Jun 3, 2017 | Announcements, Bureau of Engraving and Printing
First Day of Sale: June 14, 2017 (8:00 a.m., ET) — The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is pleased to introduce the 2017 $2 Triple Deuce Currency Set. The set features a Series 2013 and two Series 2009 $2 uncirculated notes from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, with matching serial numbers beginning with 2017. This set is attractively packaged in a tri-fold folder and each note is protected by a clear, acid-free polymer sleeve.
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May 31, 2017 | Announcements, U.S. Mint
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint will open sales for the 2017 United States Mint Silver Proof Set® (product code 17RH) on June 7 at noon Eastern Time (ET).
This set is priced at $47.95 and contains the following coins:
- Five silver Quarters from the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program honoring Effigy Mounds National Monument (IA); Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (DC); Ozark National Scenic Riverways (MO); Ellis Island (New Jersey); and George Rogers Clark National Historical Park (IN).
- One Native American $1 Coin with a reverse design featuring a profiled likeness of Sequoyah writing “Sequoyah from Cherokee Nation” in syllabary along the border of the design. Inscriptions are “UNITED STATES of AMERICA,” “$1” and “Sequoyah” written in English in the field of the design.
- One Kennedy silver half dollar
- One Roosevelt silver dime
- One Jefferson nickel
- One Lincoln penny
The quarters, half dollar, and dime are struck in 90 percent silver. All coins bear the “S” mint mark of the United States Mint at San Francisco. Each set includes a Certificate of Authenticity.
The Mint will accept orders at its online catalog and at 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). Hearing- and speech-impaired customers with TTY equipment may order at 1-888-321-MINT. Visit us online for information about shipping options.
The United States Mint Silver Proof Set is also available for purchase through the Product Enrollment Program. For additional information about this convenient order method, please review our FAQs.
May 30, 2017 | Announcements, U.S. Mint
WASHINGTON — The United States Mint will accept orders for products with the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program coin honoring Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri starting on June 5 at noon Eastern Time (ET).
The coin’s reverse (tails) design depicts Alley Mill, a steel roller mill built in 1894. This merchant mill was used to convert wheat into flour. Much of the original milling equipment is still in place, and visitors to the park can tour the mill. The obverse (heads) design features the 1932 portrait of George Washington by John Flanagan.
Product options and their prices are as follows:
| PRODUCT CODE |
PRODUCT OPTION |
MINT MARK |
PRICE |
| 17ABG |
100-Coin Bag |
P |
$34.95 |
| 17ABH |
100-Coin Bag |
D |
$34.95 |
| 17ABJ |
100-Coin Bag |
S |
$34.95 |
| 17ARG |
Two-Roll Set |
P and D |
$32.95 |
| 17ARH |
40-Coin Roll |
S |
$18.95 |
| 17ARJ |
Three-Roll Set |
P, D, and S |
$46.95 |
Coins in the rolls and bags are struck on the main production floors at the United States Mint facilities at Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco. The three-roll set contains coins from all three facilities. Unlike the “P” and “D” mint mark quarters, those with the “S” mint mark will not be released into circulation.
The special numismatic wrapping for the coin rolls displays the name “Ozark National Scenic Riverways”; the abbreviation “MO” for Missouri; “$10,” the face value of its contents; and “P,” “D,” or “S” for the mint of origin. The canvas bags have a tag with “Ozark National Scenic Riverways;” “MO;” and “P,” “D,” or “S.”
The Mint accepts orders via its online catalog, and at 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). Hearing- and speech-impaired customers with TTY equipment may order by calling 1-888-321-MINT (6468). Information about shipping options is available online.
May 26, 2017 | Announcements, U.S. Mint
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint (Mint) will open sales for the 2017 American Eagle One Ounce Gold Uncirculated Coin (product code17EH) on June 1 at noon Eastern Time (ET).
This coin is a collector version of the Mint’s American Eagle Gold Bullion Coin. Struck at the United States Mint at West Point, the obverse (heads) features a version of Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ full-length figure of Liberty with flowing hair, holding a torch in her right hand and an olive branch in her left. Its reverse (tails), by sculptor Miley Busiek, features a male eagle carrying an olive branch flying above a nest containing a female eagle and eaglets.
