The following is an excerpt from an article by Stephanie Meredith Blank. Planchet. Upsetting. Burnishing. You may have heard these words before, but what do they mean? Learn about these terms and explore the seven steps of how the U.S. Mint produces coins and medals. To review the parts of a coin and the different […]
PCGS will grade historic colorized United States Mint coins
2020 Basketball Hall of Fame coins will be a first for the Mint (Santa Ana, California) — August 26, 2020 — Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) will grade and have special insert labels for colorized 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame clad half dollars and silver dollars, the first colorized coins to ever be officially issued […]
United States Mint opens sales of colorized Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coins on August 28
Washington — The United States Mint (Mint) will begin accepting orders for colorized Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coins on August 28 at noon EDT. The colorization will be featured on the reverses (tails) of the Basketball Hall of Fame silver dollar and the Basketball Hall of Fame clad half dollar. Mintage is set at […]
U.S. Mint sales report: Week ending August 16, 2020
This U.S. Mint numismatic sales report covers the week ending August 16, 2020. The Mint’s best-selling product this week was the 2020-S U.S. Mint Proof Set (plus 2020-W Proof nickel) (20RG), which sold 4,218 units. In second place was the 2020-W one-ounce American Silver Eagle $1 Proof coin (20EA) with 3,677 sold. The third best-selling item […]
United States Mint opens sales for Uncirculated palladium coin on September 24
Washington — The United States Mint (Mint) will begin accepting orders for the 2020 American Palladium Eagle one-ounce Uncirculated coin (product code 20EK) on September 24 at noon EDT. The coin contains one ounce of 99.95 percent palladium and is the collector version of the official United States Mint American Palladium Eagle one-ounce Uncirculated coin, […]
Barbara Bush First Spouse gold coin on sale today
Washington — The United States Mint (Mint) is accepting orders for the Barbara Bush First Spouse gold coin starting today at noon EDT. This product is one of several being offered to honor former President George H. W. Bush and First Spouse Barbara Bush in accordance with Public Law 116-112. Struck in one-half ounce of […]
Coin designer Justin Kunz signs exclusive Basketball Hall of Fame coin Signature PCGS labels
The celebrated United States Mint designer is hand signing PCGS labels to be paired with Basketball Hall of Fame Coins (Santa Ana, California) — Coin designer Justin Kunz is autographing Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) labels being paired with 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coins. Kunz designed the common obverse of the 2020 commemorative […]
Silver dollar commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage on sale August 18
Washington — The United States Mint (Mint) will accept orders for 2020 Women’s Suffrage Centennial silver dollar products beginning at noon EDT on August 18, the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which gave women the right to vote. Public Law 116-71 authorizes the Mint to […]
U.S. Mint’s first colorized coins
The following is an excerpt from an article by Stephanie Meredith on the website of the United States Mint: In August 2020, the U.S. Mint releases its first colorized coins as part of the Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Program. The program recognizes the 60th anniversary of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame with […]
U.S. Mint sales report: Week ending August 9, 2020
This U.S. Mint numismatic sales report covers the week ending August 9, 2020. The Mint’s best-selling product this week was the 2020-W one-ounce American Silver Eagle $1 Uncirculated coin (20EG), which sold 8,794 units. In second place was the 2020-W one-ounce American Silver Eagle $1 Proof coin (20EA) with 7,541 sold. The third best-selling item this […]
