United States Mint Archives

2022 American Eagle Proof Gold Coins & Sets Sales Start March 17th

March 10, 2022 by Clinton

2022 American Eagle Gold Proof Obverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will begins sales of the 2022 American Eagle proof gold coins and sets next week. A total of five products will be available starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on March 17, 2022. This year, like the silver American Eagle releases, there will only be the new Type-2 Reverse that was introduced last year available. As is normally the case with gold coin releases by the Mint, the 2022 American …

United States Mint Circulating Coinage Production Report – February 2022

March 9, 2022 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for February 2022. The report shows that the Mint produced 1,260,120,000 coins for circulation last month, up slightly from the 1.249 billion produced in January 2022. Other than the Lincoln Cent, all other circulation denominations had increases in production month-over-month in February 2022. For the Lincoln Cent, the Mint reported that 694 million coins were produced last month. Breaking that down further, the Denver Mint produced …

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Colorized Silver Dollar Sales Begin March 24th

March 8, 2022 by Clinton

2022 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Colorized Proof Silver Dollar (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint has quietly updated its production schedule which indicates that the 2022 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor colorized silver dollar will begin sales later this month. Pre-sales will being on March 24th at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s website. They will remain available for purchase until April 25th or until the production limit is reached. For this coin, only 25,000 will be available out of a total mintage …

2022 American Women Quarters Program Proof Set Sales Begin Today

March 8, 2022 by Clinton

2022 American Women Quarters Proof Set (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2022 American Women Quarters Program Proof Set today. The five-coin, single lens set will go on sale starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. The set is priced at $21.00. As is common with standard Proof Sets offered each year by the Mint, there is no production or mintage limit on this set, nor is there a household limit on the number that can be purchased. For those readers …

United States Mint Numismatic Sales Report – March 6, 2022

March 8, 2022 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic sales report for the seven-day period ending on Sunday, March 6, 2022. The report covers the previous seven days in numismatic product sales by the Mint and is separate from the bullion sales report. In this week’s report, the Mint reported sales of 22,189 numismatic products. That is far less than the sales reported in last week’s sales report but equally, the Mint only released one product this …

American Women Quarter Proof Set Enrollments Filling Quickly

March 7, 2022 by Clinton

The United States Mint has announced that the enrollment programs for the American Women Quarter proof sets are filling rapidly. The program, which reserves the proof set for those enrolled, assures subscribers of getting the sets while also not having to worry about being on the Mint’s site when sales begin. Demand, according the the mint, has been high. The Mint sent out an email on Friday, March 4th which outlined the program’s status. As …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – March 6, 2022

March 7, 2022 by Clinton

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, March 6, 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. During the previous week, the Mint reported sales of just 43,700 bullion coins. That is down sharply from the …

United States Navy 2.5-Ounce Silver Medal Sales Being March 11th

March 4, 2022 by Clinton

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

The United States Mint will begin sales of the United States Navy 2.5-ounce silver medal next week. Sales of the latest medal honoring a United States military branch will go on sales at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on March 11th. The medal is priced at $160 with a household purchase limit of one medal. Overall, the Mint will be producing just 10,000 of these medals for purchase. The United States Navy silver medal will …

2022 First Amendment Platinum Proof Coin – Freedom of Speech Sales Begin Today

March 3, 2022 by Clinton

2022 American Eagle Platinum Proof - Freedom of Speech (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2022 First Amendment American Eagle Platinum Proof coin starting next week. The coin, the second in the First Amendment series, honors the Freedom of Speech granted to all United States citizens as part of the United States Constitution. The Eagle platinum proof is a 99.95% pure platinum coin that will be available directly from the Mint starting Today. There will only be 15,000 of the coins produced and it …

United States Mint Numismatic Sales Report – February 27, 2022

March 1, 2022 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic sales report for the seven-day period ending on Sunday, February 27, 2022. The report covers the previous seven days in numismatic product sales by the Mint and is separate from the bullion sales report. In this week’s report, the Mint that an impressive 686,850 numismatic products were sold. This is well over the less than 20,000 products sold according to last week’s report. Unsurprisingly, the top ten selling products …