By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ….. The 1933 Saint-Gaudens 20$ Double Eagle Sold in 2021 for $18.87 million, this is officially the most expensive coin in the world. But that’s not what makes it so controversial. Shortly after the United States Mint struck 445,500 double eagles in the spring of 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt issued […]
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Auction info On Sunday, January 23rd, bidding ends on GreatCollections.com in the auction of a 1972 Roosevelt dime graded PCGS MS66 with Full Bands. A condition census example pedigreed to collector LS Brown, this 1972 dime is an important offering for collectors who are building a PCGS Set Registry set of Roosevelt dimes. At the […]
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The United States Mint will begin accepting orders for the 2021 Limited Edition Silver Proof Set–American Eagle Collection on October 1 at noon EDT. Production is limited to 50,000, with orders limited to one per household for the first 24 hours of sales. This exquisite set includes the following six proof quality coins: One American […]
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By Thomas Daniel Bowers Jr. ….. The term “Proof coin” during the years 1950 through 1964 refers to the manufacturing method used to produce coins whereby the coins are struck using polished dies and planchets. Starting in 1850, only individual/single Proof coins, were produced upon a request to the U.S. Mint – and the requester […]
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Sales will open for the 2018 United States Mint Uncirculated Coin Set® (product code 18RJ) on May 14 at noon Eastern Time (ET). This set contains two folders with 10 coins each—one with coins from the United States Mint at Philadelphia and the other with coins from the United States Mint at Denver. Each folder […]
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By Coinweek Coin News Wire …. Coin News Wire for January 19, 2018 Brain Food 1.) Who Really Designed the American Dime? …[I]t takes a keen eye to see the very subtle “JS” just beneath Franklin D. Roosevelt’s truncated neck. These are the initials of John Sinnock, the U.S. Mint’s Chief Engraver from 1925 to 1947, […]
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On January 11, the 2018 United States Mint Birth Set (18RD) will go on sale at noon on the Mint’s website for the seventh year in a row. This set of coins is ideal for celebrating any upcoming births in 2018
On January 11, the 2018 United States Mint Birth Set (18RD) will go on sale at noon on the Mint’s website for the seventh year in a row. This set of coins is ideal for celebrating any upcoming births in 2018
Sales will open for the 2017 United States Mint Limited Edition Silver Proof Set™ (product code 17RC) beginning on October 5 at noon Eastern Time (ET). This set is priced at $139.95 and includes the following eight proof quality coins: One American Eagle One Ounce Silver Proof Coin; Five Quarters from the America the Beautiful […]
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By Harvey Stack – Co-Founder, Stack’s Bowers Galleries ….. Links to Part 1 | Part 2 The Postwar Years World War II came to an end in 1945. It brought home many a soldier, sailor, airman and marine, away from their families for as long as five years. They had to rebuild their lives in […]
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The 2015 United States Mint Silver Proof Set (product code SW2) will be available for purchase starting on May 14 at noon Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The set is priced at $53.95 and contains the following 14 coins from the United States Mint at San Francisco: Four Presidential $1 Coins honoring Harry S. Truman, Dwight […]
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CoinWeek Staff Reports… The United States Mint 2015 March of Dimes Special Silver Set went on sale at 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) today, and within an hour of its release the coin set is already on backorder. Periodically checking up on the silver set’s product page at usmint.gov, the set’s backorder status was […]
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In this CoinWeek Video News Update, Editor Charles Morgan details what we know about the recently announced 2015 March of Dimes Special Silver Set from the United States Mint. The set marks the first time the U.S. Mint has produced a 90% silver W-Mint dime and a 90% silver Reverse Proof dime. NOTE: Make sure you […]
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Developing… Today, the United States Mint announced that the 2015 March of Dimes Silver Dollar commemorative coin program will include a 2015 March of Dimes Special Silver Set containing a March of Dimes Proof Silver Dollar, a 90 percent silver proof Roosevelt dime struck at the West Pont Mint with a W mint mark, and a […]
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