Mintage Stats for Type Collectors

[keithdagen]

Hey guys, just for grins, decided to put together some mintages for Type pieces. I'll add to this every couple of days as I have time:

 

Half Cents

 

Liberty Cap Left -- 1793 (35,334)

Liberty Cap Right -- 1794-1797 (350,520)

Draped Bust -- 1800-1808 (3,416,950)

Capped Bust -- 1809-1836 (3,515,712)

Braided Hair -- 1840-1857 (544,310)

 

Total Half Cents -- 7,862,826

 

Large Cents

 

Chain -- 1793 (36,103)

Wreath -- 1793 (63,353)

Liberty Cap -- 1793-1796 (1,577,362)

Draped Bust -- 1796-1807 (16,069,270)

Classic Head -- 1808-1814 (5,415,222)

Matron Head -- 1816-1839 (62,823,073) Includes 100% of 1839 mintage

Braided Hair -- 1839-1857 (70,916,803)

 

Total Large Cents -- 156,901,186

 

Small Cents

 

Flying Eagle -- 1856-1858 (42,050,750)

Indian Head CN No Shield -- 1859 (36,400,000)

Indian Head CN Shield -- 1860-1864 (122,321,000)

Indian Head BR -- 1864-1909 (1,690,299,842)

Lincoln Wheat BR -- 1909-1942,1944-1958 (27,743,317,323)

Lincoln Wheat ST -- 1943 (1,093,838,670)

Lincoln Memorial BR 1968-S issue (258,270,001)

Lincoln Memorial ZN 1991-D issue (4,158,442,076)

[bartdog-migration]

Hey Keith - cool!

 

Bill

 

 

[keithdagen]

Rest of the odd denominations:

 

Two Cent Pieces -- 1864-1873 (approx. 45,561,000)

 

Three Cent Pieces

 

Silver Type 1 -- 1851-1853 (36,230,900)

Silver Type 2 -- 1854-1858 (4,914,000)

Silver Type 3 -- 1859-1873 (1,573,400)

 

Total Silver Three Cent Pieces -- 42,718,300

 

Nickel -- 1865-1889 (31,332,525)

 

Total Three Cent Pieces -- 74,050,825

 

Twenty Cent Pieces -- 1875-1878 (1,349,930)

 

 

[Oldtrader3]

Why are Type 2, 3 cent silver pieces more difficult to find, than Type 3? One of the mysteries of life, I guess.

[BillJones]

I think that there are several reasons for this.

 

First, the Type II trimes were issued at a time when the denomination was still popular and many of the coins were getting a lot of wear. Given their size, these coins probably did not have as long a useful life in circulation than the dime, quarter or half dollar. Therefore a lot of silver three cent pieces, especially the Type I and Type II coins, died an early death. Because of their wide use, comparatively few Type II trimes were set aside in Mint State condition.

 

When the Type III times were released the Civil War was just starting. During the war the people hoarded ALL U.S. coins, and they disappeared from circulation. Toward the end of the war the Union government introduced the nickel three cent piece. That coin replaced the silver coin because it was larger and easier to use. Many of the silver three cent pieces that had been hoarded during the war were the type III variety since they were the current coins of the time. My guess is that a great many of these coins were still hoarded. People saw few of them in circulation and set them aside something odd or different. This accounts for the large number of high grade 1860 and 1860 silver three cent pieces that are available today. The coin did not see much circulation.

 

Second, most Type II silver three cent pieces were very poorly struck. The design had too much detail to be effectively struck on such a thin coin. It was for that reason that the design was quickly replaced. Many of the Type II coins lost their detail rather quickly in circulation and were withdrawn and melted. If you are familiar with the 1858 trimes, which were the last issue of the Type II coins, you will note that the dates on those pieces are often not sharp, even on high grade examples. For that reason many of those coins became old before their time.

 

[Oldtrader3]

Bill: Thanks for the history of the Trime. It is not a series that I have ever collected, and probably never would have paid much attention to, until the Type Sets popped up on this board. I have posted the Types 1 and 3 in my set. However, I have had a devil of a time finding a decent Type 2 that does not cost a fortune.

 

Some of the Type 3's have very low mintage, but are much more available than Type 2's. Your explanation is extremely plausible and I appreciate the information. I have attached a scan of a 1954, Trime with interesting toning for your viewing pleasure.

 

I posted the wrong image and put up my Icon instead. Sorry.

[keithdagen]

Bill,

 

Thanks for the answers regarding the trime history. I had wondered that myself.

