Although the Mint has just two product-release dates this week, the fact that one of those dates is for the coins in the Boys Town Centennial program means that—counting all design and denominations, and both finishes—eight new products will be hitting the market.
The first of these will be released tomorrow, March 7: the year’s first 5-ounce America the Beautiful Uncirculated silver coin (17AJ, $149.95). The design, which is the 36th in the ATB series and honors Iowa’s Effigy Mounds National Monument, has made three prior appearances on the Mint’s 2017 calendar—in the January 5 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set; in the February 6 ATB Quarters Silver Proof Set; and in the February 27 Effigy Mounds three-coin set.
On Thursday, March 9, the Boys Town Centennial commemorative coins will be released. Introductory pricing (which lasts for one month) has been established for the clad and silver coins, as follows:
|
Silver $1, Proof (17CC) |
$47.95 |
|
Silver $1, Uncirculated (17CD) |
$46.95 |
|
Clad half dollar, Proof (17CE) |
$21.95 |
|
Clad Half dollar, Uncirculated (17CF) |
$20.95 |
Prices for the gold $5 coins (Proof, 17CA; Uncirculated, 17CB) and the three-coin Proof set (17CG), which contains one gold $5 Proof, have not yet been established. However, if the average price of gold remains between $1,200 and $1,249.99, the Mint’s pricing grid will set the introductory prices for the Proof coin at $400.45, the Uncirculated coin at $395.45, and the three-coin set at $461.45. After 30 days, each item’s price goes up by $5. Prices include a $35 surcharge on the sale of each gold $5 coin, $10 on each silver $1, and $5 on each clad half dollar, with the proceeds going to Boys Town to help it carry out its mission.
In other news, the Mint has updated its online catalog to include the month of April, whose product releases will be as follows:
| April 3 | 2017 ATB quarters, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site rolls and bags (17ABD, -E, and -F; 17ARD, -E, and -F) |
| April 4 | 2017 Congratulations Set (17RF) |
| April 6 | 2017 American Liberty 225th Anniversary Gold Coin (17XA) |
| April 10 | 2017 ATB quarters, Uncirculated Set (17AA) |
| April 24 | 2017 ATB quarters, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, three-coin set (17AE) |
The highly anticipated 2017 American Liberty gold coin, like all gold coins from the Mint, will remain without a price tag until a few days before its release date. The Mint has published the pricing grid for the coin, based on the weekly average gold price (according to the London Bullion Market Association):
|
Weekly Avg. Gold Price |
Coin Price |
|
$1,000.00 to $1,049.99 |
$1,440.00 |
|
$1,050.00 to $1,099.99 |
1,490.00 |
|
$1,100.00 to $1,149.99 |
1,540.00 |
|
$1,150.00 to $1,199.99 |
1,590.00 |
|
$1,200.00 to $1,249.99 |
1,640.00 |
|
$1,250.00 to $1,299.99 |
1,690.00 |
|
$1,300.00 to $1,349.99 |
1,740.00 |
|
$1,350.00 to $1,399.99 |
1,790.00 |
|
$1,400.00 to $1,449.99 |
1,840.00 |
|
$1,450.00 to $1,499.99 |
1,890.00 |
|
$1,500.00 to $1,549.99 |
1,940.00 |
|
$1,550.00 to $1,599.99 |
1,990.00 |
|
$1,600.00 to $1,649.99 |
2,040.00 |
|
$1,650.00 to $1,699.99 |
2,090.00 |
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