United States Mint annual set of Uncirculated coins goes on sale on May 14

Washington — Sales will open for the 2018 United States Mint Uncirculated Coin Set (product code 18RJ) on May 14 at noon Eastern Time (ET).

This set contains two folders with 10 coins each — one with coins from the United States Mint at Philadelphia and the other with coins from the United States Mint at Denver. Each folder includes these 2018-dated coins with Uncirculated finishes:

Philadelphia Mint folder. Hover to zoom.

Five quarters from the America the Beautiful Quarters Program honoring Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (Michigan), Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (Wisconsin), Voyageurs National Park (Minnesota), Cumberland Island National Seashore (Georgia), and Block Island National Wildlife Refuge (Rhode Island).

One Native American $1 Coin with a theme that commemorates the sports and cultural contributions of Jim Thorpe to the development and history of the United States. The reverse design depicts Jim Thorpe, with the foreground elements highlighting his football and Olympic achievements. Inscriptions are JIM THORPE, WA-THO-HUK (his native name), UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and the denomination of $1.

One Kennedy half dollar

One Roosevelt dime

One Jefferson nickel

One Lincoln penny

The United States Mint strikes its Uncirculated coins on special presses that use greater force than those used to produce circulating coins. This technique results in a sharp, intricately detailed image. A blister secures the coins in a folder.

The Mint accepts orders online and 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). Hearing- and speech-impaired customers with TTY equipment may order at 1-888-321-MINT. Visit the Mint’s Shipping & Returns page for information about shipping options.

The United States Mint Uncirculated Coin Set is also available for purchase through the Mint’s Product Enrollment Program. Visit the Mint’s website for information about this convenient order option.


About the United States Mint
Congress created the United States Mint in 1792, and the Mint became part of the Department of the Treasury in 1873. As the Nation’s sole manufacturer of legal tender coinage, the Mint is responsible for producing circulating coinage for the Nation to conduct its trade and commerce. The Mint also produces numismatic products, including Proof, Uncirculated, and commemorative coins; Congressional Gold Medals; silver and bronze medals, and silver and gold bullion coins. Its numismatic programs are self-sustaining and operate at no cost to taxpayers.

Note: To ensure that all members of the public have fair and equal access to United States Mint products, the United States Mint will not accept and not honor orders placed prior to the official on-sale date of May 14, 2018, at noon ET.

Press release courtesy of the United States Mint.

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Comments

  1. 20th Century Variety Collector says

    $21.95 is missing from the article….
    why????????
    Oh yea…
    hehehehe.

  2. earthling says

    ” Throckmorton says

    MAY 9, 2018 AT 10:11 AM

    There is no justification to ever recognize a gator….however a Tennessee Volunteer coin would have broad appeal!

    Throckmorten I think you’re onto a great theme that would be extremely popular with a big % of free spenders out there. Some sort of Coin Series covering Colleges and Universities – probably Clad Halves relesed into general circulation at face value would be best.

    Of course Dealer Stealers would turn the thing into a scalping bloodbarh. But maybe something could be done to limit the money grab conspiracies?

  3. Larry says

    The cost to the mint for this set is probably no more than a couple bucks including materials and overhead. A 1000% margin is pretty good if you can get it.

  4. cagcrisp says

    Inflation tamer than expected.

    The USD acting accordingly and PMs following suit…

  5. datadave says

    @cagcrisp – But it is ironic that tamer inflation makes the dollar fall and metals rise. It just a game of guessing what the driver is going to do next. And when the driver might be crazy, well, who knows. Maybe not crazy, maybe just following a secret agenda.

  6. datadave says

    @Keithster – I’ve been lucky since I live in Indianapolis that I normally get a good mix of P and D coins here. It would be interesting to see the distribution map of where the coins are going. I can remember looking for S mint pennies as a kid and always struggling to find them. That may be one reason I’m wasting my money on the S mint quarters.

