With Halloween and Thanksgiving still yet to come, the United States Mint is already planning for Christmas with today’s release of two different ornaments — their 2022 United States Mint Holiday Ornament and their 2022 Mighty Minters™ Ornament.
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At the center of each is an uncirculated U.S. Mint 2022 American Innovation® $1 Coin for Vermont depicting a young snowboarder.
Both go on sale today beginning at Noon ET. Pricing is $29.95 for the more adult-themed ornament and $27.95 for the kids-in-mind Mighty Minters ornament.
2022 United States Mint Holiday Ornament
The latest U.S. Mint ornament is shaped like a large snowflake from solid brass with an imitation rhodium finish, resulting in some elements displaying a silver sheen. Colorizations of white, blue, and purple add to the detail of the snowflake.
At the center is the Vermont Innovation dollar, designed by Artistic Infusion Program Designer Justin Kunz and sculpted by Medallic Artist Craig Campbell. The uncirculated $1 coin from the Philadelphia Mint depicts a young snowboarder in the air with a mountainous winter skyline behind. Shown above the coin is "UNITED STATES MINT" with "2022" below.
The back of the ornament has the U.S. Treasury Seal with Treasury at the top and United States Mint below. Each ships with a certificate of authenticity and a purple presentation case.
2022 Mighty Minters Ornament
For younger generations, the Mint’s 2022 Mighty Minters Ornament may be a perfect option with its "Sing Songs of Joy" theme. Shown are three of the U.S. Mint’s Mighty Minters characters — Layla, a peahen from West Point, NY; Lina from Philadelphia, PA; and Kendra from Washington, DC. The two kids are holding song books with snow-covered evergreens behind and an adorned streetlamp.
The ornament’s Vermont Innovation dollar is centered with "UNITED STATES MINT" and "2022" printed below. Each is produced from solid brass and finished with the silvery sheen of imitation rhodium.
The back includes the Treasury Seal. It ships in a red presentation case.
Previous U.S. Mint Ornaments
These two new holiday ornaments appear as the most recent in a multi-year series from the U.S. Mint. Prior-year products include:
- 2019 ornaments with Kennedy Half Dollars
- 2020 ornaments with Jefferson Nickels
- 2021 ornaments with Washington Quarters
In addition, earlier this year, the U.S. Mint started selling 2022 American Women quarter dollar ornaments.
Ordering
All available ornaments from the U.S. Mint, including those from previous years, may be purchased by visiting the Mint’s online store page dedicated to Collectible Ornaments.
The 2022 U.S. Mint Holiday Ornament has a maximum product limit of 8,000 with the Mighty Minters version capped at 6,250.
For once the coin on the ornament actually relates to the Holiday Season itself!
Did anyone here get the email that your enrollment for the upcoming 3 roll quarter set has been changed to 1?
when I enrolled a month or so ago there was a message that indicated enrollment was limited to 1 (even though the description indicated a limit of 3). In fact, I almost missed even seeing that message that popped up. I did not try to order more than 1 so I don’t know if you could type in 3, but then have it limit you to 1.
I would surmise, Tom, that the originally posted Household Order Limit of 3 allowing one to sign up for a Subscription up to that amount would be superseded by the more recent notice from the Mint lowering the HOL to 1.
I didn’t get that email from the Mint, Sherril, but that may be due to my having already reduced my subscription aka enrollment to “1” by my own choice.
they now have next year’s Bessie Coleman quarter available for subscription. the 3 roll set is already unavailable, but that would be from people who are already subscribed this year. Only 55 of the 2 roll set available for subscription.
Am I glad I maintain a subscription for those AWQ 3 Roll Sets, Tom, otherwise I would most likely have found myself on the outside looking in! That being said, I am somewhat surprised regarding how popular this particular Quarter Series from the Mint has become; one might say that what we are seeing here is a veritable coin feeding frenzy.
So under order history, the mint indicates the order for the quarters was processed 10/23. (Release of quarters isn’t until 10/25.) My credit card payment is due this time of month, so I just checked the statement. The $54 is not included yet for this month’s payment, but the available balance on the card has been reduced by the $54. So it is there, just waiting until the quarters actual release to make it official.
Tom,
The Mint is clearly not taking the chance that any credit card deadbeats can beat the system by having the AWQ 3 Roll Set shipped to them and then not paying for it. I think this bit of extra caution is especially important to the Mint with a product like this which is in such demand it could sell out many times over.
Agreed. I don’t think the mint is doing anything out of the ordinary. If, for example, your credit card was expired, you would get an e-mail saying update your info for payment or you are not going to receive this one. Hopefully they have ‘processed’ your order as well(under order history it should show) on ebay, one coin shop is asking 650 for the 3 roll set (pre-sale) wow. also, presale – one individual is asking 175 + 11 shipping and another individual has 2 rolls(?), one for 122.50 and 1 for 130.50 with 6 or 7 bids (5.30 shipping).… Read more »
There is no question in my mind that a Household Order Limit of One ought to automatically be applied to any Mint product that is not part of the Mint’s standard annual item listing. While the big dealers, buying clubs and other resellers might feel inhibited by this purchasing limit, there are far more buyers in the coin collecting community itself who will be especially grateful for the existence of this rule as the only possible way for them to acquire from the Mint its most desirable products.
Hi Sherril
My mint email said my 3 roll enrollment was reduced to “2” and any duplicate 3 roll subscriptions were reduced to ‘0’.
Allan,
You somehow got to be the very lucky outlier since everyone else heard from here has had their AWQ Anna May Wong 3 Roll Set subscription reduced to “1”.
Allan,
Cheers for you! Things like that with the Mint are few and far between.
So is anyone getting more than 1 set?
I clearly can’t speak definitively for anyone else, Sherril, but if I had to offer a guess I’d be inclined to say that it’s very unlikely considering the Mint’s email notice.