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United States Mint Announces First Two Honorees in American Women Quarters Program

April 13, 2021 by Clinton

The following is a Press Release from the United States Mint, announcing that writer Maya Angelou and astronaut Dr. Sally Ride will be the first women honored in the new American Women Quarters Program. The new program calls for five different Reverse designs honoring trailblazing American women to be released starting in 2022 through to 2025. The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, CCAC, is set to meet on April 20, 2021 to discuss the proposed designs …

United States Mint Requests Recommendations of Prominent American Women for New Quarter Reverse

March 29, 2021 by Clinton

The following is a Press Release from the United States Mint asking for recommendations of prominent American women for the new Quarter Reverse set for release starting in 2022. Enacted through the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020, the legislation calls for the reverse of the Washington Quarter to feature five prominent American women each year starting in 2022 through to 2025. You can read the legislation here. It was signed into law in …

NGC Signs Exclusive Signature Label Deal with 2021 Quarter Coin Designer Benjamin Sowards

March 10, 2021 by Clinton

2021-P Washington Crossing the Delaware Quater Sowards Signature Label (Image Courtesy of NGC)

The following is a Press Release from Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) announcing an exclusive Signature Label agreement with Benjamin Sowards, the designer of the upcoming 2021 Washington Crossing the Delaware Reverse Quarter. Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) is delighted to announce its latest exclusive Signature Label partnership, with artist and illustrator Benjamin Sowards. As a member of the US Mint Artistic Infusion program (AIP), Sowards has designed several US coins and medals, including the reverse of …

Today’s Deal – Complete Set (P,D) 50 States Quarter Series

March 3, 2021 by Clinton

Today’s Deal is a great opportunity to complete, in one swoop, your 50 States Quarter set. The 50 States Quarter series ran from 1999 through 2009 and had a Quarter representing each state and six U.S. Territories. This set is all uncirculated examples from both the Denver and Philadelphia Mints, 112 coins in all. SmyrnaCoin through their Amazon storefront is selling this massive set for $109.99. That is nearly half the price of the average price …

Coin History – Standing Liberty Quarter

February 22, 2021 by Clinton

In the last Coin History article covering the Winged Liberty Head, or Mercury, Dime, I discussed the significant changes that happened to United States coinage in 1916. Misguided by the wrong interpretation of a law, the Mint was compelled to believe that it had to change the Half Dollar, Quarter Dollar, and Dime given they had been in circulation for 25 years. That wrong reading of the law led to the birth of the Mercury …

2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site 3-Coin Set Sales Start Today

February 19, 2021 by Clinton

2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site 3-Coin Set (Image Courtesty of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint is set to release the final 3-coin set in the American the Beautiful Quarter series later today. The 2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site set will go on sale at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific at the United States Mint website. Overall it is the penultimate product for the 2021 Tuskegee Airmen Quarter, with the 5-ounce silver bullion coin set for release in the Spring. For those of you who are in …

2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site 3-Coin Set Sales Start February 19

February 12, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint is set to release the final 3-coin set in the American the Beautiful Quarter series next week. The 2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site set will go on sale at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on Friday, February 19, 2021. Overall it is the penultimate product for the 2021 Tuskegee Airmen Quarter, with the 5-ounce silver bullion coin set for release in the Spring. The 3-coins set will feature an uncirculated …

Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site American the Beautiful Bags & Rolls Sales Start Today

February 8, 2021 by Clinton

2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site America The Beautiful Quarter Reverse (Image Courtesty of The United States Mint)

The America the Beautiful Quarter series will come to a close today when the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Quarter goes on sale. Sales of bags and rolls will be begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the United States Mint’s website. The release will represent the 56th and final coin in the America the Beautiful series of Quarters. The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of primarily African-American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II. …

Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site American the Beautiful Bags & Rolls Sales Start February 8

February 1, 2021 by Clinton

The America the Beautiful Quarter series will come to a close next week when the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Quarter goes on sale. Sales of bags and rolls will be begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific next Monday, February 8, 2021. The release will represent the 56th and final coin in the America the Beautiful series of Quarters. The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of primarily African-American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World …

Today’s Deal – Complete Set (P,D) 50 States Quarter Series

December 31, 2020 by Clinton

Today’s Deal is a great opportunity to complete, in one swoop, your 50 States Quarter set. The 50 States Quarter series ran from 1999 through 2009 and had a Quarter representing each state and six U.S. Territories. This set is all uncirculated examples from both the Denver and Philadelphia Mints, 112 coins in all. SmyrnaCoin through their Amazon storefront is selling this massive set for $94.99. That is nearly half the price of the average price …