When and where do "business use" coin production numbers get published for Philadelphia and Denver? I'm particularly interested in Lincoln pennies.
Right here, updated monthly ( not sure what day of the month) Select circulating coins and the year. They don't have 2022 figures up yet, possibly by next Tuesday. https://www.usmint.gov/about/production-sales-figures/circulating-coins-production
Here is another good site that gives you access to mintages for all US coin series plus some background information. https://mycoinguides.com/listing-of-coin-guides/
They are not publishing them in fear that you, the coin collectors of the world will start hoarding them due to their very low mintage caused by a shortage of staff due to the plandemic! I have been saving ALL coins minted in 2020, 2021, and possibly 2022...if I ever see one! My advice to you is to start saving every coin within those dates I mentioned above.
Really! Here professor, why not take a look at these 1964 LMC (without W's or V75's) sales prices from PCGS: https://www.pcgs.com/auctionprices/details/1964-ms/37980
Was there something confusing about the different prices for different grades? Seems you have a lot to learn about quality of production for the various time periods as well. A circulated 1964 is worth face value as well, and you have to pay for grading to get any of those prices listed. You might want to check the 2021 lincolns as well, a 66 wont even cover the cost of grading but if you want a garage full of things overwhelmingly worth face value by saving everyone you find that's certainly your right
There are several things that make a coin valuable. 1.) Mintage: The number of coins minted during that year. 2.) MS Grading: Mint State Grading is from PO1 to MS70. MS70 Is the highest grade awarded. 3.) PR Grading: Proof Grading generally starts at or around PR45 and goes up to PR70. Generally, depending on the date, Proof coins can be very valuable at high grades. Generally speaking, MS coins have better value than proofs at MS67 and higher. Again depending on the date. If you're smart, and it seems from your text, you would not save 2020, or 2021 in mint state condition...even if they are flawless with zero scratches...as a waste of your time! It cost about $35 to grade a coin, so grading flawless 2020's and 2021's would NOT be a good idea until they mature. But, I think, I would rather collect a flawless coin now, than wait 30 to 40 years from now to see if I can find it while coin roll hunting. However, I do collect Coins that have been slabbed and graded MS67 to MS70. Why? Because these grades provide greater returns. I hope this clears it up for you!
I'm more than well aware of what makes a coin valuable and what grades to expect but thanks for the tutorial like im some novice. No mintage is never number 1. The only time mintage even matters is on ultra moderns and even then it has to be under 100k for ASEs or 2 million ciculation issues like the W or the V75s, NOT 100s of millions. Grade and SURVIVAL are by far the two most important things for value. You said you would save ANY 2020, 2021, and 2022 coin you find when 99% of them are worth face value and many of them even right off the press arent a high enough grade to have any really value even right off the press. It also doesnt cost 35 dollars a coin to grade a modern. You also dont seem to understand how many get slabbed right away ensuring a strong high grade future supply. So ONCE AGAIN like I said origionally, unless they are a very high grade/W/V75 its a complete waste of time that will be worth face value but if you want to save them all by all means go ahead
Thank you for your permission to save those. But the OP wanted to know the mintage! Do you know the numbers?
FYI, just noticed that the 2022 mintages for circulating coins have been posted on the US Mint website.
The truly desired, valuable, grade rarities won't be found in circulating coinage. There's a chance of finding a rarity. There' s a chance of finding a very high grade MS66 or 67 perhaps. But the chances of finding something that is both.... not likely. I've gotten 2021 quarters that would pass as 65s and 66s. They're not rare. I've saved a batch though. The one W I've found couldn't even pass as mint state any more. One year old. Even if you found 2020 W quarters every day in MS-65 quality, by the time you got them graded to prove it, you'd have to sell them at break even. I gave $100 for a MS66 for my registry. About 1800 in existence so far in that grade or there abouts. 67s go in the 6 to 700 range but are far rarer. Most people will never see one. Again, MS65s that are super nice, are break even value. Be really lucky to find one of these.
I gotta agree with baseball here. The State Quarters seems to ring a bell as everybody and their adopted brother has those hoarded in one way or another. Thus they’ll never achieve a rarity level even in 100 years. This, plus I could think of much better pursuits for accumulated pocket change over a similar time frame.
Nothing personal, I've been searching coins since the late 1980s, I've never seen a "flawless" MS circulation strike coin from any roll, heck I've only seen two quarters ever that had a shot of MS68 and one cent, a 2006. every year I set aside the best coins that come my way into albums and 2x2s, I'd be lucky if any of it were to grade MS66 except for those 3 rare occasions forget "flawless", it doesn't exist even from a mint set. MS70 doesn't exist unless it's silver eagles, which flood with 70s every year, or the specially graded satin finish coins from 2005-2010 mint sets, which every TPG overgraded. You are free to collect how you like of course, and to believe whatever you like also. Most everything coming from a bank box is MS65 or lower, and MS66-67 on a very rare occasion, higher than that is EXTREMELY rare to find. Cents 2019 =7,040,400,000 2020 = 7,596,400,000 2021 = 7,908,620,000 Nickels 2019 = 1,094,894,400 2020 = 1,623,100,000 2021 = 1,570,780,000 Dimes 2019 = 2,149,000,000 2020 = 2,778,500,000 2021 = 2,830,250,000 Quarters 2019 = 1,651,600,000 2020 = 2,768,000,000 2021 = 2,168,200,000 Half Dollars 2019 = 3,400,000 2020 = 5,700,000 2021 = 13,100,000 Native American $1 2019 = 2,940,000 2020 = 2,660,000 2021 = 2,520,000 Do you see some low mintage rarity in there in the last 3 years I don't know about? it wouldn't be the 2021 quarters, that's for sure, only 2 designs majority of production for the year were Washington Crossing. I'm not saying to not speculate, do as you like, but there isn't any low mintage there. 2009-2012 had some low minters in comparison, and even those aren't gonna make you rich necessarily, not now, not in 40 or 100 years. The only thing worth a real shot at speculating on that the mint has produced is the W quarters of 2019 and 2020, 10 designs, 2 million mintage of each one, all out to circulation and impossible to just pick up a box of entire rolls to set aside. THAT has big upside potential in 40 years... the rest produced, big mintages, everything MS65 or less normally with rare exceptions that are few. Best of luck to you. I have coins I saved, found uncirculated from 30-40 years ago, they are worth face value still.
