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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stewart, post: 835889, member: 19834&quot;]The 1973 P and D Eisenhower Dollars were never released for general circulation because the demand for dollar coinage was not there.</p><p>in the previous two years they had minted more than enough to satisfy</p><p>the need for dollar coinage for commerce and trade</p><p>The U.S. Mint dropped the number minted dramatically for 1973 </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>1971&nbsp; &nbsp; P - 47,799,000</li> <li>1971&nbsp; &nbsp; D - 68,587,424</li> <li>1972 P - 75,890,000</li> <li>1972 D - 92,548,511</li> <li>1973&nbsp; &nbsp; P - 1,769,258</li> <li>1973&nbsp; &nbsp; D - 1,769,258</li> </ul><p>It is not that they destroyed any of them before the 73 release, It was that they just did not mint them in the high numbers of the previous two years.</p><p>The 1973 P &amp; D Ike&#039;s were made available only in Mint Sets that they sold to collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Great Question<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Stewart[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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