Trivia: Millennium Coins Part 2 N. America/U.S.A.

Clinker · 01-31-2008, 11:01 AM

This is Part 2 of Millennium Coins of the World. 2nd Millennium, Year 2000.

We started with North America/Canada. Today we look at North America/U.S.A.'s coins struck in the year 2000.

Let's start with the smallest denomination issued in the year 2000:

Lincoln Memorial Reverse/Lincoln Head Obverse Cent

Here's a photo of the 2000 Lincoln obverse (photo courtesy of coinpage.com):

http://www.coinpage.com/large.php?tImageId=180

And here's the reverse:

http://www.coinpage.com/large.php?tImageId=181

5,503,200,000 Cents were struck at Philadelphia as circulating coinage in 2000.

8,774,220.000 Cents were struck in Denver as circulating coins in 2000.

1,413,000 of each of the above cents were placed in Special 20-piece Mint Sets.

3,082,483 Cents were struck in Proof at San Francisco Mint in 2000

The 2000 Proof Cents are available only in proof sets and any singles offered for sale were removed from proof set packages.
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Note: Another 965,421 proof cents were struck at San Francisco for special Silver 10-piece Proof sets

Jefferson Head Obverse/Monticello Reverse Nickel

First a photo of the obverse (courtesy of coinpage.com):

http://www.coinpage.com/large.php?tImageId=6547

And here's the reverse:

http://www.coinpage.com/large.php?tImageId=6548

846,240,000 business strike Nickels were struck at Philadelphia in 2000.

1,509,520.000 business strike Nickels were struck at Denver in 2000.

1,413,000 of each of the above were placed in Special 20-piece Mint Sets.

3,082,483 proof Nickels were struck at San Francisco in 2000.

Note: Individual 2000 proof Nickels offered for sale were removed from proof set mint packages.

Note: Another 965,421 proof nickels were struck by San Francisco and placed in special 10-piece Silver Proof Sets.

Roosevelt Dimes

Here's a photo of the obverse of a 2002-S Dime; same design as a 2000 Dime (image courtesy of coinpage.com):

http://www.coinpage.com/large.php?tImageId=2573

1,842,500 business strike dimes were struck by the Philadelphia Mint in 2000.

1,818,700 business strike dimes were struck by the Denver Mint in 2000.

Both of the above 2000 dated business strike dimes are available in 20-piece Mint Sets.

3,082,483 dimes were struck in proof for Proof sets in 2000 by the San Francisco Mint and any individual proof coins available were removed from proof mint packages.

Only 856,400 90% silver dimes were struck in proof by San Francisco for inclusion in Special Silver Proof sets and any individual 2000 dated Proof Silver Dime was removed from the Mint's proof packages.

2000 Washington Quarter

The obverse of the Washington Quarter is the same on all 5 commemorative State Hood Quarters struck in 2000.

Here's the obverse courtesy of coinfacts.com:

http://www.coinfacts.com/quarter_dol..._obv_large.jpg

Here are the 5 reverses:

Massachuesetts Reverse:

http://www.coinfacts.com/quarter_dol...sachusetts.htm

628,600,00 business strike Massachusetts' Statehood Quarters were struck in Philadelphia.

535,184,000 business strike Massachuettes' Statehood Quarters were struck in Denver.

1,416,000 of each of the above Massachuesetts' Statehood Quarters were placed in 20-piece Mint Sets.

4,020,083 Proof Massachuesetts' Statehood Quarters were struck at San Francisco Mint.

Note: 856,400 Massachuesetts' Proof Statehood Quarters were struck in 90% silver at San Francisco Mint and available only in Silver Proof Sets.

Maryland Reverse:

http://www.coinfacts.com/quarter_dol...s/maryland.htm

678,200,000 Maryland Statehood Quarters were struck in Philadelphia for circulation.

556,532,00 Maryland Statehood Quarters were struck in Denver for circulation.

1,416,000 of each of the above Maryland Statehood Quarters were placed in 20-piece Mint Sets.

4,020,083 Maryland Statehood Quarters were struck in Proof at San Francisco

Note: 856,400 Maryland Statehood Quarters were struck in Proofs composed of 90 % Silver at San Francisco and available originally only in silver 2000 Proof Sets.

South Carolina Reverse:

http://www.coinfacts.com/quarter_dol...h_carolina.htm

742,756,000 S. Carolina Statehood Quarters were struck in Philadelphia for circulation.

566,208,000 S.Carolina Statehood Quarters were struck for circulation by the Denver Mint.

1,416,000 of the above S. Carolina Statehood Quarters were placed in 20-piece Mint Sets.

4,020,083 clad S. Carolina Statehood Quarters were struck at San Francisco only as Proofs and available originally only in regular 2000 Proof Sets and/or special 2000 50 State Quarters Proof Sets.
Note: San Francisco also minted 856,400 Silver S. Carolina Statehood Quarters as Proofs and available originally only in silver 2000 Proof Sets.
New Hampshire Reverse:

http://www.coinfacts.com/quarter_dol..._hampshire.htm

673,040,000 New Hampshire Statehood Clad Quarters were minted in Philadelphia for general circulation.

