The U.S. Mint produced 232.4 million circulating coins in August 2026, down 46.9% from July and 20.4% higher than a year earlier, CoinNews reported on September 16, 2026. Production of 250th-anniversary half dollars and quarters and of Trump $1 coins continued in August.
CoinNews reported on September 9, 2026, that three new U.S. Mint products took the top four spots in the Mint's sales report for the period ending September 7. Rolls and bags of the 2026 President Donald J. Trump $1 Coin became unavailable within hours of their September 2 release, and the 2026-W Uncirculated American Palladium Eagle became unavailable about 8 minutes after sales opened on September 3. The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Silver Medal, which has no mintage limit, opened with sales of 10,076.
CoinNews reported on Sept. 4, 2026, that the preorder window for the United States Mint's 2026 Freedom 250 Race Medal, priced at $60, would close at 3 p.m. ET that day. The medal is produced to demand up to a maximum of 15,000. Sales reached 8,242 through Aug. 30.
The U.S. Mint began selling the West Point-struck 2026-W $25 Uncirculated American Palladium Eagle on September 3, 2026, according to CoinNews. The coin carries a 1776 ~ 2026 dual date and a Liberty Bell privy mark with the numeral 250. Mintage is limited to 5,000 coins, and the coin is priced at $1,895, subject to weekly adjustments.
On August 2, 2026, CoinNews reported its review of completed eBay sales of the 1776 ~ 2026-W Enhanced Uncirculated American Gold Eagle, which the U.S. Mint launched on May 28. Ungraded coins in original Mint packaging averaged $5,875 in July, 10.2% below May, nearly matching gold's 10.1% decline over the period. Coins certified at grade 70 averaged $6,788 in July, virtually unchanged from May.
Members of the CoinTalk forum posted coins they bought for under $50, excluding shipping, in a thread started by member jtlee321. According to the posters, the purchases included an 1836 bust half marked down from $55 to $20 at a coin show, an 1852-O half dime for $36 and a 1738 Spanish half real for about $28 including shipping. The source does not show the posting dates.
On the CoinTalk forum, a member posting as MeowtheKitty asked whether a cent with a dished center, found while searching penny rolls, was post-mint damage (PMD) or something unusual. Several members said it looked like a struck through die cap error. The poster wrote that they read the date as 1982 D and put the coin in a holder with that label; the source does not give the date of the posts.
On the collector forum CoinTalk, a member named The Eidolon posted photos of world coins received from a former coworker. They were the non-silver modern world coins that a shop did not take when it bought the coins the friend had inherited. The source does not give the date of the posts.
On the CoinTalk forum, a member asked for help with a coin that appeared to be a Connecticut copper but bore an unexpected "NO" on the obverse. Another member, who collects these coins by die variety, identified it as a 1788 12.2-C variety overstruck on a Nova Constellatio and described it as a contemporary counterfeit made at Machin's Mill. The source material does not show when the posts were made.
In a CoinTalk forum thread, posters discussed a Civil War token whose reverse reads "SHOOT HIM ON THE SPOOT"; a poster said it should be "SPOT." One poster put its value at about $250 and said about 3,000 are known; these figures are the poster's own statements and were not verified.
On the coin collectors' forum CoinTalk, a member called "Collecting Nut" shared Dad's Root Beer bottle caps with a cent set inside. The poster wrote that the company was founded in 1937 and that the caps were used to promote it. The source does not give the posting date.
In a CoinTalk forum thread titled "Rookie mistake," members described the mistakes they made when they began collecting coins. Posters said they returned war nickels to circulation, bought white coins online that turned out to be heavily polished, and would have set goals from the start. The accounts are the posters' own.
On CoinTalk, a collectors' forum, a member showed a 3.80g antoninianus of Salonina from the Rome mint; another member described Salonina as the wife of Gallienus. Another member and the first poster each posted a tetradrachm of Alexandria, and another member posted a coin with a deer. The source does not give the post dates.
On the CoinTalk forum, a member posting as "16ga" asked for an idea of the grade and value of a 1998 cent the poster presented as a proof, in a thread titled "1998 close AM." The poster judged it no higher than PR63 because of marks on the obverse and fogging on the reverse, and other members gave differing opinions. The source does not give the date of the posts.
On the CoinTalk forum, members discussed a photo, first posted on another forum, of a cent dated 1959-D with the wheat reverse. The owner was reported to be seeking authentication from ANACS, but several members wrote that they expected it to be a copy or fake. The source does not show when the posts were made.
A thread on the CoinTalk collector forum invited members to fill a Dansco 7070 type set album together, virtually, by posting one of its 83 types each day. The thread's date is not given in the source. One member asked to compile everyone's photos into a digital type set, and the thread's starter agreed.
On the CoinTalk forum, member Pickin and Grinin posted a nickel with unusual toning in a thread titled "2022D Jefferson." The member wrote that the coin has an interior die break at the nose, and other members commented on the toning and on a mark on the "0" in the date. The source does not show the posting date.
In a CoinTalk forum thread titled "World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!", members posted world coins they had recently acquired. The first poster showed an 1892 Austria 1 florin; other posts included a 1968 25 peso pair and a 1966 Bahamas 15 cents. All details are the posters' own statements, and the source does not give the date of the thread.
In a CoinTalk forum thread titled "Golden toned or gold impurities?", a member posting as Heavymetal wrote about a coin held since 2010. The members who replied all said it was toning. The source gives no posting date and does not name the coin.
On the CoinTalk forum, a member posting as NLL reported completing a nickel book begun in 2014. NLL wrote that the 1943-D had been found in January and the 1938-S in the week before the post; the source does not give the date of the post. Other members in the thread described their own experiences assembling sets from circulation.