 

Half Dimes

 

Flowing Hair 1794-1795 (86,416)

Draped Bust Small Eagle 1796-1797 (54,757)

Draped Bust Large Eagle 1800-1805 (124,270)

Capped Bust 1829-1837 (13,058,700)

Seated No Stars 1837-1838 (1,475,000)

Seated Stars Obverse 1838-1853, 1856-1859 (42,705,774)

Seated Arrows 1853-1855 (25,060,020)

Seated Legend Obverse 1860-1873 (15,554,601)

 

Total Half Dimes 98,119,538

[keithdagen]

Five Cent Pieces

 

Shield with Rays 1866-1867 (16,761,500)

Shield no Rays 1867-1883 (111,255,600)

Libery no Cents 1883 (5,474,300)

Liberty with Cents 1883-1912 (596,536,570)

Buffalo Type 1 1913 (38,434,000)

Buffalo Type 2 1913-1938 (1,174,464,771)

Jefferson 1950-D (2,630,030)

Jefferson with Silver alloy 1942-1945 (869,896,100)

 

Interesting to note that although the 1950-D Jefferson nickel has the lowest mintage of the series, it was hoarded so heavily that it is readily available today.

[keithdagen]

Man I've been busy the last several days.

 

Here are the mintage stats for dimes:

 

Draped Bust Small Eagle 1796-1797 (47,396)

Draped Bust Large Eagle 1798-1807 (422,010)

Capped Bust 1809-1837 (11,710,194)

Seated No Stars 1837-1838 (1,088,534)

Seated Stars No Drapery 1838-1840 (6,525,115)

Seated With Drapery 1840-1853, 1856-1860 (36,437,800)

Seated With Arrows 1853-1855 (21,493,010)

Seated Legend Obverse 1860-1873, 1875-1891 (175,891,377)

Seated Legend With Arrows 1873-1874 (6,041,608)

Barber 1892-1916 (501,437,051)

Mercury 1916-1945 (2,676,523,880)

Roosevelt Silver 1946-1964 (6,577,126,183)

Roosevelt Clad 1969 issue (145,790,000)

[keithdagen]

Next, on to the quarters. Would like to point out that for almost every single clad Washington quarter, the mintage of the clad pieces on a coin by coin basis outweighs the mintage of all quarters produced from 1796-1930.

 

Draped Bust Small Eagle 1796 (6,146)

Draped Bust Large Eagle 1804-1807 (554,899)

Capped Bust Large 1815-1828 (1,294,584)

Capped Bust Small 1831-1838 (4,202,400)

Seated No Drapery 1838-1839 (957,146)

Seated Drapery 1840-1853, 1856-1865 (45,723,387)

Seated Arrows & Rays 1853 (16,542,020)

Seated Arrows 1854-1855 (17,293,400)

Seated Motto 1865-1873, 1875-1891 (72,680,180)

Seated Motto with Arrows 1873-1874 (2,302,822)

Barber 1892-1916 (264,670,792)

Standing Liberty Type 1 1916-1917 (12,253,200)

Standing Liberty Type 2 1917-1924 (136,163,600)

Standing Liberty Type 3 1925-1930 (73,353,600)

Washington Silver 1932-1964 (3,776,126,601)

Washington Clad 1965-1974, 1977-1998 (101,534,000 1968-D issue)

Washington Bicentennial Clad 1976 (1,669,902,855)

Washington Bicentennial Silver 1976 (5,000,000 est.)

Washington States 1999-D NJ issue (299,028,000)

[swhuck]

That figure for seated/drapery looks way too low, especially since more than 9 million were minted during 1857 in Philadelphia alone.

 

That having been said, seeing the contrast between the historical mintages and the current mintages is fascinating!

[keithdagen]

Whoops, my worksheet didn't total the pre-arrows and post-arrows totals correctly. The correct mintages have been updated.

 

Even then, it doesn't affect that these pieces are extremely rare compared to their clad counterparts.

[keithdagen]

Been a while since I updated this:

 

Half Dollars

 

Flowing Hair 1794-1795 (323,144)

Draped Bust Small Eagle 1796-1797 (3,918)

Draped Bust Large Eagle 1801-1807 (1,600,787)

Capped Bust Lettered Edge 1807-1836 (82,339,124)

Capped Bust Reeded Edge 50 Cents 1836-1837 (3,631,020)

Capped Bust Reeded Edge Half Dol. 1838-1839 (5,117,952)

Seated No Motto 1839-1853 1856-1866 (76,243,285)

Seated Arrows & Rays 1853 (4,860,708)

Seated Arrows 1854-1855 (12,799,450)

Seated With Motto 1866-1873 1875-1891 (56,247,068)

Seated With Motto & Arrows 1873-1874 (5,070,310)

Barber 1892-1915 (135,898,329)

Walking Liberty 1916-1947 (485,320,640)

Franklin 1948-1963 (465,844,455)

Kennedy Silver 1964 (429,509,450)

Kennedy 40% Silver 1965-1970 (848,895,006)

Kennedy Clad 1987-P Issue (2,890,758)

Kennedy Bicentennial Clad 1976 (521,873,248)

Kennedy Bicentennial Silver 1976 (5,000,000 est.)