495,976,000 New Hampshire Statehood Clad Quarters were struck at Denver for general circulation

1,416,000 of the above NH Statehood Quarters were placed in 20-piece Mint Sets.

4,020,083 New Hampshire Statehood Clad Quarters were struck at San Francisco as Proofs and available originally only in regular 2000 Proof Sets and/or special 2000 50 State Quarters Proof Sets.

856,400 New Hampshire Quarters were minted by San Francisco mint in 90% Silver as Proofs and available originally only in silver 2000 Proof Sets.

Virginia Reverse:
http://www.coinfacts.com/quarter_dol...ter_dollar.htm

943,000,000 Virginia Statehood Quarters were struck in Philadelphia.

651,616,000 Virginia Statehood Quarters were struck at Denver.

1,416,000 of the above Virginia of each mint's Statehood Quarters were placed in 20-piece Mint Sets.

4,020,000 Clad Virginia Quarters were Struck only as Proofs and available originally only in regular 2000 Proof Sets and/or special 2000 50 State Quarters Proof Sets.

856,400 Virginia Statehood Quarters were struck in Siver at San Francisco only as Proofs and available originally only in silver 2000 Proof Sets.

And now the 2000 Kennedy Half Dollar:

Here's the obverse:

http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-7075.html

Here's the reverse:

http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-7076.html

22,600,000 Kennedy Halves were struck for circulation by the Philadelphia Mint in 2000.

19,466,000 Kennedy Half Business strike coins were minted by Denver in 2000.

1,416,000 of both P & D Coins above went into 20-piece Mint Sets. (A 2000 Mint Set Consists of
1 Cent P & D, 5 Cents P & D, clad 10 Cents P & D, all 5 clad Statehood 25 Cents P & D, clad 50 cents P & D, and Sacagawea Dollar P & D. (20 coins)

3,082,483 Proof Kennedy Clad Half Dollars were struck by San Francisco in 2000.

856,400 Proof Silver Kennedy Half Dollars were struck by San Francisco in 2000

2000 Sacagawea Dollars:

Here's the photo:

http://worldcoingallery.com/countrie...B)%20Sacagawea

With the New 2nd Millennium came a New United States Dollar, the 2000 Sacagawea Dollar was accompanied by a belief metal dollars would replace paper currency dollars so the Business strike mintage figures in 2000 were high compared to later mintages.

767,140,000 Sacagawea Dollars were struck at Philadelphia in 2000. Please note that some of these Philadelphia Sacagawea Dollars have a reverse feather count of only 12 feathers rather than the regular 13-feather count.

518,916,000 Sacagawea Dollars were struck at Denver in 2000.

1,416,000 each of the two above coin mintages were placed in the 20-piece Mint Sets for 2000.

3,082,483 Proof Sacagawea Proofs were struck by San Francisco in 2000. There were no Silver Sacagawea Dollars struck in 2000

However to create a Special Millenniuim Collectors' Set the Mint had West Point strike a 2000-W Silver Eagle Bullion coin and teamed it with a 2000 Sacagawea Dollar and a Series 1999 $1 Federal Reserve Note.

The rarest Sacagawea Dollar comes from a special-finish group of 5,000 coins created as a presentation to Glenna Goodacre as the Contest Winner for designing the Sacagawea Dollar.

In 2000 a special Commemorative coin set was created to honor Leif Erickson. The set is therefore referred as the

(2000) LEIF ERICKSON MILLENNIUM:

This set contains a Proof Silver Dollar and an Icelandic 1,000 Kronur.

Here's a photo courtesy usmint.gov

http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/...=ericson_about

The United States Leif Erickson Millennium Silver Dollar was struck in uncirculated and proof.

Also, in 2000, the Mint struck a Bicentennial Commemorative Silver Coin.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BICENTENNIAL

A silver coin was struck in proof and uncirculated.

http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-5356.html

The West Point Mint struck a SPECIAL Library of Congress Commemorative in a $10 bimetalic gold/platinum version.
The Mint, also struck this coin in both uncirculated and proof. They bear the "W" mint mark.

Here's an image courtesy of coinpage.com:

http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-5356.html

The 2nd millennium year 2000 bore its share of bullion coins:

Silver Eagle (1 ounce ASW)

These bullion Silver Eagles were struck in two versions (uncirculated and proof). Proofs carry the "W" mint mark.

Here's an image of the obverse:

http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-355.html

And here's the reverse:

http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-356.html

Gold Eagles (1/10 oz., 1/4 oz., 1/2 oz., and 1 oz.)

Here's the images:

obverse:

http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6747.html

reverse:

http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6748.html

Uncirculated gold pieces have no mint mark, however proofs carry the "W" mint mark of West Point.

Platinum Eagles (1 oz., 1.2 oz., 1.4 oz., 1 /10 oz.)

Here's the images:

obverse:

http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-4114.html

reverse:

http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-4115.html

Uncirculated specimens have no mint mark. Proofs have "W" mint mark.

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Clinker

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