Categories US Mints

For the first forty years, the US Mint was only located in Philadelphia. People were starting to move west toward the Mississippi River and the Louisiana Purchase was bought by the French in 1803 extending the United States as far west as the Rocky Mountains. Gold was also being discovered, […]

New Orleans to a Coin Collector

February 13, 2020 in Coin Sets / US Mints tagged Gold Coins / Morgan Dollars / Silver Coins / US Mint by Kevin

2019 was a big year for getting coins minted from the West Point Mint. For the collectors, there were three West Point Lincoln Cents. First, there was the proof cent included with the Proof Set. Then, there was the reverse proof cent included with the Silver Proof Set. Lastly came […]

2020 West Point Nickels

February 1, 2020 in Coin Sets / New Coins / US Mints tagged Jefferson Nickels / Lincoln Cents / Roosevelt Dimes / West Point by Kevin

Well, here we go again. I was wondering if they would do this again, and it sounds like they will. In 2019, the West Point Mint released circulated coins for the first time with the “W” mint mark. They did mint Lincoln Cents in the 1970s and 1980s, but there […]

2020 West Point Quarters

January 22, 2020 in Coin Sets / New Coins / US Mints tagged America the Beautiful Quarters / Washington Quarters / West Point by Kevin

Denver is one of four US Mint branches currently minting coins, along with Philadelphia, San Francisco and West Point. I always thought the Philadelphia Mint was the highest producer of coins in the world, but it is actually the Denver Mint that produces more. If you look at circulating coins […]

Denver to a Coin Collector

September 15, 2019 in Research / US Mints tagged Denver / US Mints by Kevin

Seeing that there have been West Point Lincoln Cents and Washington Quarters released in 2019, I thought it would be interesting to talk about that Mint Branch. Back in 2017, I visited the Philadelphia Mint Building and got to see the history of US coins, but there is a mint […]

The West Point Mint

June 6, 2019 in Research / US Mints tagged Lincoln Cents / US Mint / Washington Quarters / West Point by Kevin

In January 2019, the United States was introduced to a 2019-W Proof Lincoln Cent that was included in the 2019 Proof Set. Collectors were excited about this until they received the Proof Set. The 2019-W Lincoln Cent was in its separate plastic container. The US mint did not even put […]

2019 West Point Quarters

May 5, 2019 in Coin Sets / New Coins / US Mints tagged America the Beautiful Quarters / Washington Quarters / West Point by Kevin