The United States Mint took home the top honor in the Coin of the Year (COTY) awards for 2023-dated coins. Its “Liberty Through Perseverance” $100 gold coin was named Coin of the Year after winning the “Best Gold Coin” category award. The announcement was made on August 8, 2024, during the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair […]
Provided by: U.S. Mint The United States Mint took home top honors in the “Historically Significant Coin” category in the 2022 COTY Awards. The winning coin, the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Silver Dollar, celebrates the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. As described by the U.S. Mint: The road to securing voting rights […]
The U.S. Mint recently named Joseph Menna as its Chief Engraver. Menna, who has worked for the Mint for 14 years, is a talented artist, his work earning him numerous Krause Publications’ Coin of the Year awards in various categories. He will now oversee the design development aspects of the work created by the Mint’s sculptor engravers, as […]
The United States Mint launched the first coin pursuant to the American Innovation $1 Coin Act (H.R. 770). This is the beginning of a 14-year dollar coin series that recognizes American innovation, commemorating innovation and innovators from each state, each U.S. territory, and the District of Columbia. American Innovation $1 Coin ActThe law provides that […]
David J. Ryder is now the new Director of the U.S. Mint after being confirmed by the Senate on March 21, 2018. The Mint has not had a permanent director since Edmund C. Moy left it in January 2011. Long-Standing Vacancy at U.S. Mint Ryder will replace Dave Croft, who took over on January 31 […]
The U.S. Mint’s 100 Dollar gold American Liberty coin was named Best Gold Coin in Krause Publication’s Coin of the Year (COTY) competition for coins dated 2021. The coin won handily, with a 36 percent margin over its closest competitor. The highly detailed gold coin is part of the American Liberty series, which features modern […]
The U.S. Mint’s Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Five Ounce Silver Coin was named Coin of the Year at the 2020 Krause Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards. The coin also won the Best Silver Coin and Best Contemporary Event Coin categories. The COTY Awards program, which is conducted annually by World Coin News, recognizes outstanding […]
When the U.S. Mint makes a mistake, coin collectors often rejoice. Rare 1943 bronze cents are a stellar example, intriguing numismatists ever since 16-year-old Don Lutes Jr. found one in change from his school cafeteria in 1947. According to coin experts, there are 17 confirmed specimens from the Philadelphia Mint, six from San Francisco, and […]
What should have been an obverse coin design depicting women empowered in the fight against breast cancer instead became a design of women who are angry and in protest. There is a subtle difference in expression between power and anger. Unfortunately, the US Mint got it wrong. This is the first time the public is […]
Last week, after years of prodding by members of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) and the collector community, the United States Mint finally announced a medal program. Unfortunately, it is nothing more than a bullion sales program and is likely to do more to discourage future medal collectors than to encourage them. The current […]
