United States Mint Archives

United States Mint Site Falters Under American Eagle 2-Coin Pressure

September 14, 2021 by Clinton

After making significant improvements that appeared to have worked, the United States Mint site once again succumbed to the buyer demand of a new product release. During yesterday’s release of the 2021 American Eagle Silver Reverse Proof Two-Coin Set Designer Edition, the Mint site became unresponsive for many buyers over an extended period of time. Indeed, performance of the site was so poor with multiple database errors, gateway errors, and 404 (non-responsive site) errors, many …

Coin and Chronicles Set – George Herbert Walker Bush Set Goes On Sale September 17th

September 13, 2021 by Clinton

Coin and Chronicles Set - George Herbert Walker Bush (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint has announced that the Coins and Chronicles set honoring President George H.W. Bush will be on sale later this week, on September 17th. The three coin set honors the late President Bush along with his wife, Barbara Bush, with a unique 3-coin set and 20-page historical booklet about the 41st President and First Lady. The set also comes with a postage stamp from the United States Postal Service that was released …

2021 American Eagle Silver Reverse Proof Two-Coin Set Designer Edition Sales Begin Today

September 13, 2021 by Clinton

2021 American Eagle Silver Reverse Proof Two-Coin Set Designer Edition (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

After being delayed last month, the final American Eagle product for 2021 is set to be released today and it could be one of the highest demand products of the year for the United States Mint. The 2021 American Eagle Silver Reverse Proof Two-Coin Set Designer Edition will go on sale at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific today, with just 125,000 sets being available. Priced at $175, the set is expected to sell out within minutes …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – September 12, 2021

September 13, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report to Sunday, September 12, 2021. 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. This week’s report shows that the Mint sold 784,500 products to Authorized Purchasers last week, down slightly from the 880,000 the Mint sold in last week’s report. As is usually the case each week, …

2021-W American Eagle Uncirculated Silver Coin Sales Begin Today

September 9, 2021 by Clinton

2021 American Eagle Type-2 Silver Reverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2021-W American Eagle Uncirculated silver one ounce coin later today. Sales will begin on at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. The one ounce coin is priced at $67.00 with a household limit of 3 coins. There is a total production limit of 175,000. For those who are enrolled in the Mint’s Enrollment Program for the uncirculated Eagle, check your email. The Mint has already sent out order confirmation …

United States Mint Sales Report – September 5, 2021

September 7, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic product sales report for the week ending September 5, 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 30,007 in the past week, a substantial increase over the 2,847 product sold last week. As expected, the Mint’s newest releases dominated the top ten in sales, with products …

United States Mint Circulating Coin Production Report – August 2021

September 7, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its circulating coin production report for August 2021. The report shows that Mint produced 1.187 billion coins for circulation, down from the 1.505 that were produced in July. With the exception of the Kennedy Half Dollar, all circulating denominations production for August 2021 was down from the July report. For 2021, the United States Mint has now produced just over 10 billion coins. As usual, the Lincoln Cent was …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – September 5, 2021

September 7, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report to Sunday, September 5, 2021. 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. This week’s report shows that the Mint sold 880,000 products to Authorized Purchasers last week, up slight week-over-week from last week. Unsurprisingly, the silver American Eagle was the top bullion seller for the Mint …

2021-W American Eagle Uncirculated Silver Coin Sales Begin September 9th

September 2, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2021-W American Eagle Uncirculated silver one ounce coin starting next week. Sales will begin on September 9th at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific. The one ounce coin is priced at $67.00 with a household limit of 3 coins. There is a total production limit of 175,000. The silver American Eagle Uncirculated coin that goes on sale next week will feature the new-for-2021 Reverse design, referred to …

2021-W American Eagle Palladium Proof Coin Sales Begin Today

September 3, 2021September 2, 2021 by Clinton

2021-W American Eagle Palladium Proof Obverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2021-W American Eagle Palladium Proof starting next week. Sales will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on September 2, 2021. There will be just 12,000 of these premium precious medal coins produced, with a household limit of one coin and they are expected to have high sales initially although a sell out is hard to predict. The 2019 and 2020 American Eagle Palladium coins remain …