By Roger W. Burdette, special to CoinWeek ….. The earliest United States Mint dies were anonymous lumps of steel. Except for the design faces and size, there was little to distinguish one from another. That began to change when branch mints were opened in New Orleans, Charlotte, and Dahlonega. Sometimes the Coining Department in Philadelphia, […]
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By Bullion Shark LLC …… If you’ve been wondering why the current premium over spot silver for American Silver Eagles is so much higher than it is for other world bullion coins like Canadian Silver Maple Leafs and British Britannias, the reason has to do with a shortage at the United States Mint – not […]
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With the release of an almost-dizzying number of products, you will find quite a few additions to this week’s charts. Of note are the bags and rolls of the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve quarter, the Mighty Minters and U.S
With the release of an almost-dizzying number of products, you will find quite a few additions to this week’s charts. Of note are the bags and rolls of the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve quarter, the Mighty Minters and U.S
By Ron Thompson
In the March 17 issue of Numismatic News, an anonymous writer suggested: “The U.S. Mint Enters the Land of Unintended Consequences
Monthly coin production at the U.S. Mint increased significantly from December
Monthly coin production at the U.S. Mint ended on a weak note
It’s worse than I thought.
Circulating coin production is falling faster and faster.
The latest figures provided by the U
The United States Mint revved up circulating coin production in October. The monthly total of 1,382,180,000 is 41 percent higher than the September monthly figure.
There were increases in the denominations cents through quarters from both the Philadelphia and Denver minting facilities
With the stock market acting wobbly in October and November, coin collectors can offer a small bit of reassurance to nervous investors.
The latest U.S
With the stock market acting wobbly in October and November, coin collectors can offer a small bit of reassurance to nervous investors.
The latest U.S
The United States Mint has struck just over 10 billion coins in the first nine months of the calendar year.
Comprising nearly 60 percent of the total are cents at 6,018,000,000 pieces produced by Philadelphia and Denver combined.
Philadelphia has struck slightly more than half the total
By Al Doyle for CoinWeek ……… American collectors will find slim pickings when they try to acquire coins struck from 1931 to 1933. Here’s an overview of the situation. Circulating $5 and $2.50 gold pieces were gone forever, and no silver dollars were struck from 1929 to 1933. Likewise, half dollars were a no-show from […]
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In this 4K video, CoinWeek goes deep down into the heart of the Philadelphia Mint to see first hand, the production of the 2016 Fort Moultrie Quarter. See nickel blanks being fed through the annealing process and onwards. Watch fresh Fort Moultrie Quarters flow out of state-of-the-art Schuler coin presses and then be sent off […]
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The United States Mint announced today that circulating coin production at its Philadelphia and Denver facilities are temporarily converting from two-shift to three-shift operations to accommodate an increase in production requirements. The Mint manufactures new coins to supplement Federal Reserve Bank coin inventories. Each month the Federal Reserve places orders for new coins and provides […]
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