Each coin is encapsulated in plastic and packaged in a presentation case with a Certificate of Authenticity. Customer demand will determine the number of coins produced.
Pricing for the 2017 American Eagle One Ounce Gold Uncirculated Coin will be based on the Mint’s pricing schedule for products containing gold. These products are priced according to the range in which they appear on the 2017 Pricing of Numismatic Gold, Commemorative Gold, and Platinum Products” table. Click here for current pricing information.
The Mint will accept orders at its online catalog and at 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). Hearing- and speech-impaired customers with TTY equipment may order at 1-888-321-MINT. Visit us online for information about shipping options.
May 26, 2017 | Announcements, U.S. Mint
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint (Mint) today announced that it is discontinuing all mail orders effective September 30, 2017.
The Mint will return any mail orders received after September 30 with instructions for placing orders online or by phone.
The consumer products industry is increasingly adopting Web-based sales channels, including mobile applications, that give the public more efficient, cost-effective, and faster ways to purchase products. The Mint is following this trend in an effort to better serve all its customers, and provide a more convenient and consistent ordering experience.
Future orders will be accepted at the Mint’s online catalog at www.catalog.usmint.gov or via telephone at 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468), seven days a week from 8 a.m. to midnight ET.
May 25, 2017 | Announcements
(Pelham, Alabama) — John F. Kennedy, the only American president ever honored on a circulating half dollar coin, was born May 29, 1917. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth, Whitman Publishing is offering a free copy of The Kennedy World in Medallic Art: John F. Kennedy and His Family in Medals, Coins, Tokens, and Other Collectibles, by William R. Rice, in a promotion throughout the month of June.
Normally The Kennedy World in Medallic Art is available from booksellers and hobby shops nationwide and online for $19.95. From May 29 through June 30, 2017, collectors who spend $25 or more at www.Whitman.com may request a free copy of the 304-page hardcover book by entering code JFK at checkout.
In this monumental book, Kennedy historian William Rice offers fresh insight on the life and times of the president. His exploration includes the history of the Kennedy family; JFK’s boyhood; his military service and early political career; his inauguration and presidency; Jacqueline and the children; life in the White House; the November 1963 assassination; and the world’s mourning and remembrance.
The story is told through touching and insightful essays illustrated by more than 1,500 images including coins, medals, tokens, stamps, and other memorabilia. Many are popular and collectible, like the 1964 silver Kennedy half dollar (with its mintage of 429 million coins) and the recent best-selling 2014 gold Kennedy halves. Other items are rare and seldom seen, and some one-of-a-kind.
“John F. Kennedy is one of the most popular presidents in American history,” says Whitman publisher Dennis Tucker. “Edward Rochette and Aubrey Mayhew started numismatic studies of Kennedy in the 1960s, and William Rice builds on their foundation. Today’s collectors benefit from full-color images and 50 years of ongoing research. Savvy buyers can find many JFK coins, medals, and tokens at local coin shows, flea markets, antique malls, and online.”
Special book sections discuss subjects like satirical and critical pieces; brothers Robert F. and Teddy Kennedy; the Peace Corps; and paper money issued during the Kennedy administration.
Military challenge coins are given extra attention (with more than 180 images) as are foreign and domestic “march” medals, commemorative postage covers, world coins, and medal sets. Rice discusses and illustrates Chinese Hell notes, carved hobo coins, Wedgwood pottery, silver bullion bars, elongated coins, and many of other categories of Kennedy collectibles.
In addition to colorful historical images and narrative, the book’s scholarly appeal is expanded by multiple appendices, a bibliography, and a full index. Collectors benefit from the catalog numbering system and commentary on today’s buy-sell-trade market. A 52-page appendix catalogs more than 2,670 individual items by date, size, composition, and description.
“Historians will remain deeply indebted to William Rice for his gigantic addition to the field of John F. Kennedy medallic art and related historical memorabilia,” says noted Kennedy historian Dr. Gerald J. Steinberg.
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The Kennedy World in Medallic Art: John F. Kennedy and His Family in Medals, Coins, Tokens, and Other Collectibles
By William R. Rice; foreword by Dr. Gerald J. Steinberg
ISBN 0794842364
Hardcover, 8.5 x 11 inches · 304 pages · Full color
Retail $19.95 U.S.
