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Inside the 2026 US Mint Proof Set: Ten Coins for 250 Years
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Inside the 2026 US Mint Proof Set: Ten Coins for 250 Years

The United States Mint has offered an annual proof set in most years since 1936, and for long stretches of that run the contents were predictable enough that a collector could order one sight unseen. The set that goes on sale Tuesday, October 6 at noon Eastern is not predictable. Two of its coins carry […]
Thomas Albrecht
The Best of the Mint Series Is Complete: What the Sales Say
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The Best of the Mint Series Is Complete: What the Sales Say

The U.S. Mint’s year-long tribute to its own back catalog ended on September 24, when the 1907 Saint-Gaudens High Relief $20 Gold Coin and Silver Medal Set went on sale at noon Eastern. It took 8,191 orders in its first few days, enough to debut at the top of the Mint’s weekly sales report for […]
Thomas Albrecht
What Is the Liberty Bell Shaped Gold Coin? A 2026 First
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What Is the Liberty Bell Shaped Gold Coin? A 2026 First

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 […]
Thomas Albrecht
2027 Working Dogs Commemorative Coins: What to Know
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2027 Working Dogs Commemorative Coins: What to Know

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 […]
Thomas Albrecht
The 2026 9/11 Half Dollar: What to Look For in Change
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The 2026 9/11 Half Dollar: What to Look For in Change

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 […]
Thomas Albrecht
What Are the 2026 Semiquincentennial Coins? A Full Guide
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What Are the 2026 Semiquincentennial Coins? A Full Guide

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 […]
Thomas Albrecht
What Is the American Palladium Eagle? A 5,000-Coin Sellout
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What Is the American Palladium Eagle? A 5,000-Coin Sellout

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 […]
Thomas Albrecht
The Gold Donald Trump Coin With No Gold
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The Gold Donald Trump Coin With No Gold

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 […]
Thomas Albrecht
The America the Beautiful Quarters Program: A Retrospective
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The America the Beautiful Quarters Program: A Retrospective

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, […]
Thomas Albrecht
The Presidential Dollar Coins Program: A Retrospective
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The Presidential Dollar Coins Program: A Retrospective

In 2007 the U.S. Mint set out to do for the presidency what the 50 State Quarters had done for the map: put a rotating cast of familiar faces into everyday pockets and get the country collecting again. The quarters worked. The presidential dollar coins did not, at least not the way Congress hoped. What […]
Thomas Albrecht
The 50 State Quarters Program: A 10-Year Retrospective
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The 50 State Quarters Program: A 10-Year Retrospective

Reach into a jar of loose change and there is a fair chance you will find one. For ten years, from 1999 through 2008, the United States Mint released a new quarter every ten weeks or so, each one carrying a different state on its back. Kids filled cardboard folders with them. Parents who had […]
Thomas Albrecht
How the U.S. Mint Decides Which Coins to Make
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How the U.S. Mint Decides Which Coins to Make

Ask most people where a new coin comes from and they picture engravers at the Mint sketching ideas and picking winners. The reality runs the other way. The United States Mint makes coins, but with very few exceptions it does not choose which ones. That decision belongs to Congress, and the road a coin travels […]
Thomas Albrecht
What Is the Enhanced Uncirculated Silver Eagle?
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What Is the Enhanced Uncirculated Silver Eagle?

On July 21, the U.S. Mint opened orders for the 2026 American Eagle One Ounce Silver Enhanced Uncirculated Coin, a one-year-only issue tied to the country’s 250th birthday. If you have been trying to sort out where it fits among the bullion coins, proofs, and privy-marked releases stacking up this year, here is the plain […]
Thomas Albrecht
After Years of Drift, the U.S. Mint Gets a Real Numismatist
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After Years of Drift, the U.S. Mint Gets a Real Numismatist

🧭 Editor’s Note: The U.S. Mint has been drifting without a steady hand — long on optics, short on coin sense. With Paul Hollis confirmed as Mint Director, that era may finally be ending. In this breakdown, I’ll explain who Hollis really is, why his background matters, and why this appointment is a sharp course…
Jacob Barton
The Final U.S. Penny: Historic Sendoff or Auction-House Theater?
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The Final U.S. Penny: Historic Sendoff or Auction-House Theater?

Editor’s Note:The penny didn’t die quietly — it went out in a blaze of headlines, gold plating, and six-figure auction bids. In this breakdown, Jacob Barton cuts through the nostalgia and auction hype to explain what those $16.7 million “last pennies” really represent… and what they absolutely do not mean for everyday collectors and investors.…
Jacob Barton
The 2025 Morgan & Peace Reverse Proof Set: Solid Coins, Softer Signals
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The 2025 Morgan & Peace Reverse Proof Set: Solid Coins, Softer Signals

Editor’s Note:The U.S. Mint rolled out its 2025-S Morgan & Peace Reverse Proof set with plenty of hype and solid early sales — but slower than last year. Jacob Barton breaks down what those numbers actually mean, why “sellouts” don’t equal profits, and how collectors can avoid mistaking Mint marketing for real market demand. The…
Jacob Barton

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