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First Look! 2022 American Buffalo Gold Coin

January 6, 2022 by Clinton

2022 American Buffalo Gold Bullion Coin Obverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint has released the official high resolution images of the 2022 American Buffalo gold one-ounce bullion coin. The coin, which is available through bullion Authorized Purchasers of the Mint, will begin shipping to customers next week who pre-order through an Authorized Purchaser. The 2022 American Buffalo will feature the same design that the coin has had since is initial release back in 2006. As a reminder to new collectors who have not …

2022 Negro Leagues Baseball Commemorative Coins Sales Start Today

January 6, 2022 by Clinton

2022 Negro Leagues Baseball Commemorative Clad Half Dollar Coin Obverse Line Art (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will begin sales of its first products of the new year starting today. The 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball commemorative coins and sets will be available, at a discounted price, starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. In all, the Mint will be releasing nine distinct products in the series of coins ranging from clad half dollars to $5 gold coins. The Negro Leagues of baseball was founded in 1920 in response …

First Look! 2022 American Eagle Platinum Coin

January 5, 2022 by Clinton

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

The United States Mint has released the high resolution images of the upcoming 2022 American Eagle Platinum bullion coin. The design of the coin is identical to the design of last year’s coin and, indeed, it is the same it has been since is release in 2002. The coin carries a face value of $100 and is made of 99.9% pure platinum. Like other bullion coins offered by the United States Mint, the platinum Eagle …

United States Mint Numismatic Sales Report – January 2, 2022

January 4, 2022 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic product sales report for the week ending January 2, 2022. The report covers the previous seven days in numismatic product sales by the Mint and is separate from the bullion sales report. The report shows that the Mint sold 13,461 numismatic products in the past week. This is down from the previous week’s report but that is unsurprising given this particular report covered the week from the Christmas …

First Look! 2022 American Eagle Silver One Ounce Coin

January 4, 2022 by Clinton

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

The United States Mint has released the official images of the 2022 American Eagle silver one ounce coin. The Mint has only released the bullion images, with the Uncirculated and Proof finish images set to be released closer to those coins being available. Regardless of finish, the coins will all have the same Obverse and Reverse designs. The 2022 American Eagle releases will all have the new Type-2 Reverse designs that were introduced last year …

2022 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coins Sales Postponed

January 3, 2022 by Clinton

2022 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Clad Half Dollar Commemorative Coin Obverse Line Art (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

When the United States Mint released its 2022 Production Schedule back in November 2021, one of the coins set for release in January was the 2022 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor commemorative coins. Those sales were set to start January 6, 2022 but have now quietly been moved to a “TBD” (To Be Determined) date on the schedule. The commemoratives were slated for release this week were to consist of eight unique products offered …

2022 Negro Leagues Baseball Commemorative Coins Sales Start January 6th

January 3, 2022 by Clinton

2022 Negro Leagues Baseball Commemorative Silver Dollar Coin Obverse Line Art (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The first products of the new year are set to go on sale later this week. The 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball commemorative coins and sets will be available, at a discounted price, starting on January 6, 2022 at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. In all, the Mint will be releasing nine distinct products in the series of coins ranging from clad half dollars to $5 gold coins. The Negro Leagues of baseball was founded in …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – 2021 Final Report

January 3, 2022 by Clinton

The United States Mint produced an impressive 30.6 million bullion coins for sale in calendar year 2021. While this is down from the 31.7 million produced in 2020, it is still the second year in a row where the Mint has sold over 30 million bullion coins. Indeed, all of the bullion coins offered by the Mint through Authorized Purchasers saw record breaking sales except the silver one ounce American Eagle. The bullion sales report …

First Look! 2022 American Women Quarter Images Released by The U.S. Mint

December 15, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its first high resolution images of coinage that we can expect in 2022. As it should be, the new 2022 American Women Quarter series Obverse and Reverses are the first such images to be released. Honoring Maya Angelou, Dr. Sally Ride, Wilma Mankiller, Nina Otero-Warren, and Anna May Wong, the Quarters for 2022 will have a Reverse design honoring each of these influential women in American History as well …

United States Mint Sales Report – December 12, 2021

December 14, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic product sales report for the week ending December 12, 2021. The report covers the previous seven days in numismatic product sales by the Mint and is separate from the bullion sales report. The report shows that the Mint sold 21,923 numismatic products in the past week. This is up slightly from the previous week’s report. For the year, the Mint has now sold 10,740,776 products. Unsurprisingly, the top selling …