Today, Jan. 2. 2013, the United States Mint began accepting orders from distributors for 2013 American Eagle gold bullion coins.
Sales kicked off strong with every size rising. U.S. Mint bullion products sell through a network of distributors named "Authorized Purchasers." These APs buy in bulk from the U.S. Mint and then resell to […]
On Tuesday, December 18, 2012, the United States Mint began accepting orders for the second term Grover Cleveland Presidential $1 Coin Cover, the 24th issue in the American Presidency $1 Coin Cover Series.
The bureau this week also published the latest sales figures for the series, which continues to show […]
2011 Chickasaw National Recreation Area quarters are no longer available from the United States Mint.
The bureau on November 16, 2012 stopped selling bags and rolls of the tenth America the Beautiful Quarter just as it warned in a recent last chance product announcement […]
The last of the 2012-P America the Beautiful 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins makes its sales debut on Monday, November 5, 2012.
Each coin in the series is struck from five ounces of 99.9% fine silver. Unlike the previous one released with a price tag of $204.95 when silver prices were at $33.73 an ounce, the latest 2012-P America the Beautiful 5 Ounce Silver Coin celebrating Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska will cost $229.95 at a time when […]
On Thursday, October 18, 2012, the United States Mint released its first Presidential $1 Coin & First Spouse Medal Set for this year.
Honoring President Arthur and Suffragist Alice Paul, debut sales for this year’s inaugural set were 1,025. Based on past releases since 2011, eventual sales should clock in around the 6,000 area, give or take several hundred. Since 2009, the sets are one of the few U.S. Mint products that are […]
Following a delay in release due to production problems, the U.S. Mint on October 11, 2012 released the inaugural 2012 First Spouse Gold Coins honoring Alice Paul and the Suffrage Movement.
Alice Paul was not a First Lady, but the authorizing law for the series of 99.99% fine First Spouse Gold Coins stipulated designs emblematic of her and the suffrage movement because President Chester Arthur’s wife died before he became President […]
United States Mint suspensions of silver coins for re-pricing ended Wednesday, October 10, after having been in effect since the previous Wednesday, October 3. This article shows the sales performances of the coins immediately prior to their suspension.
U.S. Mint sales reporting periods for its numismatic products are weekly. An unexpected suspension of coins by the Mint in the middle […]
On Tuesday, September 18, 2012, the United States Mint began selling the Benjamin Harrison Presidential $1 Coin Cover, the 23rd release in the American Presidency $1 Coin Cover Series.
One day later, the U.S. Mint also provided the latest sales figures for the series. Before getting to those numbers, a few details about the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Dollar Coin Cover will be discussed first […]
Ending sales for rolls of Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential $1 coins are now known.
Rolls of the circulation quality dollars were released by the U.S. Mint on August 18, 2011. The Mint stopped selling them a bit after it released Benjamin Harrison Presidential $1 coins in rolls, bags and boxes on August 16, 2012 […]
Ending coin sales are now known for 2011 Vicksburg quarter rolls and bags produced at the United States Mint facilities in Philadelphia (P) and Denver (D).
Rolls and bags of the quarter honoring Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi were released August 29, 2011. The U.S. Mint stopped selling them a bit after 2012 Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park quarters debuted on August 27, 2012 […]