 

[keithdagen]

Silver Dollars

 

Flowing Hair 1794-1795 (162,053)

Draped Bust Small Eagle 1795-1798 (173,434)

Draped Bust Large Eagle 1798-1803 (1,153,709)

Seated No Motto 1840-1865 (2,890,563)

Seated Motto 1866-1873 (3,597,200)

Trade 1873-1878 (35,954,535)

Morgan 1878-1921 (656,918,590)

Peace High Relief 1921 (1,006,473)

Peace Low Relief 1922-1935 (189,570,347)

Eisenhower Clad 1971-1974, 1977-1978 (465,540,347)

Eisenhower Silver Clad 1971-1974 (12,844,882)

Eisenhower Bicentennial Clad 1976 (220,565,274)

Eisenhower Bicentennial Silver 1976 (5,000,000 est.)

SBA 1979-1999 (904,884,452)

 

[keithdagen]

Gold Dollars

 

Liberty Head (Type 1) 1849-1854 (12,565,273)

Indian Head Small (Type 2) 1854-1856 (1,633,426)

Indian Head Large (Type 3) 1856-1889 (5,327,443)

 

Gold Three Dollars

 

Indian Head Large 1854-1889 (535,332)

 

[keithdagen]

Gold Quarter Eagles

 

Turban Head No Stars 1796 (1,368 approx.)

Turban Head Stars 1796-1807 (18,092 approx.)

Capped Bust Large Bust 1808 (2,710)

Capped Bust Small Bust Large 1821-1827 (17,042)

Capped Bust Small Bust Small 1829-1834 (25,023)

Classic Head 1834-1839 (968,228)

Liberty Head No Motto 1840-1907 (11,869,051)

Indian Head 1908-1929 (7,250,261)

 

[keithdagen]

Gold Half Eagles

 

Turban Head Small Eagle 1795-1798 (18,512)

Turban Head Large Eagle 1798-1807 (316,867)

Capped Bust Large Bust 1807-1812 (399,013)

Capped Bust Small Bust Large 1813-1829 (717,409)

Capped Bust Small Bust Small 1829-1834 (668,203)

Classic Head 1834-1838 (2,113,613)

Liberty Head No Motto 1839-1866 (9,114,049)

Liberty Head Motto 1866-1908 (51,503,654)

Indian Head 1908-1929 (14,078,066)

 

[keithdagen]

Gold Eagles

 

Turban Head Small Eagle 1795-1797 (13,344)

Turban Head Large Eagle 1797-1804 (119,248)

Liberty Head No Motto 1838-1866 (5,292,499)

Liberty Head Motto 1866-1907 (37,391,737)

Indian No Motto 1907-1908 (483,450)

Indian Motto 1908-1933 (14,385,139)

 

[keithdagen]

Gold Double Eagles

 

Liberty Head No Motto 1849-1866 (23,535,945)

Liberty Head Motto "D." 1866-1876 (16,148,758)

Liberty Head Motto "Dollars" 1877-1907 (64,137,477)

Saint Gaudens No Motto 1907-1908 (5,308,218)

Saint Gaudens Motto 1908-1933 (64,535,929)

[keithdagen]

All mintages taken from CoinFacts website and subject to data entry error as I added these by hand.

 

Reported mintages may be inflated because of large quantities melted in the 1930's and 1980's, especially the gold mintages.

[jtryka]

Great job Keith! I find many of these numbers insightful. It's interesting that mintages on gold are in many ways irrelevant, for two big reasons, and many small ones. The first is the melt issue, which you rightly mention the 1930s, after FDRs executive order, and the 1980s when gold prices shot up and the value of the bullion exceeded the numismatic value for many pieces. The other time was in the 1830s, when the dollar's gold value was reduced, prompting a lot of hoarding and melting of earlier issues with the same face value and higher gold content. This is why many dates that by their mintage should be common are actually rare beyond belief, like the 1927-D Saint, and many other branch mint Saints of the 1920s and those from 1929-32. The other reason that mintages are not very important is that even in the 19th century, gold did not circulate much, and in most cases was hoarded by individuals, or remained in bank vaults as collateral for paper notes. Gold coins were hoarded by everyday people, not because they were coins, but because they were gold! This means that even on coins with strikingly low mintages by modern standards (like the 1889 double eagle, or many quarter eagles from the 1890s) are not incredibly valuable in mint state grades. Great info! Thanks for doing it!