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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I was wondering this today... What coin (single denomination, from a specific year) has the highest mintage figure of all time? My current guess is the U.S. 1982-P cent, at just over 10.7 billion, or over 16.7 billion combined.
Anybody know of a coin that can top it?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I believe you may be correct. The 2000-D had a mintage of 8,774,220,000
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1796 Posts |
The most *common* coin I get in change is the 1964 nickel by far, and this is because there were so many minted and no one pulls nickels.
Most 1982 cents around here tend to be culled due to their copper content (excluding the zinc strikes from that year, of course -- the zinc ones tend to simply get lost or get thrown out apparently :-P ).
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02/05/2013 02:03 am
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Valued Member
United States
339 Posts |
highest I know of is the 1880 O Morgan dollar at just above 8 million |
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The answer to your question is not as easy to research as it ought to be, partly because the world's two most populous countries, India and China, don't have published mintage figures for recent circulation coinage, not in the Krause catalogue, anyway.
There are, however, some old Chinese coins that I know could easily give any American coin a run for its money in terms of quantity issued, because these coins don't bear dates and were struck over a very long time. The "Kai Yuan tong bao" cash coin of Tang Dynasty China was struck with identical design for nearly 300 years, from AD 621 to 907, at a time when the Empire was rich and prosperous. While the total mintage of this coin type is incalculable, there were easily billions of them produced; some years for which the mintage records have survived give numbers in the millions of strings (a "string" being 1,000 coins).
Likewise the coins of the reign of the two longest-lived monarchs of the Qing Dynasty: the Kang Xi (AD 1661-1722) and Qian Long (AD 1736-1796) emperors both reigned for 60 years and were likewise peaceful and prosperous times. Coinage issue was somewhat more centralized under Qian Long; the "Qian Long tong bao Revenue Mint" cash coin is probably the coin with the highest mintage of any coin, anywhere. Even today, over 200 years after they were issued, they are still so common they are only worth a few cents each.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Valued Member
United States
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i have two qing dynasty coins, I love them
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
It's a bit liking to ask
" What is the fastest car?"
The question needs exact definition.
However, I doubt if you get a better answer than Sap's.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The most *common* coin I get in change is the 1964 nickel by far, and this is because there were so many minted and no one pulls nickels. You beat me to that one. May not be the largest minted but for some reason that thing shows up more than anything else on Earth. I still remember in the 60's thinking that is all their is from now on, the 64 Nickel. |
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Valued Member
United States
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 1 out of every 4 nickels I get is a 1964 and after looking through tons it'll drive you crazy! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
965 Posts |
UGH! the bane of all coins and currency for all eternity!  the 1964 nickel! We'll probably be complaining about them 20-30 years from now when the nickel is worth half of what a cent is now... Although I would say about 1 out of every 6 nickels I find is a 1964 not 1 out of every 4. Anywho... |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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the U.S. 1982-P cent, at just over 10.7 billion, or over 16.7 billion combined. Weren't these minted in both zinc and bronze--is there a breakdown for that? I imagine the bronze one will eventually get taken out of circulation. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Logically, when this question is asked, a single type coin comes to mind, and may give best definition to the question. How many LMC's have been produced so far, of all dates and mints? Brings to mind other questions: What has been their cost of production to the taxpayer, and how much could be saved per year, by not producing them? How much time and cost can be saved by not using then in daily transactions? |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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What has been their cost of production to the taxpayer, and how much could be saved per year, by not producing them? Now you're being pragmatic--which is sorely needed in our currency program! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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In my experience, when coin collectors attempt to be "pragmatic," they are opening themselves up to a world of disappointment. A coin collector will be happier as a stranger to pragmatism.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Here is something to wonder about. Some day in the far, far future when all of this is gone and only ruins are found by people from other planets, which item will they find the most of. A Twinkie or a 1964 Nickel?  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Cockroaches, just carl, cockroaches. Well, coins last, currency doesn't; but you can't top, or collect, the electronic dollars created in the last four years. Oh, wait, give it a few years, maybe it can be topped.  |
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