2012 ATB S-Mint Business Strike Mintage

The figures on Mint News Blog suggest the Acadia-S rolls should sell out by the end of next week.

Ironically, these S-mint Quarters are circulation-finish, so they are not Uncirculated coins like those in the Mint Sets (struck with higher pressure on a lower-speed press). Although, since the San Francisco Mint probably does not have large high-speed presses like the Philly and Denver Mints, the process they use to produce "circulation-finish" coins could be more like the way Philly and Denver produce Uncirculated coins. We have all noted how high-grade these S-mint Quarters are, compared to Philly and Denver business strikes.

I ordered mine last week with the Danali roll...unfortunately, I missed out on the other 3 and they are already a ton of money on ebay.

Anyone want to see a roll of the El Yunque National Forest, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, or the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park at a reasonable price?

Thanks.

Dave

Hard to believe that Littleton Coin still has individual 2012-S BU Quarters for $1 a coin as I type this...

No, I'm saying they will be higher, and anyone interested should grab 'em right now!

Littleton charges $1 a coin for BU 2012 P's and D's they buy for face value in 200,000-coin Bulk Ship blue Kevlar ballistics bag pallets, so I find it astonishing they aren't charging any more for 2012-S BU coins that they probably had to pay more than face value for, and certainly not in 200K-coin pallets.

AtB Mintage Recap

2010

Satin Finish P&D Total 583,912

2010

Hot Springs P 35.6 M-D 34.0 M = 69.6 M

Yellow Stone P 33.6 M-D 34.8 M = 68.4 M

Yosemite P 35.2 M-D 34.8 M = 70.0 M

Grand Cyn P 34.8 M-D 35.4 M = 70.2 M

Mt.Hood P 34.4 M-D 34.4 M = 68.8 M

Total 347.0 M

2011

Gettysburg P 30.8 M-D 30.4 M = 61.2 M

Glacier P 30.4 M-D 31.2 M = 61.6 M

Olympic P 30.4 M-D 30.6 M= 61.0 M

Vicksburg P 30.8 M-D 33.4 M = 64.2 M

Chickasaw P 73.8 M-D 69.4 M =143.2 M

Total 391.2 M

2012-S (Circulating Quality)

El Yunque 1,680,140

Chaco Culture 1,389,020

Acadia 1,305,600

Hawaii 1,379,040

Denali 1,156,860

2012

El Yunque P 25.8 M-D 25.0 M = 50.8 M

Chaco Culture P 22.0 M-D 22.0 M = 44.0 M

Acadia P 24.8 M-D 21.606 M = 46.406 M

Hawaii P 46.2 M-D 78.6 M = 124.8 M

Denali P 135.4 M-D 166.6 M = 302.0 M


AtB 5oz Mintages
http://mintnewsblog.com/2012/06/atb...matic-sales/

OK, that's what I thought LOL. Yeah, they will go up, I am sure. Actually, I am REALLY hoping they will. LOL

Get ready to pay a big premium...an auction I bid on just finished for a roll of the El Yunque National Forest Quarters and it finished with 19 bids and sold at $61...ouch!

Dave

The actual keys of the series , but a big difference in their original distribution.
The typical buyer bought one 2010 Mint Set, so they have ten Quarters.
They got all five designs at once, in both mintmark varieties.
They paid $31.95, which included every Satin Finish P&D coin from the Cents to the Dollars (the non-Quarter coins had $11.32 total in face value alone!).
Even if the buyer spent all the other coins at face value, the 2012 P&D Satin Finish Quarter ten-coin set would have cost them $20.63.

Buying all five varieties of 2012-S Quarters directly from the Mint required a minimum purchase of 200 coins, $18.95 per roll x 5 for a total of $94.75.
All five 100-coin "S" bags would have set you back $174.75.

Buying a complete Set of 2012-S rolls, or especially bags, was a much bigger initial investment than buying one 2010 Mint Set.
But a complete "S" roll or bag set represents a much higher percentage of the total mintage in the hands of a single individual.
In theory, a maximum of 16,500 individuals can own a five-roll "S" Set. In reality, this total is even less, because certain people have opened individual "S" rolls.

In theory, a maximum of 7,025 individuals could own a five-bag Set, but this is already a much lower number in reality, because bags were the main sources for all the individual "S" coins on the market. From HSN and Littleton Coin to local shops and even some CCF members, how many bags have been vanquished for their individual coins?


It has been estimated that about 10,000 genuine 1916-D Mercury dimes are in existence today.

Meaning 10,000 individuals can own a 1916-D Mercury.
So, the number of people who can own a '16-D Merc. Dime is significantly larger than the number who can own a five-bag Set of 2012-S Quarters!