Information & News About United States Coins
Today’s Deal is a great opportunity to build up your United States Proof Set collection. The 1972 United States Proof Set is a easy to obtain set and today’s deal puts it an an exceptional price. Today on Amazon, you can pick up the 5-coin set for just $8.99. That’s a couple of dollars less than the book price for the set. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. This article contains links that, when clicked …
The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report for American Eagle and American Buffalo bullion coins. This summary report provides sales details through Sunday, June 12, 2022. The bullion sales report reflects bullion coins that the Mint sold to Authorized Purchasers for the previous week and is different than the weekly numismatic product report. Over the course of the past week, the Mint reported just 6,500 bullion coins sold to Authorized Purchases. All …
The following is a Press Release from Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) announcing its new AirView holder. The new holder is patent pending and is the first of its kind in the coin grading industry. It is aimed for small, fragile or oddly sized coins. Numismatic Guaranty Company™ (NGC®) is excited to introduce the patent pending NGC AirView Holder, a first of its kind in the coin certification industry. Designed for small, fragile and oddly sized …
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, or CCAC, is slated to hold its next meeting next week. The meeting will be on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 starting at 8:30 AM Eastern at the United States Mint offices. There will be no access to the meeting for the public or press due to COVID-19 restrictions but interested parties are able to dial into the meeting in listen-only mode. The meeting is expected to last until 3:30 PM …
The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2022-W American Eagle Uncirculated gold coin starting next week. The one-ounce, 24-karat coin will go on sale at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on June 16, 2022. The Mint has set a mintage and production limit of just 9,000 coins with a household purchase limit of one coin. This limit is just 100 less coins than the Mint set for the 2021 uncirculated gold Eagle. At …
The following is a Press Release from Professional Coin Grading Services (PCGS) announcing its launch of pack grading for bank note packs submitted for grading. The new pack holders allow for 50 or 100 consecutive serial-numbered bank notes to be encapsulated into a single holder. The California-based grading company first announced the new bank note pack grading service back in February but it is now available to everyone. Professional Coin Grading Service (www.PCGS.com) has officially …
Today’s Deal is an excellent opportunity to get the somewhat difficult to find 40% silver Kennedy Half Dollars from the 1960s. From 1965 through 1969, the Half Dollar contained 40% silver before moving to the Nickel-Copper clad in 1970 through to today. 1964 was the last year any circulating coin in the United States had 90% silver content. Right now, Hall of Fame Memorabilia has three of these 5-coin sets priced at $54.99 each including free shipping. …
The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for May 2022, showing that across the nation’s Mint facilities that 1.255 billion coins were produced for circulation. This is down slightly from the 1.278 billion coins that the Mint produced for circulation in April 2022. For the year, the United States Mint has minted 6,496,840,000 circulating coins. Breaking down the figures by denomination, the Lincoln Cent was the highest produced coin in the month of …
The United States Mint will begin sales of the third American Women Quarter coin, in the form of bags and rolls, starting next week. The Wilma Mankiller Quarter is set for release on June 14th at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. Although sales officially begin on the 14th, none of the products are expected to be available on release day. The Mint previously reported, and indicates on the product pages for the bags and rolls, …
The United States Mint will begins sales of the 2022 American Innovation Dollar Proof Set later today. Sales of the four-coin set will go on sale starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s website. This year, the set is priced at $24.00. There are no household limits on the number of sets that can be purchased nor has the Mint set any production or mintage limits for the set. The 2022 American Innovation …