I have a question. The San Francisco mint made halves and dimes in 1906 during the year of the earthquake but no quarter. One of the coin sites (coinfacts) shows that all 3 coins (dime, quarter, & half) were minted, but not every mint make every coin. It shows that the dimes 1904-O and 1913-D, quarters 1904-S, 1906-S, 1910-S, 1912-D, halves 1909-D, and 1910-D were not minted Was the 1906-S quarter not minted because of the earthquake? Or was it pre-planned for the San Francisco Mint to not produce a quarter for that year? Thanks
That's good question. I want to know, too. I guess we need a history buff to come in and explain your question.
The San Francisco Mint also made gold coins in 1906, $5, $10, and $20. They made coins on order from the Treasury Department and probably didn't receive an order for quarters that year. In 1933 the mints made only cents, half-dollars, and some gold coins.
That's one of my interests with coins. I like old coins and especially the ones that have the potential for a historical event tied to it. I want to believe that my 1906-S half and dime rode out the quake while in the Mint's vault. I also want to believe that my 1905-S coins were recovered from the aftermath and changed hands several times to rebuild. My 1907-S coins probably helped rebuild, but to me, it shows that the Mint was back into production. My 1900-O Morgan might have been exposed to the Galveston hurricane, and my 1901-O Morgan might have been sent to Galveston to fund the clean-up. I'm still working finding 1900-O Barbers. I like my 100 year old coins that have some wear on them. They have a story that will go untold. I have 7 Mercury dimes that spent most of their lives inside a box...stacked together in the metal "March of Dimes" container that a relative never got to turn in. The intrigue of those Mercs outweigh (to me) a shiney high MS grade Merc that went straight to a box from the mint. I like some history attached to my coins.
Looking at the S mint mintage figures for quarters give a clue. in 99 they made 700K then in 1900 1.8M. This apparently supplied the area with plenty of quarters so only 72K were made in 01. In 02 the mad 1.5M and another 1M in 03. Once again this took care of supply so they didn't make any in 04. In 05 they made 1.9M and they didn't need to make any more in 06. 1907 1.3M and 08 dropped down to 800K. 1.3M in 09 and none in 1910. So it looks like they needed around 1 million coins per year. they tended to make around 2 to 3 milling in each two year period and then either skip a year or have a much lower mintage. After the nearly 2 million made in 05, they just didn't need to strike any in 06.
