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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 5593544, member: 66"]They did do so back in the early 20th century with the mercury dime and buffalo nickel, but in general they don't. They might use planchets of new compositions or pieces with "nonsense" designs but not actual coins/patterns. The last major "pre-release" were the 2000 Sac dollars and cents provided to General Mills so they could have them packaged in their cereal and ready for release on Jan 1, 2000. </p><p><br /></p><p>There have been a few accidental early releases. I recall a proof set that was put in the wrong box and accidently shipped out before the start of the year, and there were some 2000 state quarters that accidently got mixed into some 1999 SBA dollar bags. Also during the state quarter era the mint would ship boxes of quarters to the Federal Reserve before their release dates andthe Fed would ship same to the banks labeled NOT TO BE RELEASED BEFORE XX/XX/XXXX, but the banks still released them early. I acquired a roll of NC quarters almost two weeks before their release date because of that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 5593544, member: 66"]They did do so back in the early 20th century with the mercury dime and buffalo nickel, but in general they don't. They might use planchets of new compositions or pieces with "nonsense" designs but not actual coins/patterns. The last major "pre-release" were the 2000 Sac dollars and cents provided to General Mills so they could have them packaged in their cereal and ready for release on Jan 1, 2000. There have been a few accidental early releases. I recall a proof set that was put in the wrong box and accidently shipped out before the start of the year, and there were some 2000 state quarters that accidently got mixed into some 1999 SBA dollar bags. Also during the state quarter era the mint would ship boxes of quarters to the Federal Reserve before their release dates andthe Fed would ship same to the banks labeled NOT TO BE RELEASED BEFORE XX/XX/XXXX, but the banks still released them early. I acquired a roll of NC quarters almost two weeks before their release date because of that.[/QUOTE]
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