  7. Old Big Bird says

    @Larry – I read your comment about 1000% mark up. Not only do you seem to lack knowledge about the cost of manufacturing, packaging, warehouse pulling and shipping,. Gee, I wonder how much all the automated robot cost. Perhaps you should go to the US Mint web-site and watch some of the children videos and watch the amount of automation the Mint has invested in. if their cost is $3.00 for the coins and $3.00 for the rest at best it would be a 350% increase. In my humble opinion the overhead costs for manufacturing is far more than $3.00. Remember all of these items are than shipped to a central distribution center and the costs of distribution. After 50 years in business working with numerous manufactures, I have seen what costs are involved. And it would not just be packing coins in holders.

  8. cagcrisp says

    @Old Big Bird, I agree 100% with your comments.

    I was general/plant manager for a production plant for several years.

    IF you look at the Mint’s Annual Report for Any year and you will see that the Mint Loses $ on annual sets.

    Year after year after year…

  9. cagcrisp says

    @datadave,” But it is ironic that tamer inflation makes the dollar fall and metals rise. ”

    Tamer inflation = decreased the number or frequency of Fed Rate Increases

    Decreased the number or frequency of Fed Rate Increases = Lower Interest Rates

    Lower Interest Rates = Lower demand for the USD

    Lower demand for the USD = Weaker USD

    Weaker USD = Stronger ANY USD based commodity…

  10. John Q. Coinage says

    Tamer Inflation is an oxymoron, the books are cooked, food, energy & housing are up, up & away, oh they DON’T count food…or energy… yeah Power rates up 160% in 6 years, gas up $1 gal @ pump, post Trump,, housing crazy, only tech goes down, except your $1,300 Iphone 33…….the metals have no backing only the big boys, no common man buying @ present, AG cooked into a $16.10-$18.’ish channel, may go up to $18 but IT WILL GO BACK To 16.5o or so…and repeat. M1 up over 10% since Trump & more money supply in the last 10 years than the prior 20 I think…..one day the buck$ will come home//// that will = true inflation

  11. Larry says

    @ oldbigbird, OK, I stand corrected. I am in manufacturing too, and I just guessed that if I had to make a couple hundred thousand, I could do it for a couple bucks. Even if as you say the margin is 350%, I would love to have that in manufacturing. For us 50% margins are very good.

  12. datadave says

    On the cost of the Mint Set – I’ve stated this before but the way the Mint account for their costs is a little tricky. For the cost of the Mint set, they “buy” the coins at face value from a different pocket of the Mint.

    For example, on the Presidential dollar sets. Minting cost is around $0.20 per coin. There were 8 coins per set, so $1.60 for the coins, $3.00 for packaging, lets round up and say $5.00 total cost. They sold this set for $15.00 leading to a $10.00 profit before paying for everything else.

    But actually they paid $1.00 per coin, and booked the extra $6.40 as seigniorage, which goes in a different bucket. Which lowered their profit on the sets to $3.60 but moves that money over into a different accounting column.

    The same thing works on all of the numismatic sets, but not on the precious metal side.

  13. Daveinswfl says

    Amazing how everything else the government does nobody seems to care what the cost is.
    I sure wish the gvt got those 300%+ markups on the weapons, etc we sell to foreign gvts!

    On the uncirculated set, seems to me it’s just a matter of turning up the pressure to strike a bit as all of these coins are already expensed for general circulation – then add the price of packaging. As far as shipping, the customer pays that. And to the machinery to package, I certainly hope they would not have bought those machines unless they were SAVING money over basic manpower to package.

    I just can’t imagine how they can lose money on these sets at this price. If they were losing money, they would raise the price – just as they have done on all other programs.

    JMHO

  14. Daveinswfl says

    It’s like Wendy’s decision to make chili with the leftover hamburger at the end of each day. The most expensive ingredient has already been expensed, so you just spice it up and bump the price and, WALLAH!, massive margins!

  15. David says

    $21.95 for less than $5 FV worth of coins…not really a bargain there! I am not a fan of this style of packaging.

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