HNH Coins Overview
HNH Coins, Willow Spring, North Carolina was a privately operated coin and bullion dealership doing business online at hnhcoins.com, offering copper, silver, and gold bullion under its own branded product lines alongside general-inventory precious metals. The business marketed itself as an AOCS Mint Approved Authorized Dealer, and several of its branded designs — including the Second Amendment round documented on this site — were also sold directly through AOCS Mint’s own storefront during the earlier (2011) production run, indicating a working relationship with the American Open Currency Standard program rather than a purely independent product line.
Rather than operating a mint of its own, HNH Coins commissioned and sold a themed catalog of .999 fine copper and silver rounds under its own copyright — functioning as both Distributor of its own branded lines and Dealer for general AOCS-affiliated bullion product.
Location: Willow Spring, North Carolina (registered address); Durham, North Carolina (mailing address)
Years Active: c. 2011–2014 (documented)
Website: hnhcoins.com (archived)
Leadership: Bernie and Melissa Hinson
The company was formally organized as HNH Coins LLC on March 23, 2011. The domain literally struck into the reverse legend of at least one documented example — “www.hnhcoins.com“ — together with the corporate formation date, is believed to identify HNH Coins LLC as the copyright holder and principal behind the branded rounds bearing the ©[YEAR] HNH mark.
HNH Coins Known Issues
Documented copper and silver bullion designs sold under the HNH Coins name include:
- 2nd Amendment (two distinct obverse dies documented: 2011 and 2013, the latter restruck with an updated date in 2015)
- Don’t Tread on Me
- Pot Copper
- Lakota (Crazy Horse)
- Andrew Jackson
- Sitting Bull
- Bitcoin
- D’Anconia
- Ten Commandments “Lawful Money”
- Rand Paul
- Barter is Better
- Generic Morgan, Walking Liberty, Standing Liberty, and Incuse Indian designs
Several of these — Andrew Jackson and Lakota in particular — correspond to designs independently associated with the AOCS approved-currency roster, reinforcing HNH’s role as an AOCS-affiliated dealer rather than an unrelated private-label operation.
HNH Coins Notes
Two visually distinct “Second Amendment” copper obverse dies are documented under the HNH Coins name: a 2011 plinth-pose Minuteman variety with a “PROTECTING OUR FREEDOM” legend, and a 2013 fence-pose Minuteman variety without that legend, restruck with an updated date in 2015. These represent two separate compositions rather than a single die with a changed date.
HNH Coins is documented as an Issuer, Distributor, and Dealer, not a striking mint. The physical manufacturer of HNH-branded rounds is presumed to be AOCS Mint’s contract manufacturing chain based on the 2011 Second Amendment round’s parallel listing on AOCS Mint’s own storefront, but this has not been documented for the 2013/2015 die state specifically.
HNH Coins LLC’s registered and mailing addresses are both in North Carolina; this issuer entity carries no independent Texas connection. Texas Stacker entries citing HNH Coins rely on the documented AOCS Mint (Frisco, TX) relationship for the site’s Texas-connection requirement.
HNH Coins References
- Archived hnhcoins.com website (2011–2014, Wayback Machine)
- WorthPoint — 2011 Second Amendment Medal (01572) listing, showing “www.hnhcoins.com” struck on reverse
- Archived aocsmint.com storefront (2011) — “2011 Copper ‘Second Amendment’ Bag of 250oz” listing
- HNH Coins LLC business entity record
- Texas Stacker Archives
Coins from HNH Coins (Willow Spring, North Carolina) (2)
