Several weeks ago, a Coin Update reader asked us to produce a checklist of the D.C. and Territories quarters from the Mint’s 50 State Quarters Program. We were happy to comply, and the quarters, with their mintages, are listed below. According to the Guide Book of United States Coins, The United States Mint 50 State Quarters® […]
U.S. Mint sales report: Week ending August 20, 2017
This report covers the week ending August 20, 2017, and includes a summary of the previous month’s weekly sales. The Mint had no new releases during this sales period, and no earlier items have been newly added to the report. The top-selling Mint product this week was the 2017 Proof Set (17RG), which sold 6,375 […]
Fort Knox opened to civilians for the first time in 40 years
The following is a re-post from Coin Update’s sister site Mint News Blog. For much of the country, yesterday was “eclipse day.” But at Fort Knox, the big yellow wasn’t being covered up—it was being revealed: for the first time in 40 years, the U.S. Bullion Depository there was opened to civilians. The Washington Examiner […]
Q&A: How much money can be raised through the sale of commemorative coins?
The following Q&A is excerpted from Clifford Mishler’s Coins: Questions & Answers, 5th edition: Q: How much money did the Los Angeles Olympics effort receive from the sale of the Olympics commemoratives? A: The amount turned over by the Treasury Department was $73.4 million, which was shared equally by the U.S. Olympic Committee and the Los […]
Enhanced Uncirculated sets unavailable as of August 14, back in stock August 15
Update (8/15/17, 9:45 a.m.)—Reader dreamcatcherscott noticed that the sets are restored to available status as of this morning. A quick look indicates that the Mint has more than 100 in stock. This may be the last round of availability, or there may be one or two more, depending on how many returns are processed in […]
The Mint’s final design choices for the 2018 America the Beautiful quarters
The U.S. Mint unveiled the reverse designs for the 2018 America the Beautiful quarters on August 1 at the American Numismatics Association’s World’s Fair of Money in Denver. The national sites to be recognized in 2018 are Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin, Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota, Cumberland […]
Coin Update contributor Louis Golino wins a Numismatic Literary Guild award
During the 2017 Numismatic Literary Guild (www.nlgonline.org) awards ceremony, held during the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money in Denver, Colorado, on August 3, Coin Update contributor Louis Golino won his second NLG award to date. The award for the best article in a non-numismatic publication was given for his story “Liberty Centennial Designs,” […]
Bob McCabe’s Counterfeiting and Technology wins Numismatic Literary Guild award
Last night, at the World’s Fair of Money in Denver, Whitman author Bob McCabe won the Numismatic Literary Guild’s “Best Specialized Book” award for Counterfeiting and Technology: A History of the Long Struggle between Paper-Money Counterfeiters and Security Printing. The book was entered in the U.S. Paper Money category (which, incidentally, was won the previous […]
2017 Enhanced Uncirculated Sets available again on the Mint’s website
Collectors who got shut out on the initial offering have an opportunity to pick up a set this morning (August 3). The popular item, which has a product limit of 225,000 and no household order limit, went into “currently unavailable” status (and presumably sold out) in under seven minutes on their release day, August 1. […]
Special 2018 Somali Elephant designs available at the World’s Fair of Money
Collectors love limited-mintage special editions of familiar coins—and mints are happy to provide them. Last February, at Berlin’s World Money Fair, 1,000 silver Somali Elephant coins with a special privy mark (which included the Berlin world clock) were sold to avid collectors. The 2017-dated coins bore the left-facing elephant with raised trunk that featured on […]
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