Last week we explored Kentucky’s 2016 Cumberland Gap quarter dollar, part of the United States Mint’s “America the Beautiful” coin program. Here we’ll take a look at “What Might Have Been”—the other designs considered for this coin, and what the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee had to say about them. The CCAC is a public body […]
Notes Published: Cataloging modern silver dollars—where to put those 2021 coins?
If you’ve read Kenneth Bressett’s history of the Guide Book of United States Coins—the recently published A Penny Saved: R.S. Yeoman and His Remarkable Red Book—you know that the Red Book’s editors have always taken its content very seriously. The goal is to catalog hundreds of different coin types, spanning centuries of American history, in […]
Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee to meet by teleconference on February 15
The following was sent in an e-mail to the numismatic press The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) will hold a public meeting by teleconference from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm (ET) on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, to review and discuss obverse and reverse candidate designs for the 2023 American Liberty high-relief 24K gold coin and […]
From the Colonel’s Desk: A new Kentucky coin for the Cumberland Gap
Last week we looked at the United States Mint’s extremely popular State quarters program, which ran from 1999 to 2008. That coin program was so successful that Congress followed it up, in 2009, with similar coins for the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories. Then Congress authorized a new program, called “America the Beautiful,” […]
Negro Baseball Leagues commemorative coins introductory pricing ends Monday, February 7 — Proof silver dollar and Jackie Robinson Silver Medal set still available
The following was sent in an e-mail to the numismatic press. We want to remind U.S. Mint customers that introductory pricing for the Negro Baseball Leagues commemorative coins, which went on sale January 6, 2022, is ending Monday, February 7, 2022. In addition, the limited edition of 20,000 Proof silver dollars with the obverse privy […]
Secretary of the Treasury appoints Dr. Lawrence Brown to chair Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee
Washington — The United States Mint announced today that the Secretary of the Treasury has appointed Dr. Lawrence S. Brown as the next chairperson of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC), effective January 30, 2022. The CCAC chairperson is appointed from among the current members and serves a one-year term. Dr. Brown was appointed to […]
From the Colonel’s Desk: Kentucky’s role in the most successful modern circulating coin program
The United States Mint’s State quarters program of 1999 to 2008 was immensely popular and undeniably successful. It met its educational goals of increasing knowledge of America’s history, culture, and geography. More than 3.5 million Americans participated in the design process for the State quarters, submitting ideas and voting on candidates. The Mint distributed nearly […]
Bowers on Collecting: The pivotal years for coin collecting — 1857 and 1858
The following is a re-post from Q. David Bowers’s “Bowers on Collecting” weekly column on Coin Update. The Mint Act of February 21, 1857, eliminated the copper half cent and cent and provided for a new, small cent of 88 grams’ weight, made of copper-nickel alloy. The new Flying Eagle cents were struck in large quantities […]
Arkansas and Ohio coin dealers receive service awards
The National Coin & Bullion Association dealer-members Dan Hedges (Auro Industries, Little Rock, Arkansas) and David Miholer (The Executive Coin Company, Stow, Ohio) have received the association’s 2021 Diane Piret Memorial Outstanding Service Award for their continuous dedication and financial contributions to obtaining a sales-tax exemption on sales of collector coins, bullion coins, bullion, and […]
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: What to watch in 2022
In a blog post entitled “What We’ll Be Watching in 2022,” the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Risk Forum team breaks down some of the financial aspects to keep an eye out for this upcoming year. Due to a lack of predictability in consumer payment habits in the future, the Retail Payments Risk Forum has […]
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