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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1831700, member: 15929&quot;]Hmmm. The last $100 bag I purchased from the mint was at the end of 2008 during the last chance sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, folks need to remember that 40 million half&#039;s were produced in 2001. The onlt problem was that the Federal Reserve wasn&#039;t ordering any.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, since the US Mint does not release coins to the general public other than collector offerings, the ONLY source for 2001 Half Dollars is from whatever the Federal Reserve ordered in 2001. They made it cklear that they would not orde in 2002 so the mintages were cut down to nothing BUT, there&#039;s no telling how many were delivered in 2001.</p><p><br /></p><p>It may seem like a bunch have been coming up in rolls but it is possible that, since the Federal Reserve is not authorized to &quot;melt&quot; coins, that folks are simply seeing whatever reserves exist at the Federal Reserve Vaults.</p><p><br /></p><p>If Solid Rolls were turning up, I might think otherwise but since folks are only find lots of scattered lots, I&#039;m thinking these are just the remnants of the 2001 orders.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for &quot;roll searchers&quot; having an impact on what the Federal Reserve orders from the mint, I just cannot believe that it would make much difference. Specifically because what the roll searchers do not want, goes back to the bank and the Federal Reserve Vaults.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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