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2014 Anniversary Kennedy Set, Gold Coins and Quarters Set in July

2014 Anniversary Kennedy Set, Gold Coins and Quarter Set in July

The United States Mint will offer a unique range of products in July to include the first of the 2014 First Spouse Gold Coins, the first 2014 50th Anniversary Kennedy Set, and a set for young numismatists featuring a 2014 Baseball coin.

Then there are normal annually issued products like an uncirculated set of America the Beautiful Quarters and coin cover with Presidential $1 Coins […]

2013 Girl Scout Coin Design, 2013 Quarters Set, Presidential $1 Proof Set

America the Beautiful Quarters, Presidential Dollars and Girl Scout commemorative coins are included releases in the United States Mint numismatic product schedule for February.

These releases are spread throughout the month and encompass eight different products […]

White Mountain National Forest Quarter

Starting on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, the United States Mint will offer circulating quality White Mountain National Forest Quarters in bag and rolls.

These include White Mountain quarters minted from Denver, Philadelphia and San Francisco with each have the respective mint marks of ‘D’, ‘P’ and ‘S’ […]

2013 America the Beautiful Quarters

The United States Mint this week published images of the 2013 America the Beautiful Quarters. Until now, only line-art designs of the coins had been available after being unveiled themselves last month.

It is standard practice for the U.S. Mint to release artist renderings of new designs prior to any actual coin imagery […]

2011-2012 Silver Proof Sets

United States Mint sales updates have ended for the last two annually issued Silver Proof Sets. The 2012-dated set ended with sales that are the lowest going back to the first annual one issued in 1992.

The 2011 Silver Proof Set went on sale January 25, 2011 and went off sale on December 31, 2012 — just like the […]

Annual Clad 2011-2012 Proof Sets

Final sales are now known for the clad 2011 Proof Set and the clad 2012 Proof Set. The latter’s sales, notably, are the lowest since 1956.

The 2012 Proof Set launched on May 7, 2012 and unexpectedly sold out on January 3, 2013. The 2011 Proof Set debuted on January 11, 2011 and it went off sale on […]

2012-W $5 Proof American Gold Eagle Coin

Sales ended for the third of four singly offered 2012-W Proof American Gold Eagles. The smallest $5 coin moved to the U.S. Mint’s "No Longer Available" area of the website on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013.

It joined the $10 coin that sold out earlier in the month and the $25 coin that sold out in November. The only individually sold coin that is now available is the […]

Three-Roll Set of 2013 America the Beautiful Quarters

A new United States Mint product this year is three-roll sets for each of the 2013 America the Beautiful Quarters.

Each three-roll set contains one roll of 40 circulating-quality coins from three different United States Mint facilities — Denver, Philadelphia and San Francisco […]

2012-W $10 Proof American Gold Eagle Coin

The second of four individual 2012-W Proof American Gold Eagles has sold out. The one-quarter ounce size denominated in $10 is no longer available, joining the larger quarter-ounce size denominated in $25 that sold out in November.

On April 19, 2012, the United States Mint released five products featuring the proof Gold Eagles […]

2012 Commemorative Coins

Final sales are known for last year’s commemorative coins that the United States Mint stopped selling on Dec. 17, 2012.

Two weekly sales reports from the bureau have since published. The latest one closed the sales totals for the 2012 commemorative coin programs that celebrated the […]

American Eagle gold bullion coins

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 […]