June 3rd, 2009 — Coin News
Another new mintage low has been set for the District of Columbia & U.S. Territories Quarters series. Following the relatively high mintages for the State Quarter series, the six coin follow up had been showing very low numbers. This was due primarily to the economy, which caused an influx of old change into the system, removing the need to produce large amounts of new coins.
The latest data released was for the Guam Quarter. There were only 42,600,000 coins produced at the Denver Mint and 45,000,000 coins produced at the Philadelphia Mint. The total between the mints of 87,600,000 is less than half the number of coins produced for the District of Columbia Quarter.
These low numbers are starting to draw attention, but do they have farther to fall? The next quarters to be released will feature American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
May 2nd, 2009 — Mintages
Have you seen a 2009 Roosevelt Dime? Chances are good that your answer is "no."
Due to a record number of old coins re-entering circulation combined with a general decline in the need to more circulating coins, there has been a glut of coinage at the Federal Reserve Banks. This has caused them to cut orders for new coinage at the US Mint. The US Mint has accordingly reduced production.
Recently the US Mint officially announced that production of the 2009 dimes would end for the rest of the year. This results in final mintages available already. The numbers are low enough to excite collectors looking for a possible key date coin.
The figures shown below are the reported coin production figures for January through April 2009. Most likely these will be the final mintages for the year.
2009 Roosevelt Dime Mintage
| 2009-P Roosevelt Dime |
96,500,000 |
| 2009-D Roosevelt Dime |
49,500,000 |
| Total |
146,000,000 |
March 21st, 2009 — Mintages
The US Mint recently posted the mintage information for the William Henry Harrison Presidential Dollars. The trend of lower mintages for the Presidential Dollar series continued. Since the start of the series, each subsequent release has shown a lower mintage than the previous, except for the Andrew Jackson Dollar, which showed a small uptick before the trend resumed.
The 2009 William Henry Harrison shows coin production of 43,260,000 at the Philadelphia Mint and 55,160,000 at the Denver Mint. This makes a total mintage of 98,420,000 across both Mints.
While this is the lowest on record for the series, the amount is still relatively high.
Due to the slowing economy, there is a reported glut of coinage, which causes fewer new coins to be produced. This has impacted other denominations to a greater extent. For example, there were only 53 million nickels produced across both Mints though February 2009.
Does it make sense that we need more dollar coins than nickels for circulation?
January 9th, 2009 — Mintages
The US Mint just posted the production figures for the Hawaii State Quarter. This was the final release of the popular 50 State Quarters Program.
The US Mint indicates production of 254,000,000 coins at the Philadelphia Mint and 263,600,000 coins at the Denver Mint for a combined total of 517,600,000.
These are preliminary production figures and includes all circulating quality coins produced by the United States Mint, including those sold to collectors in bags and rolls. Coins minted for US Mint issued Mint Sets and Proof Sets are not included.
The Hawaii State Quarter mintage actually marks the highest number for all 2008 State Quarters. The next highest was Arizona with 509.6 million for all mint marks. The lowest was Oklahoma with 416.6 million for all mint marks.
With the production figures for the final State Quarter, we now have a total for the entire State Quarter series. The combined State Quarter mintage for the entire series is now an incredible 34,797,600,000!
December 4th, 2008 — Mintages
Production figures for the latest release of the Presidential Dollar series have just been published by the United States Mint. The Martin Van Buren Presidential Dollar had 51,520,000 coins produced at the Philadelphia Mint and 50,960,000 coins produced at the Denver Mint.
The combined total of 102,480,000 marks a new low for the Presidential Dollar series. The next lowest mintage was for the John Quincy Adams coin at 115,260,000.
In total, the US Mint produced 464,480,000 Presidential Dollars for 2008. This compares to a total of 940,870,000. See the complete Presidential Dollar mintages.
Unfortunately, it looks like the slide in production will continue for 2009, especially with the line up of relatively lesser known presidents.
