Issue 1 · week ending August 23, 2026
Week ending August 23, 2026
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The United States Mint lists the 2026 Enhanced Uncirculated Morgan silver dollar as an upcoming sale on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at 12 noon ET. West Point. Item 26XE. The Mint printed a $169.00 price and a household order limit of 10.
United States Mint printed $169.00; household order limit 10 (2026-08-23).
Numismatic News reports the same Enhanced Uncirculated Morgan and Peace dollars go on sale August 25 at noon ET, $169 each, household limit of 10. The piece is dated August 17, 2026.
Numismatic News printed $169 each; household order limit 10 (2026-08-17).
Numismatic News says Congress is moving the Common Cents Act: the Senate passed S. 1525 on August 7, and the House passed H.R. 3074 on July 14. The write-up is about stopping circulation 1-cent production, not demonetizing the denomination. No Mint sales total is printed there.
Numismatic News printed no sale figure.
Coin World’s Jake Utz, August 18, 2026, treats a proposed $250 Federal Reserve note as a Bureau of Engraving and Printing governance test after the NexGen $100 failure. Coin World printed an estimated Currency Quality Assurance cost of $50 million to $100 million in that piece. No note has been issued.
Coin World printed $50 million to $100 million estimated CQA cost (Coin World) (2026-08-18).
Numismatic News, August 21, 2026, says the Mint added a President Donald J. Trump $1 coin to the 2026 Semiquincentennial lineup — portrait by Joseph Menna after a White House photo, Presidential Seal reverse, 1776~2026. Circulating finish, legal tender, not going into circulation; 25-coin rolls and 100-coin bags. No dollar price is printed on that page, so none is repeated here.
Numismatic News printed no sale figure.
Numismatic News, August 18, 2026, walks through a 7-digit mismatched serial on a 1976 $2 Federal Reserve note. It is a currency-error story. No auction hammer is printed, so no sale figure is repeated here.
Numismatic News printed no sale figure.
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