The United States Mint will place the 2012 Kennedy half-dollars on sale starting Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 12 noon Eastern Time (ET). The new strikes will be offered in 200-coin bags and two roll sets.
Rolls and Bags 2012 Kennedy Half-Dollar Coins
A rendition of the bust of President Kennedy on the reverse and the Presidential Coat of Arms on the obverse have been the designs on the American half-dollars since 1964. [please click to continue…]
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Fresh on the U.S. Mint sales charts are three new Presidential $1 coin products, the Presidential $1 Coin Uncirculated Set, and bags filled with either Philadelphia or Denver minted Chester Arthur $1 Coins. The leader in US Mint weekly sales across all numismatic products, hands down, was the uncirculated set.
The 2012 Presidential $1 Coin Uncirculated Set was the best selling numismatic coin product for the U.S. Mint last week
Collectors ordered 20,996 of the new Presidential $1 Coin Uncirculated Set between its release on Tuesday, May 1 and Monday, May 7. What makes the set desirable are the two strikes of each coin, one from Philadelphia and the other from Denver, for a total of eight. Another factor helping sales is the lower price of $16.95, a discount of $3 compared to last year's issue. [please click to continue…]
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U.S. Mint image of the 2012 San Francisco Proof Silver Eagle Two-Coin Set
The United States Mint has announced its plans to launch a 2012 San Francisco Proof Silver Eagle Two-Coin Set for a limited time beginning in June.
The set will go on sale on June 7, 2012 at noon Eastern Time (ET) and end on July 5, 2012 at 5 PM ET. Its price will be announced shortly before its launch. There will not be a mintage limit, as the U.S. Mint decided it will produce them based on demand during those four weeks.
Making up the set are two proof American Silver Eagle coins that will be struck at the U.S. Mint facility in San Francisco, so their mintmark will be an "S." One of the coins will be a reverse proof Silver Eagle, meaning its raised "Walking Liberty" and eagle designs will have a mirror-like finish and the background will be frosted. The other coin will be a regular proof Silver Eagle, with frosted designs that seem to float on a mirror-like background. [please click to continue…]
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The most popular annual set from the United States Mint will be released on Monday, May 7, at 12 noon Eastern Time (ET). It will be the 2012 US Proof Set, and its price will be $31.95, which is the same price as last year's issue.
2012 US Proof Set
Interest in the new proof set will be high. Over one million are ordered every year, and around 250,000 will be purchased during the first week. Some of those initial sales, however, are from the US Mint Online Subscription Program. [please click to continue…]
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2012 Native American $1 Coin
Two new annual sets debuted, along with six new dollar coin products, the latest United States Mint sales figures highlight. They were the 2012 Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set, the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Uncirculated Set, and the 2012 Native American $1 coins in rolls and boxes.
At the top of the chart was the Presidential $1 Coin Proof Set. It started with 146,097 between its launch on Tuesday, April 24 and Monday, April 30. Despite being popular with collectors, this year's inaugural sales were softer than last year's, which opened with 163,129 in February of 2011. [please click to continue…]
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The next annual set for release this year is the 2012 Presidential $1 Coin Uncirculated Set™. The United States Mint will make it available Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at noon Eastern Time (ET) for $16.95, a savings of $3 compared to last year's issue.
The new uncirculated set contains the four 2012 Presidential Dollars
Since 2007, there have been five previous issues. This latest one offers the four 2012 Presidential Dollars honoring Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland (first term), Benjamin Harrison, and Grover Cleveland (second term). They were the 21st through the 24th Presidents of the United States between 1881 and 1897. [please click to continue…]
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2012 Proof American Gold Eagle
2012 Proof Gold Eagles and Chaco Culture Quarter Three-Coin Sets debuted, but the .999 fine proof Silver Eagles were the star of the latest United States Mint sales stats once again. In the week following the proof Silver Eagles opener, collectors ordered another 29,117 despite the fact that six new 2012 products launched. As of Monday, the U.S. Mint has sold 328,656 Proof Silver Eagles.
Number two on the sales chart was the Chaco Culture Quarter Three-Coin Set. Its sales began Tuesday, April 17, and the total hit 10,666 by Monday. [please click to continue…]
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On Wednesday, April 25, the United States Mint reduced prices on 18 collector products, including the newly released proof Gold Eagles, the 2012 $5 Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coins, the two American Gold Buffalo coins and the seven First Spouse coins.
Prices for these coins can change once a week in accordance with the U.S. Mint's pricing structure for precious metals products, but adjustments have been infrequent lately as gold had stayed within a fairly narrow range. [please click to continue…]
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Chaco Culture Quarter
The United States Mint announced yesterday that the ceremonial launch of the Chaco Culture Quarter and coin exchange will take place on Thursday, April 26 at 10:30 AM Mountain Time (MT) at the Chaco Culture National Historical Park Visitor Center inside the park.
The park is located two hours, by car, south of Farmington, New Mexico or three and a half hours northwest of Albuquerque. The exact address of the visitor center is 1808 RD 7950, Nageezi, New Mexico 87037. [please click to continue…]
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On Monday, April 23, 2012, the United States Mint revealed in a press release the new designs and images for the four upcoming 2012 First Spouse Gold Coins.
2012 First Spouse Gold Coin Designs
First Spouse coins, introduced in 2007, honor the spouses of the Presidents of the United States. They are released in the same order as the Presidential dollars, and this year the one-half ounce, 24 karat gold coins will honor Alice Paul and the suffrage movement, Frances Cleveland (first term), Caroline Harrison and Frances Cleveland (second term). [please click to continue…]
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On Thursday, April 26, 2012 Native American $ 1 Coins will be available for order in rolls and boxes, per a recent announcement from the United States Mint.
This year's Native American $1 Coin
Now in its fourth year of rotating reverse designs, the 2012 Native American dollar features an image that represents "Trade Routes in the 17th Century." The profile of a male Native American, wearing a headdress, next to his horse dominates the reverse design, while horses are running in the background. The design was created by Thomas Cleveland and engraved by Phebe Hemphill. [please click to continue…]
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