The United States Mint has announced a reduction in the maximum mintage limits for this year’s First Spouse Gold Coins. The 2010 issues featuring Abigail Fillmore, Jane Pierce, James Buchanan’s Liberty, and Mary Todd Lincoln will all have limits set below the levels of the prior coins of the series.
The first coins of the series [...]

The latest US Mint sales report shows that the 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollars added sales of 22,102 across both proof and uncirculated options. This brings the combined sales total up to 153,936 out of the maximum authorized mintage of 350,000. Collectors will have less than two weeks to purchase the coins [...]

Collectors are still waiting for the new America the Beautiful Quarters series to begin. Recent developments finally put a time frame on when the designs for the first five quarters will be unveiled and when the first quarter will be launched.
The new quarter series traces its origins back to H.R. 6184: America’s Beautiful National Parks [...]

The latest weekly US Mint sales report shows lull in buying activity. In the past week, there were no new product releases to spur sales and recently released products have shown expected sales declines. Most collectors tend to order US Mint products soon after release, resulting in ebbing sales after the initial rush to buy.
The [...]

Legislation has been introduced which seeks to redesign the $50 Bill with the likeness of President Ronald Reagan. This is one of numerous attempts to pass legislation which would result in Reagan’s portrayal on coins or currency.
The bill H.R. 4705: President Ronald Reagan $50 Bill Act was introduced by North Carolina Congressman Patrick McHenry. The [...]

Bills have recently been introduced in the House and Senate which seek one ounce silver medals struck in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the establishment of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center.
H.R. 4684 was introduced in the House of Representatives on [...]

This week’s sales report for United States Mint numismatic products includes the debut figures for the 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollars. This is the first of two commemorative coin programs for the year, with the sales for the second program featuring the Boy Scouts Silver Dollar expected to begin on March 23, [...]

A bill has recently been proposed in the Senate, which seeks to authorize commemorative coins issued in 2013 for the Gettysburg Campaign. The coins would include $5 gold, $1 silver, and clad composition half dollars which specifically commemorate the Invasion of Pennsylvania, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Gettysburg Address.
The bill S. 3009 The Gettysburg [...]

Last year the United States Mint released one of their most anticipated products in years, the 2009 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle Gold Coin. The coin is a digitally reproduced version of Saint-Gaudens’ original 1907 ultra high relief $20 gold piece, which is viewed as one of the nation’s most beautiful coins ever minted.
The Ultra [...]

A widely viewed home shopping program focused on coins has repeatedly claimed that 2009 will be the last year that the United States Mint will use the “satin finish” for coins included in the annual Uncirculated Coin Sets issued for collectors. This rumor has spent some time in circulation around the internet, with the only [...]