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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3704312, member: 101855"]A lot of these early coinage mintage are based upon delivery records and guesses. I’m using round numbers off the top of my head, but the mintage for 1794 half dimes is estimated to be 72,000 because that was the first delivery in 1795. Die state evidence showed that some 1795 half dimes were delivered before the 1794 coins so none of the 1794 coins were minted in 1794.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the 1796 Quarter Eagles, the first two deliveries totaling 960 were the No Stars coins, and 432 delivered in January 1797 were the Stars coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1802 half dime is rare. There was a delivery of 3,060 coins made at the time, so that must have been the 1802 coins. What appears to be carved in stone is based on available data and assumptions. If you would like more of this, read the Dave Bowers book on Bust Dollars. He devotes a chapter to this and re-calibrates the numbers in <u>The Red Book</u>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3704312, member: 101855"]A lot of these early coinage mintage are based upon delivery records and guesses. I’m using round numbers off the top of my head, but the mintage for 1794 half dimes is estimated to be 72,000 because that was the first delivery in 1795. Die state evidence showed that some 1795 half dimes were delivered before the 1794 coins so none of the 1794 coins were minted in 1794. For the 1796 Quarter Eagles, the first two deliveries totaling 960 were the No Stars coins, and 432 delivered in January 1797 were the Stars coins. The 1802 half dime is rare. There was a delivery of 3,060 coins made at the time, so that must have been the 1802 coins. What appears to be carved in stone is based on available data and assumptions. If you would like more of this, read the Dave Bowers book on Bust Dollars. He devotes a chapter to this and re-calibrates the numbers in [U]The Red Book[/U].[/QUOTE]
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