 412.8 million Lincoln Cents were minted in January 2024. Of that total, 236.4 million were minted in Denver, and the remaining 176.4 million in Philadelphia. Meanwhile, the …

PNG Welcomes 17 New And Returning Members

February 29, 2024 by Clinton

The Professional Numismatists Guild (www.PNGdealers.org), a nonprofit organization composed of many of the marketplace’s top rare coin and paper money dealers, has announced 14 new member-dealers have joined and three former members have re-joined the group in recent months. “In early January, we announced changes in the membership categories, as well as half-priced dues for the first two years for new members. This is attracting excellent-quality candidates who embrace the organization’s consumer protection motto of …