Comments on: U.S. Coin Production Nears 7.6B in First Half of 2017

By: Joe Brown

Joe Brown — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:34:16 +0000

Munzen – once in a blue moon, I still come across in my change, bottom of wifes pocket book, kids change containers before they dump them in machine at supper market. Rip off. A WW*2 silver 5 cent peace. Your right nickel is 1 tuff metal our great country needed, that metal help among with the prod brave men & woman. Thanks Dad. I,m glad you pointed out the euro, I have cigar box full of them from being places around Gods world they all just about shine. Thanks I learned some thing new. WOW, TO VICTORY*

By: Munzen

Munzen — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 18:29:05 +0000

Joe Brown – the “golden” (?!) dollars circulate a bit where I live, too, again due to use on the local transit system. But for whatever reason there doesn’t seem to be very much deterioration; mostly they turn a kind of ugly brown, probably as you say due to the use of Mg and Zn. I don’t know whether the Mint could have used a different alloy and still met the electronic-signature requirements. E.g. euro coins use an alloy called “nordic gold” which seems to keep its color better over time.

The higher nickel (sp) content of the 5¢ through 50¢ is what keeps them looking good for a long time. Of course its hardness means the strikes for the 3 higher denominations generally aren’t as sharp as back in the forever-gone days of silver coinage, but that also means they don’t wear out nearly so fast. I’m finding quarters from the late 60s with a lot of details still visible.

By: Joe Brown

Joe Brown — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 07:04:21 +0000

Dawn On Marblehead sail of P & D Native American $ I don’t see a Big difference. What are the P & D total #’s every year. I see y I never receive any past 2011 in change from the MBTA. They look like crap, they don,t hold up at all. The zinc & mag wear down, there is a small amount nickal, majority copper. Cent, Nickal, Dime, 1/4 from 1965 look better. I guess if you glove them & put the whole collection in a book they maybe all right. Not my cup.

By: jim

jim — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 19:09:25 +0000

Seth –
Right, everything comes from the mint Internet order form these days so unless people can go to P or D and buy directly I’m not seeing why more P’s are sold than D’s. But if they can buy directly from the P mint and P is more than twice as populous as D I can understand how that might happen. Ya think that’s the reason?

By: Seth Riesling

Seth Riesling — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 18:17:09 +0000

The Kennedy half dollars have not been put into circulation since 2001 & the Native American $1 coins have not been put into circulation since 2011. They are only made now for collector sales in circulating quality, & for Proof sets & Mint sets.

By: Joe Brown

Joe Brown — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 09:05:28 +0000

jim – My thinking *scary thought, was location of the 2 mints. Denver can distribute $, West, South Central, North, Philadelphia, up & down the East cost. I live right on the east coast, a few miles from down town Boston. I pretty much always look , I like to see Denver, in my change. I pretty much look at my $Bills to see what Fed. Reserves there from. Mintage of P & D coins seem to always go back and forth. I don’t know why.

By: jim

jim — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:50:36 +0000

Still don’t understand why the Native American $1 isn’t split evenly between Denver and Philadelphia or what attraction a Philadelphia mintage has over a Denver mintage.