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Instead of trying to find the new Yosemite National Park Quarter in everyday change or visiting the local bank, anyone can now order bags and rolls of the coins directly from the United States Mint.

Doing so will guarantee the third 25-cent pieces issued in the America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program will be delivered directly to the buyer's door -- and from both Mints that produce them, if so desired. But there is a cost.

The Mint products include premiums. [click to continue…]

The newly released 2010 collector set revved up sales across the board. The latest United States Mint sales figures reported improvements in almost every category. Only a handful of numismatic products slowed down compared to the prior week, while bullion coins continued their steady growth.

In fact, Silver Eagles picked up another 287,500 since the 16th to bring July's total to 1,935,500. The new YTD total is 20,104,000. As for gold bullion, the one ounce American Gold Eagles tacked on an additional 20,000 and the one-fourth ounce advanced 2,000 since Friday. Buffalo bullion coins added 3,000. [click to continue…]

Join the United States Mint as it continues its journey to "Connect America through Coins" on July 29, for the launch of the Yosemite National Park quarter-dollar coin.

The ceremony, co-hosted by National Park Service officials, will kick off at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time (PT) at the Valley Visitor Center.

Following the ceremony, the public can exchange their cash for $10 rolls of the Yosemite National Park America the Beautiful Quarter. [click to continue…]

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) will hold a public meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (ET) on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel-Downtown Philadelphia, One Dock Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19106.

The purpose of the meeting is to conduct business related to the CCAC's responsibility to advise the Secretary of the Treasury on themes and designs pertaining to United States coinage. [click to continue…]

The United States Mint will offer America the Beautiful Quarters^TM bags and rolls, containing quarter-dollar coins honoring Yosemite National Park in California, beginning at noon Eastern Time (ET) on July 26.  The coins, minted at the United States Mint facilities at Denver and at Philadelphia, will be available in two-roll sets priced at $32.95 each and 100-coin bags priced at $35.95 each.

The two-roll sets contain one roll each of 40 coins bearing the P and D mint marks, wrapped in distinctive packaging displaying the name "Yosemite," the abbreviation "CA" for California, the mint of origin and "$10," the face value of its contents.  The canvas 100-coin bags bear tags denoting their mint of origin, "Yosemite," "CA" and "$25," the total value of their contents. [click to continue…]

To sum up the latest United States Mint sales report, coins and sets experienced a deeper summer slowdown compared to prior weeks.

Of everything the U.S. Mint sold, there were only four that managed to do better than the prior report, and those not improve by much. Bullion coins, however are still in demand.

Bullion American Silver Eagle coins climbed to bring July's total to 1,648,000, adding 772,500 since July 7. The gain was soft compared to the higher 875,500 increase during the first week of the month. Still, the addition caused this year's tally to cross the 2008 end-of-year total. 2010 Silver Eagles sales are at 19,816,500 while 2008's ended with 19,583,500. Last year's record sales of 28,766,500 is now less than 9 million away, although most collectors would probably like to see a decline so that the Mint has enough supply to strike proof and uncirculated versions.
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The United States Mint was busier last month than it had been for more than a year -- that, according to June coin production which soared to nearly 920 million and recorded a string of four consecutive monthly increases.

The month also dashed the hopes of collectors who watched 2010 Jefferson nickels surge to levels that easily topped 2009. The 5-cent pieces jumped ahead by 83.04 million in June, nearly matching the entire amount produced in all of 2009. And for the first time since July 2009, nickels from Denver were minted. [click to continue…]

The United States Mint and the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) are teaming up to encourage regular use of $1 coins in everyday cash transactions at military exchanges.

Retailers at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Huachuca, Arizona; and Fort Carson, Peterson Air Force Base and the Air Force Academy in Colorado have been selected by AAFES to participate in a $1 coin launch initiative to begin on July 4.

The goal of the initiative is to expand $1 coin usage to all 1,703 AAFES locations throughout the country. Exchanges are retail stores located on military bases and facilities that serve active duty and retired members of the Armed Forced and their families. [click to continue…]

2010 United States Mint Uncirculated Coin Set

Two of the United States Mint's most popular annual sets will be available for purchase in July.

The 2010 United States Mint Uncirculated Set^®, priced at $31.95, will be available on July 15; and the 2010 United States Mint Proof Set^®, priced at $31.95, will be available on July 22.

Both sets include the first five commemorative quarter-dollar coins in the America the Beautiful Quarters^TM Program, honoring:

• Hot Springs National Park (Arkansas),
• Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming),
• Yosemite National Park (California),
• Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona), and
• Mount Hood National Forest (Oregon).

The sets also include four Presidential $1 Coins, honoring: [click to continue…]

There would be little to look at if the America the Beautiful Quarters™ Products and the American Silver Eagles were pulled from the latest United States Mint sales report. There was not a lot of buying "action" elsewhere, by contrast.

The new quarters products actually retreated in weekly performance -- along with nearly every other U.S. Mint offering. But their numbers are among the most active and likely will remain so until Mint scheduled releases of other issues occur this month -- namely, the 2010 Mint Set on July 15 and the 2010 Proof Set on July 22. [click to continue…]