The United States Mint announced the release date for bags and rolls of the 2012 El Yunque National Forest Quarters, the first of five 2012 quarters that will debut this year as part of the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. The El Yunque Quarters will go on sale Friday, February 3, at noon Eastern Time.
2012 El Yunque National Forest Quarter
The price for each 2012-dated 100-coin bag will be $34.95, and the two-roll set containing 80 quarters will be $32.95. These prices are lower than last year's products by $15 and $7 respectively. Price cuts from the U.S. Mint have been attributed to the updating of the product costing process, acquiring metals at current lower prices and negotiating better pricing from suppliers. [click to continue…]
A new product, the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set, debuted on the US Mint sales charts and won the majority of attention, hands down. The quarters proof set did not have much of an impact on other sales, as only a handful of offerings, 29, managed to exceed their prior week's increases.
United States Mint Image of the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set
The 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set launched Tuesday, January 17, and by January 23, collectors scooped up 50,774 of them. The annual set is in its third year of the America the Beautiful Quarters series, and it opened much earlier and with lower numbers than the prior two quarters sets. [click to continue…]
The United States Mint announced that it has lowered the prices for several 2012 numismatic products, and that two popular annual sets will keep the same price as last year.
Several America the Beautiful Quarters products will be lower in price this year.
Eleven items, four of which are popular annual sets, received price cuts. Another four products will actually have multiple issues in its series with the decreased prices, such as the five America the Beautiful Quarters and the four Presidential $1 Coins. The latter actually has a few product additions for this year. [click to continue…]
The first two product releases of 2012 debuted on the United States Mint sales chart this week. The 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set took the top spot, and the Vicksburg Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin followed.
U.S. Mint image of the 2012 Quarters Silver Proof Set
Opening sales for the 2012 Quarters Silver Proof Set hit 61,181 during the first week, which was not a bad start considering the program is in its third year. 2010 was the inaugural year and over 75,000 silver sets sold in the first three days, while more than 78,000 of last year's sets sold during its initial reporting period. Oddly, the US Mint did not provide the starting figure for last year's release until after it had been on the market for 28 days. [click to continue…]
Collectors can begin ordering the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set on Tuesday, January 17, at 12:00 PM (noon) ET for $14.95 from the United States Mint.
United States Mint Image of the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set
So far, the price has stayed the same for each year the America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set has been offered, beginning with the 2010-dated coins. The premium for the quarters proof set covers the cost for the protective packaging and the special finish on the clad coins. They were struck at the U.S. Mint facility in San Francisco in proof quality, so each has the frosted, high-relief design against a shiny mirror-like surface. [click to continue…]
The biggest news regarding United States Mint recent product sales was the sellout of the 2010-P Mount Hood National Forest Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin, which was followed one day later with the release of the 2011-P Vicksburg National Military Park Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin.
Mount Hood National Forest Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin
Mount Hood silver coin sales reached 26,831 out of a possible 27,000 by Monday, January 9, as indicated in the sales table below. But the final 169 were quickly scooped up within the next two days for an official sell out by Wednesday. [click to continue…]
Prices are higher for numismatic 2011 gold coins from the United States Mint. On Wednesday, January 11, the Mint raised prices on its series of collector coins as gold has been on a steady climb in recent days.
The United States Mint had reduced prices on gold coins by two levels back on December 21 when the precious metal tumbled to within $1,550.00 and $1,599.99 an ounce, one of the ranges used in setting coin prices. But gold moved firmly back above $1,600 an ounce, which kicked off the following increases in coin prices. [click to continue…]
The 2011 Vicksburg National Military Park Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin is set for a release date of Thursday, January 12, 2012, at 12 PM noon (ET).
U.S. Mint image of the Vicksburg National Military Park Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin
As the fourth 2011-dated five ouncer and the ninth in the America the Beautiful coin series, the Vicksburg silver coin honors the civil war military park in Mississippi that memorializes the siege and the defense of the town the on the Mississippi River. [click to continue…]
The United States Mint unveiled the new designs with images of the four 2012 Presidential dollars, per a press release on January 5, 2012.
The 2012 Presidential dollars celebrating Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland (First Term), Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland (Second Term)
The Presidential dollars honor the 21st through the 24th Presidents on the United States, which were Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison. President Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms, separated by President Harrison. [click to continue…]
