On June 21, 2022, it was announced that President Joe Biden has appointed a new U.S. Treasurer, Marilynn “Lynn” Malerba, and that a new Office of Tribal and Native Affairs is to be created. The office of Treasurer of the United States has been vacant since January 2020. The Treasurer of the United States oversees […]
Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee affirms police choices for January 6th Congressional Gold Medal
Editor’s note: This article was edited on June 21, 2022, to include images of the CCAC’s recommended designs for the Congressional Gold Medal. After the January 6, 2021, insurrectionist attack on the U.S. Capitol building and congressional office buildings, the 117th Congress passed Public Law 117-32, for distribution of “four gold medals of appropriate design […]
Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee makes recommendations for 2024 dollar coins
On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee met at United States Mint headquarters in Washington, DC, to review several coin and medal programs. After discussions, the committee made recommendations to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen regarding the 2024 Native American dollar and the 2024 American Innovation dollars for Illinois and Alabama. The group […]
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee gathered in person after two years of virtual meetings
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee met in person for the first time in more than two years on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Because of federal COVID regulations, the group had been meeting virtually since its last in-person gathering in January 2020. The CCAC is a congressionally authorized public committee that advises the Secretary of the […]
2022 American Gold Eagle one-ounce Uncirculated coin available on June 16
Washington — The United States Mint (Mint) will accept orders for the 2022 American Gold Eagle one-ounce Uncirculated coin beginning on June 16 at noon EDT. Production is limited to 9,000 coins, and orders are limited to one coin per household for the first 24-hour sales period. Struck in 22-karat gold, the American Gold Eagle […]
Collector spotlight: Tony Littlejohn
Tony Littlejohn began collecting coins during his boyhood in the early 1960s. School lunch money was a source of his early numismatic findings, with him eschewing contemporary Roosevelt dimes and Washington quarters for the occasional Mercury dime, Standing Liberty quarter, and Walking Liberty half dollar. “One thing I noticed at the time is that I […]
Visual puzzles sharpen grading skill
Increasingly as I scour coin auctions, I am amazed at how both auctioneers and bidders overlook outright mistakes and flaws. There is a distinct lack of numismatic skill more evident than ever on the Internet. First and foremost, you have to know what you are looking at and why you are bidding. Don’t rely on […]
From the Colonel’s Desk: Token roundup—tracking the “Kentucky cent” at auction
One year ago this week, in this column, we took a look at the famous 18th-century copper pieces popularly known as Kentucky tokens or Kentucky cents. (See “Kentucky on Top of the World (or at least the United States),” June 10, 2021.) These interesting half-dollar-sized tokens were minted in England not long after the Revolutionary […]
2022 American Women Quarters rolls and bags — Wilma Mankiller on sale June 14
Washington — The United States Mint (Mint) 2022 American Women Quarters rolls and bags — Wilma Mankiller will be available for purchase on June 14 at noon EDT. The Wilma Mankiller quarter is the third coin in the American Women Quarters Program, a four-year program that celebrates the accomplishments and contributions made by women who […]
Bowers on Collecting: Adventures with the 1950-D Jefferson nickel (or “a rarity” that proved not to be rare)
The following is a re-post from the “Bowers on Collecting” column on Coin Update The most famous of Jefferson nickel “rarities” is the 1950-D. More excitement and hoopla have surrounded this particular coin than any other in the series. In early 1951, when Mint reports seemed to indicate that a very rare nickel had been […]
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