FORT WORTH, TEXAS — The American Numismatic Association Board of Governors, on March 27, approved a recommendation from Executive Director Larry Shepherd to name Chicago as the site of the summer ANA World’s Fair of Money® in 2013, 2014 and 2015, and to launch a fall show in 2011. A third annual ANA convention will [...]
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The 2010 Boy Scouts of America Centennial Silver Dollars premiered from the US Mint just two weeks ago and not surprisingly, mintage limits are fast approaching and the secondary market is already seeing a decent trade in these commemorative strikes.
Customers were initially able to place orders for the Boy Scout coins beginning on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. The first few hours of availability due to demand saw troublesome issues for those trying to complete their transactions, both via the Mint’s website and through the Mint’s telephone ordering system.
This did not hamper sales much, with more than 200,000 sold in 4 days. The latest Mint’s sales figures as of Sunday, April 4, show an astonishing 266,517 of the pieces were sold, with 179,976 proof and 86,541 uncirculated for a weekly increase of 51,844. More than 76 percent of the maximum authorized mintage are now gone.
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The US government printed more money in March than in any previous month in 2010, according to the agency responsible for manufacturing US currency. The value of the notes printed also peaked.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) on Friday released the latest production figures for March which show it made $1s, $5s, $20s and $100s during the month — the same denominations as in February.
Combined, the BEP produced 605,952,000 banknotes that had a total value of $22,138,240,000. In contrast, February figures came in at 504.476 million notes for just over $14.098 billion while January registered 487 million notes worth just above $14.1 billion.
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The United States Mint will issue a new series of coins in 2010 that are composed of silver and depict American National Parks and National Sites.
These coins are not the collector versions of the circulating America the Beautiful Quarters. They are, however, similar in name as they are called America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins and they share the same reverse designs.
Both new U.S. Mint coin series, the America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program and the America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coin™ Program, are authorized by the America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008. The act was signed into Public Law 110-456 by former President Bush on December 23, 2008.
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The United States Mint has updated its 2010 Product Schedule to include new offerings with specific release dates through to the end of May. Most notable to the schedule are release dates for 2010 Lincoln Cent rolls, new Presidential $1 coins and three America the Beautiful Quarter Products. The new quarters series has been delayed [...]
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Millard Fillmore Presidential $1 Coin Covers were issued by the United States Mint today, April 2, 2010. The limited-edition product is the first one released this year in the American Presidency $1 Coin Cover Series and the 13th since they began in 2007. Each is priced at $15.95, which is $1 more than past issues. [...]
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American Numismatic Association member Lawrence Herrera received the Steven J. D’Ippolito Best-in-Show Exhibit Award for his exhibit, "U.S. Counterfeit Coin Detectors, Late 19th Century," at the ANA’s 2010 National Money Show™, held March 25-27 in Fort Worth. The first runner-up award was presented to Robert Mayer for "1876 Woods" and the second runner-up award went [...]
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