The Philadelphia Mint produced 37,520,000 coins and the Denver Mint produced 36,960,000. This makes a total mintage of 74,480,000 across both facilities.

Comparing these figures to prior Presidential Dollar mintages shows that Millard Fillmore has the lowest overall mintage, coming in below the 78,260,000 mintage for the Zachary Taylor Dollar. The lowest mintage for an individual circulation strike issue still rests with the 2009-D Zachary Taylor Dollar at 36,680,000.

It seems likely that the trend for lower Presidential Dollar mintages will continue this year... at least until the release of the Abraham Lincoln Dollar in December.

The 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollars are issued in proof and uncirculaed versions, both produced at the West Point Mint. There is a maximum authorized mintage of 350,000 coins across both options.

The obverse of the coin features the legs and boots of verans, with one visibly on crutches. An inscription on a ribbon above reads "They Stood Up for Us". The reverse of the coin features a wreath oak branches with a forget me not flower at the base. A central inscriptions reads "Take This Moment to Honor Our Disabled Defenders of Freedom".

While I will purchase a pair of these coins for my collection, I would have liked to see a different obverse design. A similar legs and shoes theme was recently used on the Little Rock Silver Dollar just three years ago.

Following the format of the series, the Millard Fillmore Presidential Dollar features his portrait on the obverse, with inscriptions indicating his name, order of the Presidency, and years of the term. The reverse of the coin features a rendition of the Statue of Liberty that has been used in common for each coin of the series.

On the same day as the release, the US Mint began sales of 25-coin rolls from either the Philadelphia or Denver Mint. These rolls are priced at $35.95 each.

The event took place in Springfield, Illinois at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Dollar Museum. Reports indicate that the attendance at the ceremony was not near the levels achieved for some of the 2009 Lincoln Cent launch ceremonies, but there still seemed to be a degree of excitement.

US Mint Director Edmund Moy explained the significance of the new Union Shield Cents design. The thirteen vertical stripes represent the original thirteen states. These are joined together below a horizontal bar representing the federal government.

The ceremony was followed by a coin exchange, where people could trade currency for rolls of the new coins at face value. There were 20,000 rolls available at the exchange. Many collectors have these stamped and post marked with a unique cancellation to commemorate the launch ceremony.

The sets contain four proof coins featuring Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, and Abraham Lincoln. The reverse design of each coin features the Statue of Liberty. Each coin still features edge lettering with "E Pluribus Unum" and the date and mint mark. The motto "In God We Trust", which appeared on the edge from 2007 to 2008, is now on the obverse.

The sets are priced at $15.95 each. It's usually a much better deal to wait for the full 2010 Proof Set, which contains all of the proof issues for the year, but I decided to order the separate Presidential Dollar Set. I want to get a look at these early this year!

The US Mint is selling the 2010 Kennedy Halves packaged in either two roll sets of 200-coin bags. The two roll sets contain one 20-coin roll with the "P" mint mark and one 20-coin roll with the "D" mint mark. These sets are priced at $32.95. The 200-coin bags contain 100 coins for each mint mark. These bags are priced at $130.95.

Since I have collected the series for many years, I pick up a few of the US Mint's two roll sets each year. Although I have heard that the quality of the coins often varies, the rolls I opened last year yielded a few examples that graded MS67 at NGC.

Later in the year, the US Mint will release satin finish versions of the 2009-P&D Kennedy Half Dollar in the uncirculated mint set and clad proof and 90% silver proof versions of the 2009-S Kennedy Half Dollar in the annual proof sets.

On January 4, 2010, the US Mint began sales of the 2010 Native American Dollar through their Direct Ship Program. The program is intended to allow small businesses and financial institutions to order dollar coins for the intention of using them in circulation. The dollar coins are distributed by the US Mint at face value with no charge for shipping in quantities of 250-coins. Collectors have also used this program as an opportunity to obtain uncirculated dollar coins at face value.

On January 22, 2010, The US Mint offered numismatic rolls of the dollar coins. These are 25-coin rolls containing coins from either the Philadelphia or Denver Mint priced at $35.95 each. As opposed to the Direct Ship rolls, these come in custom designed wrappers and customers can select the mint mark. Despite the premium and the availability of the coins at face value, collectors still ordered more than 8,000 of each roll in the first week of availability.

Following the release through these two options, the official launch ceremony was held on January 25, 2010. The event took place at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center in Manhattan. United States Mint Director Edmund Moy said, "The design is an acknowledgement of the confederation's influence on Western political thought, including concepts of equality and democratic self-government that existed on the North American continent long before the founding of the United States."

The US Mint recently released this information, indicating that final sales were 115,178. Since this is the final unaudited sales information, the final mintage may be slightly lower due to returns, order cancellations, or other adjustments.

Collectors are already starting to debate whether this level of mintage may impede or support future premiums for the coin on the secondary market. Some argue that a mintage over 100,000 creates a plentiful supply of the coins, and they will be destined to sell for a few hundred dollars above the bullion value.

Others argue that this is a one year only issue of a historic recreation of one of the most beautiful coins of all time. Most buyers are likely to hold the coin in their permanent collection, meaning that only a fraction of the total mintage will ever be offered for sale. The high demand and restrained supply will support greater premiums as time moves on.

For the Presidency design, there were 129,600,000 coins produced at the Philadelphia Mint and 198,000,000 coins produced at the Denver Mint. This makes a total of 327,600,000 overall coins struck for circulation.

The previous low for combined mintage for one of the designs was the Birthplace Cent with 634,800,000. The previous low for an individual issue of the 2009 Lincoln Cent was the 2009-P Birthplace Cent with 284,400,000. The latest figures represnts significanlty lower numbers.

The last time an individual Lincoln Cent struck for circulation had a lower mintage was 1955, when the San Francisco Mint produced 44,610,000.

Sales of the coin had started on January 22, 2009. As expected there was a huge rush of orders from collectors who wanted to own this special issue. In the opening weekend more than 40,000 coins were sold. This is made even more impressive by the one per household ordering limit that was in place at the time.

The 2009 Ultra High Relief Gold Coin remained on sale throughout the remainder of the year with some adjustments. When applicable the price of the coin was adjusted based on the average price of gold. This caused the initial ordering price of $1,189 per coin to rise to $1,489 by the end of the year. The household ordering limit was also adjusted from the initial limit of one to ten, then twenty five, and eventually it was removed completely.

The last reported sales before the end of the year was 112,065. While this number is somewhat high, there is likely to always be demand for this special and historic coin, which will hopefully support premiums above value of the one ounce gold content.