2001 half mintage

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March 29, 2004 ​

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United States Mint Offers 2001-dated Kennedy Half Dollars In Two-Roll Sets and Bags Beginning April 12


WASHINGTON -- The United States Mint announced today that 2001-dated Kennedy half dollars will go on sale beginning at noon (Eastern Time) on April 12, 2004. The 2001-dated Kennedy half dollars are available in two-roll sets (20 coins per roll), including one Philadelphia and one Denver mint mark coin roll. They are also available in bags of 200 that include an equal number of half dollars with Philadelphia and Denver mint marks.

Of the 19.5 million 2001-dated “D” mint mark Kennedy half dollars produced, only 12,334,000 were released into circulation by the Federal Reserve. Of the 21.2 million 2001-dated “P” mint mark Kennedy half dollars produced, none was released by the Federal Reserve into circulation.

Each coin roll in a two-roll set is wrapped in a specially designed United States Mint paper coin wrap that prominently displays a “P” or “D,” representing the roll’s mint of origin and “$10.00” representing its dollar value. These rolls feature half dollars in circulating quality, struck on our main production floors at the United States Mint facilities at Philadelphia and Denver.

Each 2001-dated Kennedy half dollar bag is filled with 200 half dollars in circulating quality, also struck on our main production floors at the United States Mint facilities at Philadelphia and Denver. Each bag is marked with both a “P” and a “D” representing the mints of origin and “$100,” the dollar value of its contents. The 130,000 two-roll sets available will sell for $35.50 each, and the 20,000 bags of 200 coins will sell for $135.00 each. More 200-coin bags and two-roll sets will be produced as customer demand warrants.
Customers can purchase the 2001-dated Kennedy half dollar two-roll sets and bags by visiting the United States Mint’s secure website, www.usmint.gov, or by calling 1-800-USA-MINT. Hearing- and speech-impaired customers may order by calling 1-888-321-MINT (6468). A shipping and handling fee of $4.95 per order will be added to all domestic orders. Please allow approximately two to three weeks for delivery.

Contact: Press inquiries: Michael White (202) 354-7222 Customer Service information: (800) USA MINT (872-6468)

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god you can see my confusion on this issue can't you..The U.S mint are freaking LIARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They claim these things went on sale April 12 2004. So if they had been selling them since 2001 why the press release in March of 2004??????????? I must be a freaking IDIOT for trusting what I read on their web site.... I am only going to trust my fellow forum members concerning Mint products from this day forward so I will be in the "Know" on these important issues.

 

He may very well be partially right. I do not believe the 2001 halves were offered for sale in 2001, The way I recall it the mint sat on them for a few years hoping the Fed would change their minds and request them. It wasn't until they started offering the Sac dollars that were not made for circulation in roll sets that they started listening to the collectors and began offering the 2001 Kennedys as well.

I've been searching the annual mint reports trying to determine when they were offered but so far I'm not having too much luck. They don't even mention the quarter rolls until the 2003 report and then there is no breakdown of what was sold I've been through the 2001 to 2004 mint reports now and they never mention the half dollar rolls (No mention of the Sac dollar rolls either and we know they were being sold.). I have tracked income listed from distribution of half dollars listed in the 2002 and 2003 report s, and they seem to fairly closely account for the number of 2002 and 2003 kennedys that were produced but would not account for for extra sales of 2001 halves. The 2004 report uses a differnt format and I'm still not sure what it shows. I found a listing in the 2001 report but it includes the 2001 halves that were shipped to the Fed so I can't determine if there is any profit from roll set sales.

 

Kind of sounds like all the CC Morgans (GSA)they found in the vaults about 40 years ago or so. Then there was the people standing in lines in the early 60's to get a 1,000 bag of silver dollars from the tresury dept. in Wash D.C.
That when some of the rare date became not so rare because the bags were all unc dollars

 

i bought my 2001 half rolls in 2005 from the mint