Am I correct in assuming that in 1965,1966,and 1967 there were only pennies,nickels,dimes,quarters, and halves minted in philidelphia. If so why were there none minted in denver during these years?:rolling:
There was a coin shortage in the early 1960's that was blamed on coin collectors hoarding coins. One step that was taken was that the Mint Director, Eva Adams, suspended mint marks to make it more difficult to distiguish coins according to Mint. Also, and I found this quite interesting, coins (cents through half dollars) dated 1964 were minted as late as 1966 to create the "appearance" that the coins weren't being hoarded. That's the reason for the relatively high 1964 mintage figures.
Another trivia tidbit. None of the 1966 or 67 nickels were struck in Philadelphia, none of the 65, 66, or 67 halves were struck in Philadelphia and in fact ALL of the 1967 halves were struck in Denver.
Now that was something I didn't know. I had always assumed that all mints were making everything but there just weren't any marks on them. Very interesting.
I didn't know the break-down, either...thanks for sharing! Does that mean that all three mints produced pennies, dimes, and quarters in those years?
Mintages of the 65, 66, and 67 coins by mint Cents Philadelphia 1965 301,470,000 1966 811,100,000 1967 907,575,000 Denver 1965 973,364,900 1966 991,431,200 1967 1,327,377,100 San Francisco 1965 220,030,000 1966 383,355,000 1967 813,715,000 Nickels Philadelphia 1965 12,440.000 1966 0 1967 0 Denver 1965 82,291,380 1966 103,546,700 1967 75,993,800 San Francisco 1965 39,040,000 1966 50,400,00 1967 31.332,000 Dimes Philadelphia 1965 845,130,000 1966 622,550,000 1967 1,030,110,000 Denver 1965 757,472,820 1966 683,771,010 1967 1,156,277,320 San Francisco 1965 47,177,750 1966 74,151,947 1967 57,620,000 Quarters Philadelphia 1965 1,082,216,000 1966 404,416,000 1967 873,524,000 Denver 1965 673,305,540 1966 367.490,400 1967 632,767,848 San Francisco 1965 61,836,000 1966 46,933,517 1967 17,740,000 Halves Philadelphia 1965 0 1966 0 1967 0 Denver 1965 63,049,366 1966 106,439,312 1967 293,183,634 San Francisco 1965 470,000 1966 284,037 1967 0
As a former school teacher, I can tell you there is no such thing as a stupid question. Stupid answers ! Now thats another thing.
Not a stupid question! I knew about the government blaming us (us = coin collectors) for a coin shortage, but I did NOT know about the coins not being made in Philadelphia. I too thought they were made at the mints but just not labeled. Here's a question for those of us that might know: Is there any way to tell apart which mint they were made at? Specific die characteristics or...?
Wow, I'm in total awe. I had to check my entire collection to corroborate this one. Also, I didn't know that they made Denver coins without the D. Cool stuff folks!
Now tell them where to find that info Conder. Pretty sure I know - Coin Digest, but may as well be certain.
Coin World Almanac, Sixth edition, 1990, pages 344 - 350 The Coin World Almanac is one of the best reference books in my library and I would not be without it. I have all seven editions because each of them have some information that isn't in the others. (I have back up copies of some of them because the paperback versions tend to fall apart eventually from use. I have hardbacks of about half of them now. (The hardbacks are not easy to find.) I do not recommend the seventh edition (2000) though, it is nowhere near as good as the other copies.
