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The only real circulation situation I have seen mentioned, I assume,
is WP minted cents from 73-76. I know nothing about that, and I
assume it wasn't just uncirculated sets? That one seems odd to
me if they were for circulation,
The San Francisco situation was also for coins for circulation. They struck cents for circulation with no mintmarks in 1978 through 1983. Mintages (rounded to the nearest million) were 1978 292 million, 1979 752 million, 1980 1,185 million, 1981 880 million, 1982 1,587 million (don't know composition breakdown), and 1983 181 million.
West Point also struck quarters for circulation from 1976 to 1979. Mintages were 1976 376,000, 1977 7,352,000, 1978 20.8 million, and 1979 22.7 million.
My figures for West Point cent coinage for circulation shows 1975 to 1986. I don't see any made there in 73 or 74. Mintages for the 75 - 86 period range from a low of 400,000 in 1986 to a high of 2,036 million in 1984.