Comments on: US Coin Production in September 2012 Reaches 905.34M

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:10:39 +0000

Received two P mint mark Acadia National Park quarters at the coffee shop this morning.

By: Stewart

Stewart — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:43:34 +0000

$47 million in pennies, what a total joke waste of money to produce. Nearly $40 in dollar coins that will never be circulated, this year alone. Perhaps a billion dollar coins in bank vaults nationwide, never ever seen in circulation. This nation must stop the production of paper $1 bills and replace with the coin forms, and produce only the collector versions of the penny (very profitable).

By: Munzen

Munzen — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:37:57 +0000

And the BEP is still spending half its time and energy wasting hundreds of millions a year printing $1 bills. So much for “exceptionalism”.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:00:33 +0000

Let’s see, according to the table the mint has lost money making every single one of the 4.7 billion pennies. No wonder collector coins cost so much more than their melt value. When is Congress going to wake up and cancel the penny and save us all some money? Nah, that wouldn’t happen. They’d just take the extra money and spend it somewhere else.

By: Vachon

Vachon — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:40:42 +0000

I guess this means the glut of State Quarters is passing and that ATB Quarter production will rise in the coming years? I’ll admit I’m disappointed it is happening so soon. 2012’s quarter production was on track to be the lowest in decades. It’s still low, but not as low as it could’ve been. Oh well. I suppose 2013 will have the first ATB mintages over 100 million.