May 24, 2017 | ANA, Announcements
The American Numismatic Association has partnered with Election Services Corp. to conduct the 2017 Board of Governors Election. Your eBallot should have arrived in your email inbox on Wed, May 24.
Visit money.org/election or read the June issue of The Numismatist to review candidates’ biographies and election statements. Then follow the simple instructions outlined in the email you received. (Biographies also can be accessed on the eBallot). Individuals that are the point of contact for their club may have received two emails – one is for your personal vote, the second ballot represents your club.
Need assistance? Email anahelp@electionservicescorp.com or call 1-866-720-4357.
The deadline to vote is 11:59 pm (MDT) on Saturday, July 1, 2017.
NOTE: I will make my endorsements in early June. Watch the blog for that post.
May 24, 2017 | Announcements, News
(Pelham, Alabama) — Whitman Publishing announces the release of two new volumes in its series of combination book-albums trademarked under the name Search & Save. Each new volume consists of a 96-page hardcover book bound with a Whitman Classic Coin Album page for storing and displaying a customized coin collection. The Search & Save volumes are intended for beginning to intermediate hobbyists, as a fun way to introduce newcomers to active coin collecting. Volume 5 covers dimes and quarters, and volume 6 covers half dollars. Each retails for $9.95 and is available from booksellers and hobby shops nationwide, and online (including at www.Whitman.com).
The Whitman Classic® Coin Album page has protective plastic slides that are inserted on each side of the page’s openings, holding each coin firmly in place while allowing its obverse and reverse to be displayed.
Many of the Search & Save coins can be collected from circulation. Others require some hunting at local coin shops, online, or at a coin show. The two new volumes discuss coins going back to the earliest years of the Philadelphia Mint, in the 1790s. Their album pages start with more common and easily collectible coins beginning with the Capped Bust types of the early 1800s.
“Readers of our Search & Save books learn about each coin in the context of American and world history, and enjoy the fun and pride of building their own valuable collections,” said Whitman publisher Dennis Tucker. “The books encourage readers to explore beyond their pocket change, to build relationships with coin dealers and go to coin shows. When they’re done, they not only have a personalized coin collection, but they can tell each coin’s story and share them with their friends and family.”
Search & Save: Old U.S. Dimes and Quarters begins with a richly illustrated chapter on the history of coinage in America. It includes chapters on Capped Bust, Liberty Seated, and Barber dimes and quarters of the 1800s and early 1900s, Mercury dimes, Standing Liberty quarters, Roosevelt dimes, and Washington quarters. A final chapter gives advice on collecting each coin type. The book’s album page provides openings to assemble a collection of 16 different coins dating from the early 1800s to today.
Search & Save: U.S. Half Dollars offers a colorful exploration of American commerce and coinage from the colonial era to the start of the Philadelphia Mint in 1792. Subsequent chapters cover Capped Bust, Liberty Seated, and Barber half dollars (spanning from 1807 to 1915), Liberty Walking half dollars, Franklin half dollars, and Kennedy half dollars. A special chapter explores the field of U.S. commemorative half dollars from 1892 to date, and a final chapter tells how to collect each coin type. The book’s album page allows the collector to display 12 coins of different types and varieties, ranging from Capped Bust half dollars of the early 1800s to today’s Kennedys, plus three of their favorite commemorative half dollars.
The first four Search & Save books covered Lincoln cents, nickels, State quarters, and America the Beautiful quarters.
Because Whitman Publishing is the Official Supplier of the American Numismatic Association, ANA members receive 10% off the Search & Save books when purchasing directly.
May 22, 2017 | Announcements, U.S. Mint
WHAT:
Join officials from the United States Mint and the National Park Service for the official launch of the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program coin honoring Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri on Monday, June 5, 2017, at 11 a.m. CT.
Ceremony highlights include musical entertainment by The Baker Family, an award winning bluegrass band from South Central Missouri. United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program artist Ron Sanders, designer of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways quarter, will also attend.
A coin exchange of $10 rolls of newly-minted Ozark National Scenic Riverways quarters after the ceremony.
