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US Mint News Blog World Mint News Blog Coin Update About Privacy Policy Email Facebook RSS Twitter Mint News Blog News and Commentary on US Mint Coins U.S. Mint sales report: Week ending May 24, 2020 May 29, 2020 7 Comments This U.S. Mint numismatic sales report covers the week ending May 24, 2020. The Mint’s best-selling product this week was the 2020-P Weir Farm National Historic Site silver five-ounce Uncirculated coin (20AK), which sold 11,818 units. In second place was the 2020-S U.S. Mint Silver Proof Set (plus 2020-W Reverse Proof nickel) (20RH) with 11,457 sold. The third best-selling item this week was the … [Read More...] Bowers on collecting: Julian asks “true or false” May 27, 2020 19 Comments By Q. David Bowers From our archives, here is an article from 1978. See how well you can do: Julian Asks “True or False?” For some years, the author has been gathering odd examples of what might be called fables about our coinage. Upon investigation some of these have proven false, others true, and some defy resolution. In this short article are gathered together several such items so that the … [Read More...] United States Mint opens sales for 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program on June 4 May 26, 2020 28 Comments Washington — Products in the United States Mint (Mint) 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program will go on sale June 4 at noon Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Available options and pricing are below. PRODUCT CODE PRODUCT OPTION INTRO PRICE REGULAR PRICE ORDER LIMIT 20CA Proof $5 Gold Coin Per Grid Per Grid 1 20CB Uncirculated $5 Gold … [Read More...] U.S. Mint sales report: Week ending May 17, 2020 May 22, 2020 48 Comments This U.S. Mint numismatic sales report covers the week ending May 17, 2020. The Mint’s best-selling product this week was the 2020-S U.S. Mint Silver Proof Set (plus 2020-W Reverse Proof nickel) (20RH), which sold 7,876 units. In second place was the 2020-S U.S. Mint Proof Set (plus 2020-W Proof nickel) (20RG) with 7,005 sold. The third best-selling item this week was the 2020-S America the … [Read More...] Bowers on collecting: From 1954 May 20, 2020 28 Comments By Q. David Bowers In the December 1954 issue of The Numismatist Stuart Mosher presented the following: Copper Quiz for Coin Collectors. Count five for each correct answer. If you score 70 you have a very fine score. Fifty or less is below average, while 90 or more is remarkable. Which contains the most copper, a Lincoln cent of 1954 or a Jefferson nickel of 1954? What country is famous … [Read More...] America the Beautiful five-ounce silver Uncirculated coin honoring Weir Farm National Historic Site on sale May 18, 2020 39 Comments Washington — The United States Mint (Mint) is accepting orders for the 2020 America the Beautiful five-ounce silver Uncirculated coin honoring Weir Farm National Historic Site in Connecticut beginning today at noon Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Priced at $178.25, this coin’s reverse (tails) design portrays an artist, wearing a painter’s smock, painting outside Julian Alden Weir’s studio at … [Read More...] U.S. Mint sales report: Week ending May 10, 2020 May 16, 2020 31 Comments This U.S. Mint numismatic sales report covers the week ending May 10, 2020. The Mint’s best-selling product this week was the 2020-S U.S. Mint Proof Set (plus 2020-W Proof nickel) (20RG), which sold 3,750 units. In second place was the 2019-S U.S. Mint Silver Proof Set (plus 2020-W Reverse Proof cent) (19RH) with 904 sold. The third best-selling item this week was the 2020-S America the Beautiful … [Read More...] United States Mint introduces new storage box for collectible coin rolls on May 18 May 15, 2020 8 Comments Washington — The United States Mint (Mint) will roll out the new Coin Roll Collector Box (product code K65) on May 18 at noon Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The new storage box replaces the Quarter Roll Collector’s Box (K61) and the Dollar Coin Rolls Collector’s Box (K62). Priced at $16.25, the Coin Roll Collector Box conveniently stores rolls of $1 coins or quarters issued in the Native … [Read More...] Bowers on collecting: The latest book update May 13, 2020 35 Comments By Q. David Bowers As you read these words I am immersed in writing a book for Whitman about the numismatic world from 1932 to date. In that year the world was in the depth of the Depression, and in America, many would consider the year and the beginning of the next to represent the point when the economy touched bottom. Elected president in November, Franklin D. Roosevelt was to effect changes … [Read More...] American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money 129th Convention medal created by Don Everhart May 11, 2020 47 Comments Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — Retired United States Mint designer, sculptor, and engraver, Don Everhart, has finished his plaster sculpts of the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money 129th Convention medal. The medal depicts the bust of Pittsburgh area born environmentalist and biologist Rachel Carson. The August 4th – 8th ANA Convention is in a state of uncertainty in light of the … [Read More...] 1 2 3 … 249 Next Page» US Coin Auctions 2011-W $10 Eliza Johnson - 1/2 oz Gold First Spouse - PCGS FIRST STRIKE PR69DC 2007W $50 1oz .9999 GOLD AMERICAN BUFFALO PROOF NGC PF70 UC First Strike 1921 Key Date Mexico 50 Pesos Gold NGC MS63+ 1986-2020 Complete Silver Eagle Set NGC MS69 35-Coin MATCHING Gold Label w/Boxes 2009 W 1 oz. 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