This U.S. Mint numismatic sales report covers the week ending April 28, 2019. The Mint’s best-selling product this week was the 2019 Silver Proof Set (19RH), which sold 16,856 units. In second place was the 2019 American Buffalo one-ounce gold Proof coin (19EL), which sold 5,160 units. The third best-selling item this week was the 2019 […]
Bowers on collecting: Enjoying numismatics
I enjoy coins, tokens, medals, and paper money in actuality — buying, selling, studying. Equally, if not more so, I enjoy coin people, events, and the community of numismatics. My life has been enhanced immeasurably. In this vein, I share comments made by Arthur B. Coover 111 years ago in The Numismatist in September 1908: […]
An open letter from Dennis Tucker to Bill Hyder and the Token and Medal Society
From Dennis Tucker Atlanta, Georgia To Mr. Bill Hyder Scott’s Valley, California April 2019 Dear Bill, I’ve got something to vent about. Your article in the January/February 2019 issue of the Token and Medal Society’s TAMS Journal (“Merchant Token Ephemera From Wiley, Kansas”) makes me feel like I’ve been asleep for the past 15 years […]
If cryptocurrencies become one of the most common forms of exchange, will banks form around them?
An article by Larry D. Wall, the executive director of the Center for Financial Innovation and Stability at the Atlanta Fed, examines a probable future in which cryptocurrency plays such a critical role in the global financial system that it becomes as influential to markets as standard forms of currency. The primary question that he tackles […]
U.S. Mint sales report: Week ending April 21, 2019
This U.S. Mint numismatic sales report covers the week ending April 21, 2019. The Mint’s best-selling product this week was the 2019 Silver Proof Set (19RH), which sold 191,670 units. In second place was the 2019 American Memorial Park Quarter, Three-Coin Set (19AE), which sold 10,585 units. The third best-selling item this week was the 2019 […]
Bowers on collecting: Let’s go back to the Melish sale in 1956
As you read these words, the Central States Numismatic Society convention is taking place in Schaumburg, Illinois. This prompts me to go back to some text I am creating for my autobiography. Here you are: In April 1956, all of the leading dealers headed for the Central States Numismatic Society convention held that year in […]
The Great American Coin Hunt is underway: Check your pocket change this week!
The Great American Coin Hunt is now fully underway as part of National Coin Week. Initially, the Great American Coin Hunt started as an idea formed between several coin dealers, but has since evolved into a viral, grassroots campaign that has taken off in the online numismatic community with tens of thousands of enthusiasts planning […]
2019 American Innovation $1 coin designs: New Jersey
On April 16, at 9:30 a.m. (EDT), the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) held the first of two meetings (the second was held April 17 at 10:00 a.m.) to review and discuss designs for upcoming issues by the Mint. Among the coins and medals that were reviewed during this two-day meeting period were the Mayflower […]
Mayflower Quadricentenary Numismatic Program: Does it matter that it is not a congressionally mandated commemorative?
In 2020, the U.S. Mint will issue a $10 gold coin and accompanying silver medal to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower landing in 1620. This program was not authorized by congressional legislation and is being issued using the Mint’s existing legal authority to strike bullion gold coins and silver medals at the discretion […]
U.S. Mint sales report: Week ending April 14, 2019
This U.S. Mint numismatic sales report covers the week ending April 14, 2019. The Mint’s best-selling product this week was the 2019 Proof Set (19RG), which sold 6,574 units. In second place was the 2019 American Gold Buffalo one-ounce Proof coin (19EL), which sold 5,160 units and was released on April 12. The third best-selling item […]
