United States Mint Archives

2021 Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Official Images Released

January 21, 2021 by Clinton

2021 Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Dollar Obverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint has released the official images of the upcoming 2021 Christa McAuliffe Commemorative coin. This follows the release of the line art for the coin earlier this month. The coin commemoratives the Mrs. McAuliffe, the first selected educator in the Teacher in Space Program in the 1980s. She, along with six other astronauts were killed during the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51L mission on January 28, 1986. The design of …

2021 Native American Dollar Official Images Released

January 21, 2021 by Clinton

2021 Native American Dollar Reverse (Image Courtesty of The United States Mint)

Early in January, the public was given a glimpse of the upcoming 2021 Native American Dollar Reverse design thanks the United States Mint releasing the line art for it. Now the Mint has released the official images of the coin, giving the first look of what the 2021 coin will look like in detail. The 2021 Native American Dollar, as well as the coin for 2022, will commemorate the military contributions of Native Americans to …

Mint Sales Report – January 17, 2021

January 19, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report for the seven day period ending January 17, 2021. The report shows an overall lackluster week for the Mint as there were no new products and the normal slow sales start to each new year was in full effect. However, the report shows that annual sets remained strong as well as multiple American Innovation Dollar products. Overall the Mint sold just 9,469 new Numismatic products …

South Carolina American Innovation Dollar Bags & Rolls Sales Start Today

January 19, 2021 by Clinton

South Carolina American Innovation Dollar Reverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will begin sales of the South Carolina American Innovation Dollar later today. Sales will be on bags and rolls of the 2020 dated dollar coin, which will start at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the United States Mint’s website. The South Carolina coin honors educator and civil rights activist Septima Poinsette Clark. Educator and activist Septima Poinsette Clark has been called the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.” Born May …

Mint Bullion Sales Report – January 18, 2021

January 18, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has begun publishing is daily Bullion Sales Report for 2021. As of January 18, 2021, the Mint has already sold 4,675,000 ounces of silver, naming the American Eagle bullion coin. To put January 18 numbers into perspective, in 2020 in the entire month of January, the Mint sold 3,846,000 American Eagles. With two weeks remaining in January 2021, there is no reason to suggest that sales will top 6 million for …

Honor Martin Luther King Jr. With Medals From The Mint

January 18, 2021 by Clinton

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr would have been 93 years old this past week. His birthday was January 15, 1929 but sadly he did not see his 40th birthday as he was assassinated on April 4, 1968 at the age of 39. Martin Luther King Jr was one of the key civil rights leaders, fighting for the rights of African Americans in the United States through non-violence and civil disobedience. A perfect way to honor …

South Carolina American Innovation Dollar Bags & Rolls Sales Start January 19

January 12, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint will begin sales of the South Carolina American Innovation Dollar next week on January 19, 2021. Sales will be on bags and rolls of the 2020 dated dollar coin, which will start at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the 19th. The South Carolina coin honors educator and civil rights activist Septima Poinsette Clark. Educator and activist Septima Poinsette Clark has been called the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.” Born …

Mint Releases 2020 Biennial Report

January 12, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its 2020 Biennial Report that it gave to Congress and has made public. For those not familiar with this report, it is required by the Coin Modernization, Oversight, and Continuity Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-302. The Act requires the Secretary to conduct research and development (R&D) on alternative metallic materials for all circulating coins and to provide a biennial report to Congress on the status of coin production …

United States Mint Raises Prices on Some Older Products

January 12, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has quietly rolled out some price increases on several older products that remain available. The changes went into effect on January 1, 2021. The increase in prices impact older products from 2018, 2019, and 2020 that the Mint still has in stock. The increases generally are minimal with increases on average being around $2 per item. The largest increase was $6 on the remaining 2018 and 2019 American Innovation Philadelphia and …

Mint Sales Report – January 10, 2021

January 12, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly sales report for the seven day period ending on January 10, 2021. As expected, the first two new products of 2021 took the top sellers slots with various American Innovation Dollar products occupying many of the other top sales slots. In all, the Mint sold 24,306 products for the week. The 2021 Happy Birthday Coin Set was the top selling for the week of January 10, 2021. …