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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CappedBustDimes, post: 1378517, member: 9104&quot;]&quot;Of the Coins struck at the the Mint of the United States, from the 1st of January to the 31st of December, 1816, inclusive: viz.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silver Coins&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 47,150&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Half Dollars&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 20,003&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Quarter Dollars</p><p><br /></p><p>Copper Coins&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 2,820,982&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Cents</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Mint of the United States, Treasurer&#039;s Office, Philadelphia, 31st December, 1816.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>United States Mint Reports</p><p>for the Years 1792 to 1892</p><p>© 2000-2009 by Paul R. Hybert</p><p><a href="http://www.chicagocoinclub.org/lib/us/usmnt/mr.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.chicagocoinclub.org/lib/us/usmnt/mr.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.chicagocoinclub.org/lib/us/usmnt/mr.html</a></p><p><a href="http://www.chicagocoinclub.org/lib/us/usmnt/1816/mr.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.chicagocoinclub.org/lib/us/usmnt/1816/mr.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.chicagocoinclub.org/lib/us/usmnt/1816/mr.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I find it interesting that the mint could strike/press close to 70,000 coins in the 10 days before the fire?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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