COVID-19 Archives

U.S. Rare Coin Market Quite Active Despite Pandemic, Reports Professional Numismatists Guild

July 7, 2020 by Clinton

The following is a Press Release from the Professional Numismatists Guild, reporting that rare coin sales and the rare coin market in general has remained strong throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, multiple record sales have happened in 2020 through a range of auction sites. (Temecula, CA) July 6, 2020 – The market for high-quality, rare United States coins remained active during the first six months of 2020 despite pandemic-related closures of many retail locations and …

Pittsburgh 2020 PNG Day Is Canceled

June 18, 2020 by Clinton

The knock-on effect of the suspension of this year’s World’s Fair of Money is that it has also cancelled a PNG event. The Professional Numismatic Guild traditionally holds a PNG day at the event but with the overall Fair now suspended, PNG has decided to call time on the event. PNG Day was scheduled to take place on Monday, August 3rd at the convention in Pittsburgh. Here is the full Press Release from PNG. (Pittsburgh, …

2020 World’s Fair of Money Suspended

June 18, 2020 by Clinton

The following is a Press Release from the American Numismatic Association (ANA) announcing the suspension of the 2020 World’s Fair of Money. The show was originally scheduled for August 4-8, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, specifically the number of people that can be at an indoor gathering, the Association decided to suspend this year’s fair until further notice. The American Numismatic Association (ANA) announced today the suspension of the 2020 World’s …

H.R. 6923 – Essential Worker Commemoratives Further Defined

June 15, 2020 by Clinton

Last week, I wrote about H.R. 6923, a bill currently in the House of Representatives that calls for commemorative coins to be made to honor the essential worker of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of that writing, outside of the working title, little was defined as to what the plan was for the coins the bill called to be made by the Mint. Over the weekend, 6923 was more clearly defined with coin types …

NGC Certifies Majority of Emergency Production 2020(P) Silver Eagles

June 11, 2020 by Clinton

NGC First Day of Issue 2020-P Emergency Product American Eagle (Image Courtesy of NGC)

The following Press Release comes from Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) announcing that the grading company has now graded a majority of the 240,000 emergency production 2020-P American Eagle silver bullion coins made in April. The one-off series of Eagle’s were produced in April at the height of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) has once again demonstrated its position as the leader in modern coin certification: The third-party grading service has already certified …

H.R. 6923 – Essential Worker Commemorative Coin Legislation

June 8, 2020 by Clinton

A new piece of legislation has been introduced into the House of Representatives to honor essential workers in the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic with a commemorative coin. H.R. 6923 was introduced into the House by Representative by Jack Bergman (R-MI) on May 19, 2020. The legislation’s working title is the thrust behind this new legislation: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the health care professionals, first responders, scientists, researchers, …

Message to Mint Customers

May 6, 2020 by Clinton

The United States Mint sent out the following message to the press yesterday. It thanks customers of the Mint for their patience during the ongoing COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. The brief message explains at a high level the changes that the Mint has had to make in order to remain functional which in turn has impacted production and customers wait times when trying to speak to the Mint. Ultimately though, the Customer Service Index score for …

Denver Coin Expo in May Cancelled Due to COVID-19

April 20, 2020 by Clinton

The May 2020 Denver Coin Expo is the latest coin show to be cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. The Expo staff on the show’s site has posted that the May show has been cancelled with plans to continue with the October show. Both shows were slated to take place at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colorado. Due to unfortunate circumstances surrounding covid19 shut downs and the uncertainty of how things will …

US Mint West Point Facility Temporarily Shuttered Due to COVID-19

April 16, 2020 by Clinton

The United States Mint has announced that it will be temporarily closing the West Point facility due to the continued spread of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. The move means that the Mint will in the short term be producing no bullion products for investors and collectors. The move is the latest in a series by the United States Mint to do its part to curtail the pandemic that has infected nearly 645,000 Americans, killing over …

PCGS Resumes Grading Operations in California

April 16, 2020 by Clinton

Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) has announced the resumption of operations and coin grading services in their California office. The grading company had closed their Orange County offices on March 19, 2020 as part of California’s Shelter in Place and quarantine orders to stem the spread of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. In a post from PCGS’ President Brett Charville, the company seems to suggest that they could have stayed open given their role in numismatic …