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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 08-25-2005, 11:35 AM   #1 (permalink) Myron Senior Member   Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 133 Mintage Information for Past Proof Sets ? I am trying to get the mintage numbers for U.S. Proof Sets (Silver & Clad) issued up until 2004. All I get on the Internet are proof coins for sale. I am also interested in the mintage of the various state quarters as certain quarters are almost impossible to get in change and must be purchased. Where can I find mintage lists on the Internet? Thanks.   08-25-2005, 12:28 PM   #2 (permalink) The_Cave_Troll The Coin Troll     Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas Posts: 2,539 the answers are HERE, but it will take some digging to find them. __________________ "From time to time the Tree of Liberty must be refreshed with the blood of Patriots and of Tyrants." -Thomas Jefferson   08-25-2005, 01:27 PM   #3 (permalink) miker Senior Member   Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 160 You can also go to paradisecoin.com and go to proof sets.   08-25-2005, 01:30 PM   #4 (permalink) Myron Senior Member   Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 133 Cannot Find Proof Mintages The US Mint Website lists the Quarter Production for the circulated coins only. I can't find the mintage for the proofs. The mintage numbers used to be listed in coin magazines but now they only list the prices to make purchases.   08-25-2005, 01:34 PM   #5 (permalink) t-d Member   Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 33 Myron, Try: http://www.bestcoin.com/us-proof-sets.htm and for US mint sets: http://www.bestcoin.com/us-mint-sets.htm I had the same questions as you and was so glad to find this information posted.   08-25-2005, 03:56 PM   #6 (permalink) Speedy Researching Coins     Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 11,794 My Mood: Try coinfacts.com.... Speedy __________________ Coin collecting is the only hobby in the world that you can spend all the money in the world and still have some left over   08-26-2005, 09:32 AM   #7 (permalink) Myron Senior Member   Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 133 Silver Quarter Mintage Neither the US Mint website nor coinfacts.com have the mintage of the US Silver Quarter Proof Sets. In the past, the US Mint would give the mintage of proof sets. Why would the Mint keep the figure a secret from collectors? A small mintage brings excitement to the hobby; not knowing the mintage means the collector doesn't know which sets to go after?   08-26-2005, 09:51 AM   #8 (permalink) walterallen Coin Collector     Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Anderson, SC Posts: 1,105 My Mood: I use the Red Book as a reference for such information. In the 2005 issue the data was at the front of the book page 74 I think. In the 2006 issue "hard cover" it is on page 324. Be careful about using the Red Book as a price guide for purchases, it is a retail guide so cut their price by about half and you be close to the price you want to pay.   08-26-2005, 10:16 AM   #9 (permalink) Speedy Researching Coins     Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 11,794 My Mood: Quote: Be careful about using the Red Book as a price guide for purchases, it is a retail guide so cut their price by about half and you be close to the price you want to pay. Well....I think half is a little too much....sure we all know the Red Book prices are high but I don't think they are that high... Speedy __________________ Coin collecting is the only hobby in the world that you can spend all the money in the world and still have some left over   08-26-2005, 10:39 AM   #10 (permalink) Myron Senior Member   Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 133 Only Red Book Shows Mintage ? This is interesting. I can get the mintages of the Proof Sets from the Red Book; yet the publisher must have gotten the mintages from the US Mint. The numbers are not shown on the Mint's website. In effect, collectors must purchase the Red Book to get the production numbers. Why isn't the mintage posted for the public's use?   08-26-2005, 11:38 AM   #11 (permalink) ryanh55 Member   Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 56 this site has some mintages but I really don't know where they get their numbers... http://lynncoins.com/set_mintages.htm   08-26-2005, 01:37 PM   #12 (permalink) Myron Senior Member   Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 133 Thanks This is just what I wanted; the mintages for the current US Proof Sets. Thanks for your help. Hope you like the Crater Lake coin.   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. 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