Does anyone know the code the Mint uses when they ship rolls of coins? I'm thinking either the R61 or 9806 is designating which State, and how many rolls are in each box. I often run across these boxes still sealed, and I'd like to know for sure what is inside. Thanks, Dave
Is there a code you can scan with cell phone? What's that called? Oh, screw it, just open it please. Not like your opening a coin from its package, correct?
That box is 2008 P&D Alaska State Quarter Rolls Prior to 2016 the Mint used a seemingly random letter followed by 2 number code (R61) Mint Product Numbers now are generally four or five characters, and take the form of: yyTU[V] where: yy is the year. T is the type. Types: A: ATB quarters. C: Commemoratives. American Liberty Coin/Medals. E: Precious Medals (includes all Eagle products and the Buffalo.) F: Presidential $1 Coin Covers. (Short lived, ended in 2016.) G: American Innovation Dollars. K: Kennedy Halves. N: Native American Dollars. P: President Dollars. (Ended in 2016.) R: Regular (Maybe Repeating, since it's used for annual Mint products.) S: First Spouse. (Ended in 2016.) X: Special Mint Product (See below.) Other "types": Bnnnnn: BEP (Moneyfactory) products. No year component, "B" is followed by a unique 5 digit number. S8nn: Silver Presidential Medals. They have no year component, since they're part of the Mint's permanent catalog. "nn" is a number, starting with "01" for Washington, "02" for Adams, etc. U is a letter that uniquely identifies the product. These are generally consistant from year to year for annual products. (Examples below.) An exception exists for the ATB quarters and American Innovation dollars, where U indicates a bag ("B") or roll ("R") product. One also exists for Special Mint Products, where a "G" indicates a kid product. V is only used if "U" is a bag, roll or kid product, and is a letter that uniquely identifies the product. (Examples below.) Note: The Mint avoids letter/number combinations in situations which could be confusing. Thus, they don't use the letters "I" or "O" for types or unique identifiers, since it will be confused with the numbers "1" or "0". Special Mint Products (Type "X"): Special Mint Products generally don't involve congressional mandates, and are single year US Mint products. (American Liberty was the exception, but has now been given it's own type.) Examples are the 2016 Centennial gold coins (16XA, 16XB and 16XC), the 2017 Enhanced Uncirculated set (17XC) and the 2018 Reverse Proof silver set (18XC). If a "G" follows the "X", it is a product directed towards the kid program, such as the 2019 Rocketship (19XGC) and the 2019 Explore And Disccover set (19XGB). Some America the Beautiful examples: America the Beautiful quarters, Normal products. (17=2017, A=ATB series, then a product identifier.) 17AA: 2017 ATB QTR UNC SET 17AD: 2017 ATB QTR 3-COIN SET - EFF MNDS 17AE: 2017 ATB QTR 3-COIN SET - DOUGLASS 17AJ: 2017 ATB SILVER UNC 5 OZ - EFF MNDS 17AK: 2017 ATB SILVER UNC 5 OZ - DOUGLASS America the Beautiful quarters, Roll and bag products. (17=2017, A=ATB series, "B" is for bag and "R" is for roll, then a product identifier.) 17ABA: 2017 ATB QTR 100-COIN BAG - EFF MNDS (P) 17ABB: 2017 ATB QTR 100-COIN BAG - EFF MNDS (D) 17ABC: 2017 ATB QTR 100-COIN BAG - EFF MNDS (S) 17ABD: 2017 ATB QTR 100-COIN BAG - DOUGLASS (P) 17ABE: 2017 ATB QTR 100-COIN BAG - DOUGLASS (D) 17ABF: 2017 ATB QTR 100-COIN BAG - DOUGLASS (S) 17ARA: 2017 ATB QTR 2-ROLL SET - EFF MNDS (P & D) 17ARB: 2017 ATB QTR 40-COIN ROLL - EFF MNDS (S) 17ARC: 2017 ATB QTR 3-ROLL SET - EFF MNDS (P & D & S) 17ARD: 2017 ATB QTR 2-ROLL SET - DOUGLASS (P & D) 17ARE: 2017 ATB QTR 40-COIN ROLL - DOUGLASS (S) 17ARF: 2017 ATB QTR 3-ROLL SET - DOUGLASS (P & D & S) For yearly products, the two suffix characters have been consistant since the change. ("yy" is the year.) Precious Medals yyEA: AM EAGLE SILVER PROOF 1 OZ (W) yyEB: AM EAGLE GOLD PROOF 1 OZ yyEC: AM EAGLE GOLD PROOF 1/2 OZ yyED: AM EAGLE GOLD PROOF 1/4 OZ yyEE: AM EAGLE GOLD PROOF 1/10 OZ yyEF: AM EAGLE GOLD PROOF 4-COIN SET yyEG: AM EAGLE SILVER UNC 1 OZ (W) yyEH: AM EAGLE GOLD UNC 1 OZ yyEJ: AM EAGLE PLATINUM PROOF 1 OZ yyEK: AM EAGLE PALLADIUM 1OZ yyEL: AM BUFFALO GOLD PROOF 1 OZ yyEM: AM EAGLE SILVER PROOF (S) Regular (Annual sets) yyRC: LIMITED EDITION SILVER PROOF SET yyRD: BIRTH SET yyRE: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SET yyRF: CONGRATULATIONS SET yyRG: PROOF SET yyRH: SILVER PROOF SET yyRJ: UNC SET Kennedy Halves yyKA: HALF-DOLLAR 200-COIN BAG (P & D) yyKB: HALF-DOLLAR 2-ROLL SET (P & D) Native American Dollars yyNA: NA $1 25-COIN ROLL (P) yyNB: NA $1 25-COIN ROLL (D) yyNC: NA $1 250-COIN BOX (P) yyND: NA $1 250-COIN BOX (D) yyNE: NA $1 100-COIN BAG (P) yyNF: NA $1 100-COIN BAG (D)
