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Get Ready for the Next NGC Registry Awards, Now at the ANA Show!

April 25, 2024 by Clinton

We’re moving the NGC Registry Awards to the ANA show, which means you get more time to perfect your sets! Ensure your set is at its best by 10 a.m. ET on June 1, 2025, to be automatically considered for awards. Winners will be announced on August 21, 2025. Yes, you read that correctly! Numismatic Guaranty Company® (NGC®) is changing it up and moving the NGC Registry Awards to the annual American Numismatic Association (ANA) World’s Fair …

2024 American Eagle Gold Proof Coins & Sets Sales Start Next Week

April 25, 2024 by Clinton

2024 American Eagle Gold Proof (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will begin selling the 2024 American Eagle Gold Proof coins and sets next week. A total of five products will be available starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on May 2, 2024. As is normally the case with gold coin releases by the Mint, the 2024 American Eagle Gold Proof coins will be limited in production. Here are the products and links to them on the Mint’s site that will be available. …

Next Generation Takes Helm At Gold Hill Coin, One Of Northern California’s Oldest Coin Stores

April 24, 2024 by Clinton

Gold Hill Coin in San Rafael, California

A change in ownership at Gold Hill Coin (www.GoldHillCoin.com) keeps one of San Rafael, California’s oldest rare coin and precious metals store in the family. Located at 1537 4th Street in downtown San Rafael, the store has been sold by its long-time owner Clark Smith, Sr. to his son Clark Smith, Jr. “The store opened on 4th Street in 1979 and my father purchased it in 1987. He bought and sold millions of dollars of …

United States Mint Numismatic Product Sales Report – April 21, 2024

April 24, 2024 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly Numismatic Product Sales Report for the seven days ending Sunday, April 21, 2024. The report covers numismatic product sales by the Mint, such as commemorative coins and annual sets. It is separate from the bullion sales report. The Mint reported net sales of 15,098 numismatic products in the last week. These sales were split between 2024 releases and those of last year. The top selling product last week …

James Garfield Presidential Silver Medal Available April 30th

April 23, 2024 by Clinton

James A. Garfield Presidential Silver Medal (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will open sales for the second Presidential Silver Medal of 2024 next week. The medal, honoring President James Garfield, will be available at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s website on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. The 99.99% silver medal is priced at $75.00 and is available exclusively from the United States Mint. The Mint has no production limit on this medal, nor is there a household limit on the number that can be …

2024 Kennedy Half Dollar Bags and Rolls Available Today

April 23, 2024 by Clinton

2024-D Kennedy Half Dollar Obverse (Image Courtesy of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint will begin sales of the 2024 Kennedy Half Dollar starting today. Sales will begin at the usual time of Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific on the Mint’s site. While there is no mintage limit for the Kennedy Half Dollar as it is considered a circulating coin, there are production limits on the bags and roll sets that will be offered for sale. First is the 2024 Kennedy Half Dollar 200-Coin Bag. …

Free Educational Webinars Provided During National Coin Week, April 21-27

April 18, 2024 by Clinton

The American Numismatic Association has announced that it will be hosting educational webinars, free to everyone, during National Coin Week. National Coin Week is April 21-27, 2024. National Coin Week, April 21-27, 2024, is a prime time to introduce the public to the joys of coin collecting. Whether a new or seasoned collector, there is something for everyone during National Coin Week (nationalcoinweek.org). Organized by the American Numismatic Association (ANA), the celebratory week is filled …

United States Mint Circulating Coinage Production Report – March 2024

April 17, 2024 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for March 2024. The report shows that the United States Mint produced just 332.7 million coins in March, its lowest monthly production since December 2023, and the lowest total for March in six years. Indeed, three of the six coins that the Mint normally produces for circulation had no production in March 2024. The Lincoln Cent saw total production of 189.2 million Cents in March, down …

United States Mint Numismatic Product Sales Report – April 14, 2024

April 17, 2024 by Clinton

The United States Mint has released its weekly Numismatic Product Sales Report for the seven days ending Sunday, April 14, 2024. The report covers numismatic product sales by the Mint, such as commemorative coins and annual sets. It is separate from the bullion sales report. The Mint reported net sales 5,696 products in this week’s report, an over 90% drop from the previous week. This is largely, in part, due to the lack of a release …

CCAC Releases Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Design Candidates

April 16, 2024 by Clinton

Ahead of today’s Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) meeting, candidate images of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal have been released. The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal is to be issued next year. Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African American boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 at the age of 14, after being accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family’s grocery store. …