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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 709460, member: 13650&quot;]No. I think you&#039;re getting a little carried away with that broad of an assumption.&nbsp; The vast majority of the time, for all issues considered, the date is the year it was minted.&nbsp; &nbsp; With a few exceptions here and there.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I believe bullion issues may get a head start on the next year in the previous year like they do with cars.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; There are some instances with regular circulation coins where a different date was used from past years.&nbsp;&nbsp; If I remember right, there were some early 1800 cents or half cents that were stamped a couple years early.&nbsp; Might have just been one type.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; And I think they were still pumping out 1964 Washington quarters in 1965 to mix in with the non-silver ones to give the public the impression that people were not hoarding them because of the silver content.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t think that plan worked out though.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; The instances of different dates being used are rare and happened more in the early 1800s than modern day.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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