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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 470632, member: 13650&quot;]Yes, the Red Book has all the mintage figures for every U.S. coin made, if available. Even the commons.&nbsp; There will be coins in there you probably&nbsp; never even knew they made.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp; BTW, whenever there&#039;s a number in parenthesis next to the mintage number, the number in parenthesis is the number of proofs minted for that type.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;(In case you don&#039;t know, proofs are the special coins with the mirror finish you will occasionally see.&nbsp; These are minted specially for collectors using, special, highly polished planchets to produce the coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some mints sets are proofs, most modern commemoratives have proofs and they even made some proofs in the old days, as well as bullion coins.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp; The normal mintage figure, without parenthesis are the business strikes, which are regular planchets made for circulation.&nbsp; Like you get in pocket change.&nbsp; If they&#039;re in very good condition, these are referred to as MS (mint state).&nbsp; If it&#039;s a normal business strike that hasn&#039;t circulated, they can be called BU or brilliantly uncirculated.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;Just realize MS, mint state, and PF, proof is two different types of coin based on the planchet used.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp; That was half the mystery for me when I was starting.&nbsp; For some reason it took a long time for all that to dawn on me when I was just getting going.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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