United States Mint Archives

United States Mint Lowers Household Limit on Upcoming Morgan and Peace Dollars

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 by Clinton

Morgan Dollar with CC Privy Mark (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

After outcry from collectors, the United States Mint has lowered the household limit on the upcoming 2021 Morgan and Peace Dollars. When the Mint originally announced the pre-order dates for the coins, they had set the household limit to 25 coins. Many collectors took to Twitter and other social media platforms taking the Mint to task. With such a high household limit coupled with limited production, there was a real possibility many collectors would be …

United States Mint Sales Report – April 18, 2021

April 20, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has published its weekly sales report for the week that ended on Sunday, April 18, 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 16,659 numismatic products last week, most of those being the 2021 Proof Set and other releases from earlier this year – but not exclusively. With 10,006 sets …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – April 19, 2021

April 19, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report through to this morning, Monday, April 19, 2021 for the previous week. The bullion sales report reflects bullion coins that the Mint sold to Authorized Purchasers for the previous week. Overall it was a slow sales week for the Mint with just 469,000 bullion coins sold in the previous seven days. Of the coins sold, the vast majority of those were the American Eagle …

Ordering Details of The 2021 Morgan and Peace Dollars

April 21, 2021April 16, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint will be releasing the 100th anniversary of the Morgan Dollar and Peace Dollar this year and there are a lot of dates and ordering details to bare in mind. Demand for these coins are expected to be exceptionally high given that the Numismatic community pushed hard to have these coins produced. Add to that, for the Morgan Dollar, there will be a special privy mark coin for Carson City (CC) and …

First Look! The 2021 Peace Dollar

April 16, 2021 by Clinton

2021-(P) Peace Dollar Obverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint has released images of the 2021 Peace Dollar. The Peace – along with the 2021 Morgan Dollar – are being released laster this year in honor of the 100th anniversary of the end of the Morgan Dollar and the start of the Peace Dollar. To this point, we had only seen mockup images of the coin from the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC). In December 1921, the new Peace Dollar was approved by …

First Look! The 2021 Morgan Dollar

April 16, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released the first images of the 2021 Morgan Dollar. The Morgan – along with the 2021 Peace Dollar – are being released laster this year in honor of the 100th anniversary of the end of the Morgan Dollar and the start of the Peace Dollar. To this point, we had only seen mockup images of the coin from the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC). The Morgan Dollar will be struck …

2021 Silver Proof Set Sales Begin April 22 at the United States Mint

April 15, 2021 by Clinton

2021 Silver Proof Set (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2021 Silver Proof Set starting next week on April 22, 2021. Sales will begin on the Mint’s website at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific and the set represents the second annual set of coins released by the Mint this year. The standard Proof Set was released last month. The 2021 Silver Proof Set has seen a substantial price increase over the 2020 set. This year, the …

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 Sales Report – April 11, 2021

April 13, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report for the week ending Sunday, April 11, 2021. The report covers the previous seven days in numismatic product sales by the Mint and is separate from the bullion sales report. This week, unsurprisingly, the newest product released by the Mint dominated sales in what was overall a strong week of sales for the Mint. For the week that ended on April 11th, the Mint sold …

United States Mint Bullion Sales Report – April 12, 2021

April 12, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has updated its daily bullion sales report through to this morning, Monday, April 12, 2021. This week’s report shows that the Mint sold 612,500 bullion coins across the American Eagle and American Buffalo bullion coin series’. As is normally the case each week, the American Eagle silver bullion one ounce coin was the top seller. Of the 612,500 bullion coins sold by the Mint last week, 596,000 of those were the …