Coin Information

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9/13/24 - Gold value: $2578.90 per ounce. - Silver Value: $30.74 per ounce.

Supper Rare 1975 no S proof dime is being shown and will be up for auction at the Great Collection show in Tampa. First time being shown since 1978. Bidding ends on October 27. Ranked as the #1 coin in the Modern Top 100

Palladium $25 coin sales start September 5th.

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8/23/24 - Gold value: $2512 per ounce. - Silver Value: $29.85 per ounce.

The Mint will start making DC Comic coins. From 2025 to 2027 3 gold and 3 silver coins. The 2025 coins will be Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.

BEP is now selling uncut sheets for: 2017 $1, 2013 $2, 2025 $5, 2009 $10, 2009 $50, and 2019A $100. There are different sizes available.

At the ANA WFOM show. The U.S. won Coin of the Year (COTY Award) with its 2023 $100 American Liberty coin. This competition was for all denominations from all countries around the world. The U.S. leads all mints with 7 COTY awards in the 41 years that the award has been issued.

2024 commemorative sales remain slow halfway through the year.

The Vatican is issuing a 20 euro coin​ in BU (mintage of 15,000) for and Proof (mintage of 3,000).

February 2025 ANA show to be in Atlanta. Show will be February 27 to March 1.

The cent and nickel of 2026 looks to be dual dated: 1776-2026

The 2025 American innovation dollar for Florida and Texas will both look to have space themes on them.

2024 date American Eagles have been released and are now on the open market.

The mint director, Ventris C. Gibson, has signed 250 COAs to be inserted randomly into some Harriet Tubman 3 coin proof sets.

The U.S. Mint and the British Royal Mint Chief engravers worked together to make a coin design showing liberty and Britannia on 1 side of a coin. This design will be used by both countries on coinage this year.

December 13, Us Mint starts to strike the greatest Generation commemorative coins.

December 4, Gold sets a new record high: $2,152.

U.S. Mint begins to strike Harry Tubman Silver Dollars.

The ANA Museum exhibit “History of Money” wins the 2023 award for museum technology.

The BEP is working on a tactile device on the new $10 note set for a 2026 release.

The Canadian Mint has released the new King Charles design coinage.

The mint is designing a coin for the Olympic hand-off from Paris in 2024 to Los Angeles in 2028. The medals will be given to Paris as an official gift. With each Olympic handover, the new host country makes a gift to the preceding country.

A new coin show is to appear in Tampa, but you have to wait until September 11–14, 2024.

Amos publishing (coin world magazine) will start an inaugural coin and collectors show in Tampa in September 2024.

The inaugural Great American Coin and Collectibles Show (www.GACC.show) will be held at the Tampa Convention Center. The show will be semiannual, with Show 2 in March 2025's location, but not yet.

More info as it becomes available.

FUN board of director elections are in full swing. If you are a FUN member, you should have received your voting sheets. Make sure you fill out your sheets and mail them back. 

The U.S. Mint is looking at 21 “classic” designs (from 1792-2017) for use in our 2026 coinage marking the countries Sesquicentennial or 250 years. To vote on the design you like, go to the U.S. Mint.

CDN Publishing (gray sheet) buys Whitman Publishing (publisher of the Redbook). What are your thoughts on both the Redbook and the Greysheet moving forward?

2024 Quarter release dates: January 2 Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray - March 25 Patsy Takemoto Mink

June 3: Dr. Mary Edwards Walker; August 12: Celia Cruz, October 21: Zitkalaz-Sa.