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The United States Mint on Monday released the latest circulating coin production figures through to September 2009.

US Mint Circulating Coin Production in September 2009

	Denver	Philadelphia	Total
2009 Lincoln Cents	74,000,000	19,200,000	93,200,000
Jefferson Nickels	0	0	0
Roosevelt Dimes	0	0	0
Quarters	24,400,000	3,800,000	27,800,000
Kennedy Half Dollars	200,000	0	200,000
Native American $1	10,080,000	10,080,000	20,160,000
Presidential $1s	12,460,000	28,140,000	40,600,000
Total	120,740,000	61,220,000	181,960,000

In summary, the tallies reveal:

• US Virgin Islands quarters have earned the lowest total mintage title for any 2009 quarter-dollar

• The 2009-P US Virgin Islands quarter has the lowest mintage of any Philadelphia struck quarter

• The US Mint facility at Denver in September was much busier than Philadelphia's

• No additional Jefferson nickels or Roosevelt dimes were made

• There was a significant monthly drop in 2009 Lincoln cents and quarters

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It has been the Fall week for commemorative news from the US Mint. On Monday it added the Lincoln Coin & Chronicles Set to its online store in preparation for an Oct. 15 debut, and it just announced next week's release of the United States Mint Braille Education Set.

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The set will be issued Thursday, Oct 8, at noon Eastern Time for a price of $44.95. Sales are limited to a maximum of 25,000 and a further order limit of one (1) per household will be enforced.

These limits invite the question, will the education set sell out? The previously mentioned Lincoln Chronicles Set has a 50,000 max limit. Many expect those will fall to collector demand on the first day of issue. There is supportive reasoning. Lincoln silver dollars sold out earlier in the year to the tune of 325,00 proof and 125,000 uncirculated. That happened in just over six weeks. 50,000 actually had to be held in reserve for the chronicles set.

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