The U.S. Mint will be using an outside contractor for applying color to the colorized versions of the 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame silver dollar and copper-nickel clad half dollar.

At Kagin’s Inc.’s auction at the ANA National Money Show Feb. 27 to 29 in Atlanta, winning bidders have the option, for any lots graded by PCGS and NGC, of adding Coin World’s SmartTrack DNA tagging.

The 2020-W Reverse Proof 5-cent coin becomes available April 17, when sales begin for the 2020-S Silver Proof set, which the 2020-W 5-cent coins will accompany as a premium.

The Singapore International Coin Fair scheduled for April 3 to 5 is canceled, but organizers still hope to reschedule it in June or August; several other events in Asia are also rescheduled to later in the year.

Over 24 currency errors, 10 of them on large-size notes, are offered in the Kagin’s auction at the ANA National Money Show Feb. 28 in Atlanta, many of which have not been publicly available for decades

A tropical downpour in American Samoa wasn’t enough to dampen the spirits Feb. 13 of an estimated 800 people, including 500 schoolchildren, attending the U.S. Mint’s official launch ceremony for the 2020 National Park of American Samoa quarter dollar.

A collector attending the FUN convention in Orlando in January received a $20 Federal Reserve note in change — from a dealer — that had mismatched serial numbers.

The U.S. Mint will be releasing two Proof coins May 8, including an American Eagle silver dollar with a privy mark, both to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of U.S. involvement in military action in Europe during World War II.

The CFA Feb. 20 reviewed and recommended designs for a 2020 Presidential dollar honoring the late President George H.W. Bush and a First Spouse gold $10 coin honoring the late first lady Barbara Bush.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Baltimore Field Office returned seven ancient coins to representatives of Cyprus during a ceremony Feb. 14.