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CCAC Releases Candidate Images For 2023 American Women Quarter Program

April 20, 2022 by Clinton

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, or CCAC, has released the candidate design images for the 2023 American Women Quarter Program. The release came yesterday at the beginning of the scheduled CCAC meeting. 2023 will represent the second year of the five-year program, honoring significant American women throughout the history of the United States. As a reminder, the five women that will be honored next year will be: Bessie Coleman – pilot, advocate, and pioneer who flew …

United States Mint Numismatic Product Sales Report – April 17, 2022

April 19, 2022 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic sales report for the seven-day period ending on Sunday, April 17, 2022. The report covers the previous seven days in numismatic product sales by the Mint and is separate from the bullion sales report. This week’s report shows that the Mint sold 528,728 numismatic products last week, over double that of the 233,439 numismatic products in the last week. For the year, the Mint has now sold 9,676,949 …

Vermont American Innovation Dollar Bags & Rolls Sales Begin April 26th

April 19, 2022 by Clinton

2022 Vermont American Innovation Dollar Reverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The Vermont American Innovation Dollar is set to go on sale at the United States Mint’s website starting next week. The Mint will begin offering bags and rolls of the newest coin in the series starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. However, it is likely that an extremely small amount of the products – if any – will be available on release day. The Mint announced last week that all of the Enrollment Programs …

NGC to Offer Special Designations & Labels for The 2022-W American Eagle Silver Proof

April 19, 2022 by Clinton

The following is a Press Release from Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) announcing that it will be offering special designations & labels for 2022-W American Eagle silver proof coins submitted for grading. The special designations and labels will include First Release designation as well Early Release for the coin and a special label for the Congratulations set which has the same coin. The 2022-W Proof Silver Eagle will be released by the US Mint on April 14, 2022. …

Today’s Deal – 2023 Red Book Now Available

April 18, 2022 by Clinton

2023 A Guide Book of United States Coins Front Cover

Today’s Deal is on the recently released 2023 Red Book, or by its official name A Guide Book of United States Coins. The 76th edition of the popular reference book is priced at $17.96 on Amazon and is available now for shipping. The Red Book is considered by many to be a must have coin book each year. This is just under the list price of $19.95 for the hardback edition of the book. US Coin News is an …

Harry W. Bass, Jr. Gold Coin Exhibit Departs ANA Money Museum

April 18, 2022 by Clinton

The American Numismatic Association (ANA) and the Harry W. Bass, Jr. Foundation announced today that the Harry W. Bass, Jr. collection of U.S. gold coins and patterns on display at the Edward C. Rochette Money Museum in Colorado Springs, Colo., will be returned to the Foundation and sold at auction. The Money Museum has been this collection’s temporary home since October 2000. According to F. David Calhoun, executive director and a trustee of the Harry …

Central States Numismatic Society Honors Beth Deisher with 2022 Q. David Bowers Award

April 18, 2022 by Clinton

The Central States Numismatic Society (www.CentralStatesNumismaticSociety.org) is presenting its annual Q. David Bowers Award this year to well-known and respected numismatic journalist Beth Deisher of Sylvania, Ohio. She served as Editor of Coin World for 27 years until her retirement in 2012. During 2017 and 2018 Deisher served the Industry Council for Tangible Assets as Director of Anti-Counterfeiting, developing and leading a task force that created educational programs and training courses to assist federal law enforcement in …

2022-W American Eagle & Congratulations Set Immediately Go On Backorder

April 18, 2022 by Clinton

Last week, the United States Mint opened sales for both the 2022-W American Eagle silver proof and the 2022 Congratulations Set, which contained the same coin. When sales opened at Noon Eastern on April 14th, both product immediately went into a backorder status. It came as little surprise given the Mint had hit is allotment of subscriptions for the silver proof and with a limited number of the Congratulations Sets available. Now it is a …

2022 Congratulations Set Sales Start Today

April 14, 2022 by Clinton

2022 Congratulations Set (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will begin selling the 2022 Congratulations Set today. The set, which consists of a 2022-W American Eagle Silver Proof, will go on sale at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific and is priced at $75.00. Unlike previous years, the Mint has set a production and household limit for this set. There will only be 30,000 available and households can only by 3 total. These restrictions are a result of the continued challenge of having enough …

2022-W American Eagle Silver Proof Coin Sales Start Today

April 14, 2022 by Clinton

2022 American Eagle Silver Bullion Coin Obverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will open sales of the 2022-W American Eagle silver proof coin today. Sales will being at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s site. This year, the one-ounce proof coin is priced at $73.00 and, as is usually the case, there is no mintage limit on the coin nor is there a household limit. However, it is expected there will be a very limited number available for purchase today. The Mint announced earlier that …