United States Mint Archives

CCAC Releases 2024 American Women Quarter Candidate Images

March 1, 2023 by Clinton

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has released the candidate design images for the upcoming 2024 American Women Quarter Program coins. The 2024 American Women Quarter Program will honor Patsy Takemoto Mink, Mary Edwards Walker, Pauli Murray, Zitkala-Ša, and Celia Cruz. The release of the images comes as the CCAC wraps up its two-day meeting today. Patsy Takemoto Mink was the first woman of color and the first Asian-American to serve in Congress. She was …

United States Army 2.5-Ounce Silver Medal Sales Begin March 6

February 27, 2023 by Clinton

United States Army Silver Medal Obverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will open sales of the United States Army 2.5-ounce silver medal next week. The medal sales will begin promptly at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s site. The medal is priced at $175, with a production limit of just 10,000 medals. Additionally, there is a household limit of 1 medal. The obverse design (heads) depicts Continental and modern soldiers “at the ready” with the weapons of their respective eras. …

Two-Day CCAC Meeting to Start February 28

February 27, 2023 by Clinton

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has announced that it will hold a two-day teleconference meeting. The open meeting will begin on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, with a second meeting on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The purpose of the meeting is to conduct normal CCAC-related business as part of the committee’s responsibility to advise the Secretary of the Treasure. Further, the agenda is to include four different numismatic topics: The teleconference on both February 28 …

United States Mint Announces Waitroom for Upcoming Product Sales

February 27, 2023 by Clinton

To alleviate high site traffic on product launch days, the United States Mint has announced a new virtual waiting room, Waitroom, for upcoming product launches. The Waitroom will premier on March 2, 2023, with the release of the 2023-W American Eagle silver proof. Last year, the Mint publicly admitted to site slowdowns and failed transactions, largely to automated bots on the site. The concept is simple: If you are on the Mint’s site prior to …

2023 Congratulations Set Sales Begin March 2

February 23, 2023 by Clinton

2023 Congratulations Set (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will begin selling the 2023 Congratulations Set next week. The set, which consists of a 2023-W American Eagle Silver Proof, will go on sale at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on March 2, and is priced at $82.00. The Mint has set a production and household limit for this set of 30,000, and households can only buy 3 total. The 2023 United States Mint Congratulations Set contains the American Eagle One Ounce Silver Proof …

2023-W American Eagle Silver Poof Sales Begin March 2

February 23, 2023 by Clinton

2023-S American Eagle Silver Obverse (Image Couresty of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will open sales of the 2023-W American Eagle silver proof coin next week. Sales will begin on March 2, 2023, at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s site. This year, the one-ounce proof coin is priced at $80, and, as is usually the case, there is no mintage limit on the coin, but there is a household limit of 25 in places. Unlike 2022, the 2023-W American Eagle silver proof …

2023 First Amendment Platinum Proof Coin – Freedom of Press Sales Start Today

February 23, 2023 by Clinton

2023 American Eagle Platinum Reverse - Freedom of The Press (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will sell the platinum 2023 American Eagle later today. The 2023 Eagle is the third in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution series, honoring the Freedom of Press. Twelve thousand of the one-ounce, 99.95% platinum medals will be available. This year, the platinum Eagle is priced at $1545. The Mint sets no household purchase limit. The five-year (2021-2025) First Amendment to the United States Constitution Platinum Proof Coin Series features a …

United States Mint Circulating Coinage Production Report – January 2023

February 21, 2023 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for January 2023, showing that 1.2 billion coins were produced for circulation across the nation’s Mint facilities. It is the first billion coin production month since October 2022, although the total production for January 2023 was down slightly from the same month last year. According to the Mint’s production report, 485.2 million Lincoln Cents were produced for circulation. Of that total, 264.8 million were minted in Denver, …

2023 First Amendment Platinum Proof Coin – Freedom of Press Sales Begin February 23

February 16, 2023 by Clinton

2023 American Eagle Platinum - Freedom of The Press Obverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will begin selling the platinum 2023 American Eagle next week. The 2023 Eagle is the third in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution series, honoring the Freedom of Press. 12,000 of the one-ounce, 99.95% platinum medals will be available. At the time of this writing, the Mint has not released the price for the medal. The five-year (2021-2025) First Amendment to the United States Constitution Platinum Proof Coin Series …

First Look! United States Army Silver Medal

February 16, 2023 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released images of the upcoming United States Army silver medal. The Army medal is the latest in a series of medals from the Mint, honoring the different branches of the United States Military. The 2.5-Ounce medal will be available on March 6 at a price of $175. The one-ounce version of the medal will be available in 2024. The obverse design (heads) depicts Continental and modern soldiers “at the ready” …