WHO:
- Cameron Sholly, Midwest Regional Director, National Park Service
- Michele Satchell, Senior Advisor, Office of the Director, United States Mint
- Paul Fitzwater, Missouri State Representative, for Governor Eric Greitens
- Larry Johnson, Superintendent, Ozark National Scenic Riverways
- David Stokely, District Director SW & South Central Missouri, Office of Senator Claire McCaskill
- Caroline Yielding, Field Representative, Southeast Missouri, Office of Senator Roy Blunt
- Tom Akers, former astronaut, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
WHEN:
Monday, June 5, 2017, 11 a.m. CT
WHERE:
Alley Spring and Mill
State Route 106
Eminence, MO 65466
COIN FORUM
The United States Mint will host a coin forum the evening before the launch ceremony-Sunday, June 4, 2017, 6-7 p.m. CT-at the Echo Bluff State Park, Nixon Room, 34489 Echo Bluff Drive, Eminence, MO 65466. The coin forum is an opportunity for the public to learn about upcoming United States Mint coin programs and initiatives, and express their views about future coinage.
The Ozark National Scenic Riverways quarter is the 38th release in the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Program, a 12-year initiative that honors 56 national parks and other national sites authorized by Public Law 110-456. Each year, the public will see five new national sites depicted on the reverses (tails sides) of the America the Beautiful Quarters. The United States Mint is issuing these quarters in the order in which the national sites were officially established.
Additional Contact Information
United States Mint:
Tracy.Scelzo@usmint.treas.gov
Ozark National Scenic Riverways:
Dena Matteson
dena_matteson@nps.gov
573-323-4814
May 19, 2017 | ANA, Announcements
The American Numismatic Association (ANA) is excited to announce a collaboration between its flagship publication, The Numismatist, and The Coin Dealer Newsletter (CDN), providing ANA members a reliable retail pricing tool for collectable U.S. and Early American coinage. Beginning in June, ANA members can access the “Collector’s Price Guide” (CPG) in The Numismatist. Each monthly 8- to 10-page supplement offers up-to-date values for a variety of U.S. coin types and denominations on a regular rotation, with early coppers, cents and nickels in June, silver in July, and gold in August.
“The Numismatist is one of the great publications of our hobby and the cornerstone benefit of ANA membership,” says ANA President Jeff Garrett. “The new CDN retail price guide will make The Numismatist an indispensable resource for collectors. This partnership is one of the most important developments for the organization in many years.”
The “Collector’s Price Guide” is intended as a hobby resource only and should be used in combination with other numismatic references as part of a practical, informed purchasing plan. CDN Publishing is solely responsible for the content of the guide.
According to CDN Publisher John Feigenbaum, “An online version of CPG was launched a few months ago in response to dealers who have long been frustrated by the disconnect between established Greysheet pricing and unrelated retail values that don’t reflect wholesale levels. CPG values are derived from the Greysheet and move in direct reaction to the wholesale market so collectors and dealers can finally be in sync.”
“It’s a dream come true to have coin-pricing information available in The Numismatist,” says ANA Executive Director Kim Kiick. “This is a huge benefit to our members, and we are grateful to John Feigenbaum for approaching us with this opportunity.”
About CDN Publishing and the ANA
Since 1963, CDN has been the industry standard in U.S. rare coin and currency pricing with its publication of the Greysheet, Bluesheet and Greensheet newsletters. Released weekly and monthly, these price guides are preferred by coin dealers, shop owners, serious collectors and investors throughout the United States. An archive of articles can be accessed free at blog.greysheet.com. For more information, visit www.CDNpublishing.com.
The American Numismatic Association is a congressionally chartered, nonprofit educational organization dedicated to encouraging the study and collection of coins and related items. The ANA helps its 25,000 members and the public discover and explore the world of money through its vast array of instructional and outreach programs, as well as its museum, library, publications and conventions. For more information, call 719-632-2646 or visit www.money.org.
First Day of Sale: June 14, 2017 (8:00 a.m., ET) — The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is pleased to introduce the 2017 $2 Triple Deuce Currency Set. The set features a Series 2013 and two Series 2009 $2 uncirculated notes from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, with matching serial numbers beginning with 2017. This set is attractively packaged in a tri-fold folder and each note is protected by a clear, acid-free polymer sleeve.
