Coin Collecting News
The America the Beautiful Quarters Program recently completed its second year of release, with five different designs representing National Parks or sites of America. The total mintage across the five designs rose compared to the previous year, although the increase was only attributable to a jump in production for the final design of the year. [...]
The latest weekly report of United States Mint numismatic product sales includes the debut figures for the recently released 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set. Other areas of focus include the 2011 Proof Platinum Eagle and the America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins. On January 17, the US Mint began sales of [...]
The United States Mint plans to expand the number of numismatic product offerings for the American Silver Eagle in 2012. This will include an uncirculated version of the coin struck at the San Francisco Mint and potentially two other collector coins only available within a special set. The American Silver Eagle was introduced in 1986, [...]
Every now and then Coingrader Capsule has to return to basics, reminding sellers of coins–especially online sellers–about routine numismatic terms, especially associated with grades. In my personal blog, I routinely monitor coin auctioneers selling on the Internet portal Proxibid, paying special attention to photography and lot descriptions. Only a few auction houses (mostly coin dealers [...]
The latest weekly report of the United States Mint’s numismatic product sales includes the debut figures for the recently released 2011-P Vicksburg Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin and the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set. Meanwhile, two older products have sold out. The US Mint began sales of the Vicksburg National Military Park [...]
Through publication in the Federal Register and a recent press release, the United States Mint has announced pricing for many of their 2012 numismatic product offerings. Prices have been announced for America the Beautiful Quarters products, Presidential Dollars products, numismatic versions of the American Silver Eagle, and the core annual set offerings. Prices levels for [...]
After a gap of three years, the United States Mint may bring back the American Platinum Eagle bullion coins. Although numismatic versions have continued to be issued annually, the bullion versions have not been minted or issued since 2008. The American Platinum Eagle was introduced in 1997, complementing the US Mint’s existing gold and silver [...]
Despite an increase in net income and seigniorage for 2011, the US Mint transferred $51 million to the Treasury General Fund, sharply lower than the $388 transferred in the prior year. Additional cash was held in reserve due to uncertainties in future cash flow from circulating coin operations. These uncertainties stem from the continuing losses [...]
The United States Mint’s numismatic product sales were mostly slower for the week, as collectors awaited the release of the first 2012-dated products. The 2011 annual sets were broadly lower, with most of the products recording sales that were less than half of the prior week’s total. For example, the 2011 Proof Set added just [...]
The United States Mint reported a jump in numismatic program revenue for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, driven by the sales of both 2010 and 2011-dated numismatic American Gold and Silver Eagles. Overall revenue rose by 74.70% to a record $721.7 million, while net income and seigniorage jumped by 127.31% to $113.2 million. [...]
