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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1379947, member: 66&quot;]Actually they are both right.&nbsp; Records from back then can be quite confusing.&nbsp; Coins were dated based on the calendar year but the mint operated on a fiscal year that ran from July to the end of June.&nbsp; Also coins were counted as they were delivered to the Treasurer by the coiner.&nbsp; Deliveries were not done on a daily basis but in batches.that could have been struck days or even a couple of weeks before.&nbsp; Finally dies that were in good condition at the end of the year would continue in use until they wore out or were broken.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now the Mint report lists production of quarters and half dollars in 1816, but no 1816 dated quarters or halves exist.&nbsp; So these coins were either struck in December and delivered in January, or coined in early January using 1815 dies.&nbsp; The only 1816 dated coins are the Matron head cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for making 70,000 coin in ten days, that isn&#039;t too surprising.&nbsp; They had at least two presses available probably more.&nbsp; A crew could easily set an average pace of 30 coins a minute.&nbsp; They worked a 10 hour day so they could strike 18,000 coins per day per press.&nbsp; Even if they only did half that rate that would be 9,000 coins per press or 18,000 coins per day. In ten days at that relaxed rate they could strike 180,000 coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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