The U.S. Mint has established a price of $29.95 for its 225th Anniversary Enhanced Uncirculated Set (17XC), which is scheduled for release on August 1. The set consists of all the year’s denominations: Native American dollar, Kennedy half dollar, America the Beautiful quarters (5), Roosevelt dime, Jefferson nickel, and Lincoln cent. The coins have their […]
U.S. Mint sales report: Week ending July 16, 2017
This report covers the week ending July 16, 2017. The Mint had one new release during this sales period: the 2017 America the Beautiful–Ozark National Scenic Riverways 5-ounce silver Uncirculated coin (17AL). Released on July 11, it handily took the number-one-seller spot on this week’s report, with 13,740 units sold. Among the 5-ounce ATB Uncirculated […]
U.S. Mint sales report: Week ending July 9, 2017
This report covers the week ending July 9, 2017. The Mint had one new release during this sales period: the 2017 American Eagle 1-ounce platinum Proof coin (17EJ), made available for sale on July 6. Price tag ($1,300) notwithstanding, it was the week’s best seller, with 5,960 units sold in the four days on this […]
What are the greatest modern coins of the United States?
The fourth edition of Whitman Publishing’s 100 Greatest U.S. Modern Coins will enjoy its public debut in a few short weeks. Look for it at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money in Denver, Colorado. In the meantime, if you’re a fan of modern U.S. coins, you can preorder your copy online or from […]
Perth Mint’s rare $1.8m coin trilogy sold
The following is a courtesy post from our sister site World Mint News Blog. The pinnacle of the Perth Mint’s long-term association with Rio Tinto and Argyle Pink Diamonds, the Australian Trilogy is an incomparable combination of precious metals and rare, natural, fancy-colored diamonds unearthed from the Argyle Diamond Mine in the east Kimberley region […]
“Past & Present” takes a look at the success of the 50 State Quarters Program
Here at Coin Update, we’re great fans of the blog “Past & Present,” which is operated by the Stamp & Coin Place. We like it so much, in fact, that we asked them to let us share snippets of their blog posts from time to time. Happily for our readers, they graciously agreed. The following, […]
U.S. Mint sales report: Week ending July 2, 2017
This report covers the week ending July 2, 2017. There are two new releases this week: the 2017 American Eagle 1-ounce Uncirculated silver coin (17EG) and the America the Beautiful–Ozark National Scenic Riverways three-coin set (17AF). These two items hold the top two places on the Mint’s sales report, with 111,224 and 9,821 in first-week […]
Mint updates August calendar, announces Enhanced Uncirculated set
The Mint has issued the latest updates to its online calendar. On August 1, the 225th Anniversary Enhanced Uncirculated Set; and on August 28, the bags and rolls of the America the Beautiful–Ellis Island quarter dollars. The Enhanced Uncirculated Set (#17XC) consists of all the year’s denominations, in their regular compositions, but struck with specially […]
John and Nancy Wilson say “Thank you, Whitman Coin Expo!”
The Whitman Baltimore Coin and Collectibles Expo (www.expo.whitman.com) was held June 22 to 25, 2017, at the Baltimore Convention Center. For many years Whitman has held spring, summer, and fall coin shows at this convention center. Though the summer Whitman show is considered to have the lowest attendance and fewest dealers of the three, we […]
U.S. Mint sales report: Week ending June 25, 2017
This week, we caught up with a couple of missing 2017 U.S. Mint numismatic sales reports: one for the period ending May 14, and one for the period ending May 21. The present report covers the week ending June 25, 2017. There are no new releases on the report this week. Last week’s only new […]
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