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2013 Mint Set Sales End at 52-Year Low
Sales of the 2013 United States Mint Uncirculated Coin Set, or 2013 Mint Set, ended this week with its product page now tagged with "sold out."
U.S. Mint reporting last had its sales at 368,553, which is the lowest total since the 1961 Mint Set ended with sales of [...]
2014 Mint Set Sales Start at 157,044
Starting sales for this year's 2014 United States Mint Uncirculated Coin Set about matched the debut performance of last year's set, figures from the U.S. Mint show.
Released on Tuesday, May 13, the 2014 Mint Set with 28 uncirculated coins for $27.95 scored sales of 157,044 by Sunday, May 18 [...]
2014 US Mint Uncirculated Coin Set Includes 28 Coins for $27.95
Today, May 13, the United States Mint released its 2014 edition of the annual Uncirculated Coin Set.
Featuring 28 coins, this always popular annual set is available for $27.95. Subscribers who signed up earlier in the year to receive this set automatically paid $25.15 thanks to a 10% discount promotion [...]
US Mint Coin Production in November at 991 Million
Fewer coins shipped out of United States Mint production plants in November, snapping a streak of three straight monthly increases. The year-end decrease is typical and will extend into December as the bureau gears up to strike coins for 2014.
As for November, U.S. Mint production facilities in Philadelphia and Denver produced 991,140,000 coins for circulation [...]
US Mint Coin Production in September Rebounds, Topping 1 Billion
For the sixth time this year after having happened just once last year, American circulating coin production for a month topped 1 billion coins, data from the United States Mint shows.
U.S. Mint presses struck 1,099,340,000 coins in September for a 51.7% increase over August and an [...]
Gold Gains on Week, Silver Dips, US Mint Bullion Sales Steadier
Precious metals advanced Friday but only gold and palladium scored weekly gains. Their increases tallied to a modest 0.5% for gold and a healthier 1.4% for palladium. Silver on the week dipped 0.4% while platinum dropped 0.9%.
Last week, gold survey participants leaned bullish. This week's survey from Kitco tips further bullish with [...]
Public Tour of US Mint at Philadelphia, Photos and Tips
In Colonial Philadelphia, it took coiners three years to strike 1 million coins. Today, the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia can make that many in the time it takes to watch a 30-minute TV show.
How does it happen? You won't find out sitting around the TV. The best way is to stop by the Philadelphia Mint and take their free tour. Bring your kids or grandchildren. They'll love seeing all the coins from 40 feet above the factory floor and they'll remember it forever [...]
2012 Limited Edition Silver Proof Set Planned
Collectors can expect a 2012 Limited Edition Silver Proof Set from the United States Mint.
Listed earlier this week on the U.S. Mint's product schedule but later pulled, the limited edition set will have a price tag of $149.95 [...]
Stack’s Bowers to Offer Coin and Currency Rarities at Baltimore Expo
Stack's Bower Galleries will present nearly 10,000 coin and currency lots this November 13-17 at the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Baltimore Expo.
Set to cross the auction block are more than 4,000 lots of U.S. coins and exonumia, almost 1,100 lots of U.S. currency and over 2,900 lots of world coins and world currency [...]
US August Coin Production Reveals 2012 Hawaii Volcanoes Quarter Mintages
Far fewer American coins were struck for circulation in August than in any month since February, the latest coin production figures from the U.S. Mint show.
In other interesting revelations, mintages for the recently released Hawaii Volcanoes quarter are sharply higher than any other America the Beautiful Quarter but one [...]