The United States Mint is both planning on and thinking about issuing several high-profile products for 2017, including an American Liberty gold coin in high relief and several silver medals with unique finishes from different minting facilities. Then in 2018, the San Francisco Mint may strike a set of reverse proof coins.
These real and potential products were shared by the U.S. Mint in October during its 2016 Numismatic Forum. Few details were provided. Those that were triggered some excitement.
As a part of a broad numismatic update, Jon Cameron, the U.S. Mint’s associate director of numismatic, bullion and coin studies, presented a tentative outline of possible, likely and known product releases in fiscal years 2017 and 2018. I’ve charted them in the tables below. Those highlighted in blue are considered "high profile products." The others are commemorative coins and regular annual issues.
2017 Product Line-Up
| FY 2017 – Q1 (Oct 1 to Dec 31, 2016) |
FY 2017 – Q2 (Jan 1 to Mar 31, 2017) |
FY 2017 – Q3 (Apr 1 to Jun 30, 2017) |
FY 2017 – Q4 (Jul 1 to Sept 30, 2017) |
|---|---|---|---|
| See U.S. Mint 2016 Product Schedule | ATB Quarters Proof Set | American Liberty High Relief Gold Coin — 225th Anniversary |
Platinum Proof Coin – 20th Anniversary |
| Lions Clubs Commemorative Program |
ATB Uncirculated Set | 225th Enhanced Uncirculated Set |
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| ATB Quarters Silver Proof Set |
Uncirculated Set | ||
| American Eagle Gold Proof Program |
American Buffalo Gold Proof | ||
| Boys Town Commemorative Program |
Silver Proof Set | ||
| American Eagle Silver Proof |
American Eagle Gold Uncirculated |
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| Proof Set | American Liberty Silver Medal — 225th Anniversary |
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| American Eagle Silver Uncirculated |
The 2017-W $100 American Liberty High Relief Gold Coin and companion medal(s) will be issued as part of the U.S. Mint’s celebration of its 225th anniversary, which is officially on April 2, 2017. Design candidates for the coin and medal were unveiled shortly before they were reviewed in March by the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC). Their recommended designs are shown in the images above.
Refer to our earlier article to learn about the 20th anniversary 2017-W $100 Proof American Platinum Eagle.
The 225th Enhanced Uncirculated Set could include 4 silver medals, each featuring a different collector finish and each produced at a different U.S. Mint facility — San Francisco, Denver, West Point and Philadelphia. Similar to the 2016 American Liberty Silver Medal, they would lack standard coin inscriptions but they would include mint marks.
2018 Product Line-Up
| FY 2018 – Q1 (Oct 1 to Dec 31, 2017) |
FY 2018 – Q2 (Jan 1 to Mar 31, 2018) |
FY 2018 – Q3 (Apr 1 to Jun 30, 2018) |
FY 2018 – Q4 (Jul 1 to Sept 30, 2018) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limited-Edition Silver Proof Set |
American Eagle Silver Proof |
American Eagle Gold Proof Program | Platinum Proof Coin — New Series |
| ATB Circulating Set | WWI Commemorative Coin Program |
Silver Proof Set | SF Reverse Proof Set |
| WWI Special Coin & Medals Sets |
Uncirculated Set | Limited-Edition Silver Proof Set |
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| ATB Quarters Proof Set | American Buffalo Gold Proof | ||
| ATB Silver Proof Set | American Eagle Silver Uncirculated Coin |
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| Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Program |
American Liberty Silver Medal |
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| Proof Set | American Eagle Gold Uncirculated Coin |
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| ATB Uncirculated Set |
Proof American Platinum Eagles in years 2018 to 2020 will feature different obverses but share the same reverse, exactly opposite of past series coins. The U.S. Mint published candidate designs for them in September.
Aside from what their names reveal, no details are currently available for the other possible big-ticket products for 2018.
