Comments on: US Mint Coin Production Jumps 34.8% in March, 2.16B Coins Minted in Q1 2012

By: george glazener

george glazener — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:49:56 +0000

Definitely like the idea of a $2.00 Coin w/ Teddy Roosevelt on it. But given the disdain that most retailers showed when I tried my best to circulate the $1.00 Presidential dollars, I think there would be a lot of negative reaction and a resistance to embrace them. In the end, most folks just don’t want to lug around bulky clanky coins in their pockets

By: Munzen

Munzen — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 02:03:15 +0000

Foo. No edit button. Not “a year ago”, “YEARS ago”

By: Munzen

Munzen — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 02:01:55 +0000

I have to agree with billymac. TR has been sadly neglected. IMO he definitely should be honored, not just because of the changes he brought about in our coins but for the steps he took to move our country onto the world stage. If not on an existing denomination, why not on a distinctive $2 coin or bill that could short-circuit some of the bleatings about “carrying too many $1 coins” if the $1 bill ever meets its much-delayed end?

IMHO it seems that the Mint is currently doing what cereal makers discovered a year ago: it’s easier to create “new” products by endlessly tweaking existing ones than it is to produce something truly different. Cents through halves each have some major part of their design that’s been essentially the same for at least a half-century. At what point does continuity become stagnation?

By: JP

JP — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:52:41 +0000

I have to believe that at some point we’ll have enough coins minted that we can lay off the mint for a couple of years. Due to their longevity I’m still regularly finding coins from the 60’s in my change, so I’d think that we could save some money by throttling down the mint’s production schedule a tad.

By: billymac11

billymac11 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:23:39 +0000

I would tend to think that the time will have come by the end of ATB to introduce a whole new (single!) design for the quarter, as much as I like the Washington Quarter. Maybe it should be Teddy Roosevelt, which would have made oh-so-much sense for the obverse of ATB, but that opportunity was missed.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:25:42 +0000

And we have another 8 yrs @ 4 quarters per year to go. I don’t know about you but I’m looking forward to seeing the old quarter reverse again. In fact I’ve been spending the state and ATB quarters and keeping the old quarters I get in my change.

By: Vachon

Vachon — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:48:47 +0000

I wonder when the glut of State Quarters will have finally passed? At the current rates of ATB quarter production, will the entire series even surpass 1999’s mintage of state quarters?