Comments on: US Mint Coin Production Hits 16 Billion in 2016

By: TY

TY — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 23:54:13 +0000

That’s a lot of pennies that are going into peoples’ floors, couches, and garbage cans.

By: Munzen

Munzen — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 23:06:31 +0000

57% of all coins struck are CENTS? Add the fact that ~45% of banknotes are $1 bills, and it seems clear something’s out of kilter.

By: Mammoth

Mammoth — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 17:05:33 +0000

Re: fake Chinese coins, there is a photograph out there on the Internet showing an ASE dated 1906.

China could shut down the country’s counterfeiting operations tomorrow, if their government really wanted to. But they don’t.

By: Keep Calm & Stack On

Keep Calm & Stack On — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 11:19:45 +0000

Seth, what row and seat are you?

https://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/insidethemint/indexnew-coin-design-225th.html

Did the Eagle on the reverse have three different layers of frosting, or was it uniform?

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 19:19:48 +0000

Lots of fake coins (especially dollars) out there, not to mention some fake slabs. The Big Tree Coin Factory, out of China, is notorious for this, but there are others. The old adage, “Buy the book before the coin” really holds true. It is funny but aside from blunders like the wrong date/mint/type combinations sometimes you can just look at a coin and know it’s wrong. But that’s subtle and I wouldn’t trust not having a bad first impression as a reason to buy something.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 16:24:06 +0000

BEWARE..EBAY has a fake 1844 silver dollar up for bid it has a CC mint mark and MOTTO on back which didnt come out till later years of mintage. bidding over at 3:30 PM so get your bids in..lol. so far 11 bids..@$44

By: David

David — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:44:47 +0000

Very nice article, thanks for the hard work in putting it together!