Comments on: U.S. Coin Production Tops 1.4B in October; Ellis Island Quarter Mintages Revealed

By: Joe Brown

Joe Brown — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 06:50:34 +0000

datadave - Dawn on marble head, my* apology, for what you asked in your ? above. My mind takes me else where once in awhile. The 1.1 million more *Denver mint half dollars minted this year than the *Philly mint. My ""Blue Book''' says, dates after 2001 have not been released into general circulation, ''''which we know'''' instead being made available in 20 coin rolls, 200 - coin bags, so that's a roll of 20 P & a roll of 20 D, or for the bags 100 P & 100 D, """" which we know,'''''' then the blue book says the rest of the ''coins are sold in coin sets by the mint.'' So that might* be where the 1.1 million *Denver *Kennedy 1/2$ went, into the coin sets. ?, but what 2017 coin sets are being sold by our mint with 1.1 million D* mint mark *Kennedy*s, with out the P* mint *Kennedy?. Also *Seth Riseling -says ''''most'''' of them were put in the annual coin sets, but the *mint used a separate coin presses at a little higher psi. Our mints* have minted the same amounts in recent past years of *D & *P, but not always, the 02, 05, 06, 2010, 12, 13, that's as far as my blue book go,s, they minted more *P mint *Kennedy half dollars. It is *President Kennedy*s 100 birthday this year, he was *born in the month of May 1917. So who knows ''why'' they minted 1.1 million *D 1/2$ this year, is it for *Jack Kennedy*s 100 birthday, and why the *Denver mint for the '''first time''' sent,s 2002, it's always been *Philly. By the way, Seth* thanks for bringing me back to the 60's, my aunt she is also my *+*god mother had the needle point of Pope John the XX111*thrid the *saint now & *JFK in her dinning room on the top floor of her 3 deckar.

By: Joe Brown

Joe Brown — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 15:22:45 +0000

datadave & Seth Ries – I just drop’ed my subscription plan this year with the U.S.* mint for the Kennedy* half dollar P & D rolls, i have a large shoe box of them still in their white rectang box they came in some place, ill come across them one of these days. Seth prorbully in the mountain with the rest of their coins, of corse!lol

By: Seth Riesling

Seth Riesling — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:07:45 +0000

datadave & Joe Brown –

Since the JFK half dollar hasn’t been put into circulation since 2001, it amazes me how many the Mint sells in circulating quality each year! I realize he was one of our most popular presidents, & is practically a God in Germany among Catholics (I lived there for 3 years & most homes have 2 photos on their walls – the Pope & JFK!) Most of them are put in the annual Mint set, but those are struck on separate coin presses at a little higher pressure. Where do the millions of JFK coins in the rolls & bags they sell of lesser quality go!? Probably to grading services trying to get a MS-70 jackpot!

Happy collecting!

-NumisdudeTX

By: datadave

datadave — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 12:10:53 +0000

@Joe Brown – The only way you can get the 2017 half dollars is to buy either a set of rolls (one from each mint) or a 200 half dollar bag (100 from each mint).

By: Joe Brown

Joe Brown — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 00:30:13 +0000

datadave – hi, ? how does our *mint sell ”’equal”’ amounts of 1/2 dollars if our mint* minted 1.1,million more *Denver mint 1/2 dollars. I* don’t know why they would mint 1.1,million more “”D”” mint half,s like your ? ask, i know you don’t want a ”guess”, but 1 of my guess*s is the * Philly mint pumps out more coins than *Denver as a whole of all the coins minted in the *U.S. so it might be cheaper for *Denver to mint 1.1,million 1/2 dollars, *Philly might have a bigger work load is 1 of my guess,s, but i really don’t know who pumps out more for that matter.

By: datadave

datadave — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:49:53 +0000

Can anyone explain why they would mint 1.1M more D mint Half Dollars? Considering they sell an equal amount of both P and D mint by design of their offerings it doesn’t make sense to me.

By: Joe Brown

Joe Brown — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 20:11:39 +0000

Stewart – hi, just my* guess one of the reasons for all the circulating dollar coins starting with the $1.00 IKE*, SUSAN B*, PRESIDENT* & *NATIVE AMERICAN* golden dollars sitting on bank shelves all across the USA*, that if or when the U.S* “NON” precious metal money such as the $1. $5. $10. $20. & so on & so forth, that all the greenbacks$$$$$$$$ our* 12 *Federal Reserve banks keep pumping out each year, could or when, if they keep printing that stuff$$$$$$$$$$$$. will be “obsolete”, just like all the Southern* notes printed during the *American Civil War *, if you don,t have the coins to back it. Last i* read that the fed* banks have something like $1.24 billion golden dollars stashed away for safe keeping. but their gutter b a mountain full of coins than just $1.24 billion “golden dollars “, just my* crazy thinking tho. save your lose change, & god*+* bless America* smile.

By: Stewart

Stewart — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 18:04:16 +0000

I haven’t received a dollar coin in change in the past 5 years…ever…not once….please stop producing the paper version. Does anyone have any dollar value for the non collector versions of the coin sitting on bank shelves, I’ll guess it’s a very very large number.
I know the mint has to legally produce the penny, but it has to stop, waste a waste of money.

By: Joe Brown

Joe Brown — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 04:14:48 +0000

1.1/2 U.S* cent’s it cost$ us to mint 1 U.S* cent. Our U.S* minted 856.42 million cents for the month of October 2017, so it cost us* more than 423.21 million 1/2 cents for October. It must be in or close to a trillion dollars by now, that cost$ us* ah 1/2 cent to mint just 1 U.S* mint cent all these past years. Do our* Fed*s know something we*don’t. Save your penny*s.