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New Issues & Mint News
New coin releases, design changes, security upgrades, and official mint announcements.
What Is the Liberty Bell Shaped Gold Coin? A 2026 First
September 28, 2026
At noon Eastern on July 16, 2026, the United States Mint began selling a coin that will not fit in a coin tube. It is shaped like the Liberty Bell, crack and all, with the yoke across the top and the skirt flaring at the bottom. Nothing about it is round. That is a bigger […]
Perth Mint’s 2027 Year of the Goat Arrives Early: Where Gold Ends and the Theme Begins
September 28, 2026
Perth Mint's 2027 Lunar Series III coins arrived months before the calendar turns. The one-ounce Goat contains real .9999 fine gold, but buyers should still ask what they are paying for beyond the metal.
2027 Working Dogs Commemorative Coins: What to Know
September 25, 2026
The Mint held its design unveiling at the White House on September 21, which is not how most commemorative programs begin their public life. The occasion was the 2027 Working Dogs Commemorative Coin Program: three coins, three different kinds of working dog, and a set of designs that have been waiting in line since Congress […]
The 1804 Dollar Design Returns in American Gold, With One Important Distinction
September 25, 2026
The U.S. Mint has transformed one of America's most famous silver-dollar designs into a modern one-ounce gold coin. It is an impressive tribute, but it is not an original 1804 rarity.
Saint-Gaudens Returns in Gold: 2026 High Relief Set Released September 24
September 23, 2026
The U.S. Mint's Best of the Mint finale brings the legendary Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle design back in one ounce of 24-karat gold, paired with a silver medal. Here is what matters now that it is on sale.
The 2026 9/11 Half Dollar: What to Look For in Change
September 15, 2026
Half dollars stopped being pocket change a long time ago. The Mint issued none for general circulation between 2002 and 2020, striking them only for collectors, and the Federal Reserve did not begin ordering them again until 2021. Plenty of people under fifty have never received one from a cashier. That is what makes September […]
What Are the 2026 Semiquincentennial Coins? A Full Guide
September 13, 2026
Pull a handful of change out of your pocket this month and look at the dates. If a dime, a quarter, or a half dollar reads “1776 ~ 2026” instead of a single year, you are holding a piece of the broadest circulating redesign the U.S. Mint has attempted since the Bicentennial. Nearly every denomination […]
What Is the American Palladium Eagle? A 5,000-Coin Sellout
September 9, 2026
The order window opened at noon Eastern on September 3. About eight minutes later, the U.S. Mint’s newest precious metals coin was unavailable. Buyers took 4,778 of the 5,000 authorized 2026-W American Eagle palladium coins, roughly 96 percent of the entire issue, and the Mint’s sales report published on September 9 confirmed the count. Palladium […]
The Gold Donald Trump Coin With No Gold
September 6, 2026
Editor’s Note A gold-colored U.S. dollar just created the kind of collector frenzy that makes headlines, with one small catch: there isn’t any gold in it. That’s not a scandal. But it is a perfect lesson in the difference between collectible value, precious-metal value, and marketing value, three things buyers had better learn not to […]
The America the Beautiful Quarters Program: A Retrospective
September 1, 2026
For twelve years, the loose change in American pockets carried a rotating gallery of national parks, forests, and historic sites. The America the Beautiful quarters program ran from 2010 through 2021, and by the time it wrapped up it had put 56 different reverse designs into circulation, one for every state, the District of Columbia, […]