Short Mints Anymore?

I suppose it never happens anymore because the sheer number of coins minted each year in each denomination has grown so huge that there is never a "short run." That's one of the reasons, I suppose, for the ever growing interest in modern era error coins...something we can look for in our pocket change.

Commemoratives are lower minted coins. But little interest is found in them. If there were high interest in them the prices would go up real high as most are lower then 500,000 some of them that 10,000 coins minted. If a peak interest would spike on them, the numbers for some collections would be very limited as for examples that you could buy in any grade. Maybe an overlooked area or maybe the interest will continue, un-interested?

Try to understand that many of the low mintage coins were made for many reasons. Some during a war where materials for coins just not available. Some low mintages from a new coin introduction and tne Mint not sure how it would work out. Remember the 2 or 3 cent coins. Then also note the population difference from say the 1932 Quarter compared to todays population of our country. We now have sell over 300,000,000 people in the USA. So proportion wise a coin made in 1932 such as the quarter at hundreds of thousands was not that low a Mintage back then compared to a population of much, much less. Also, you must remember that back then coin collectors didn't hoard tons of coins like today so a large production of any coins was just not required. Example is when I was a kid there were Liberty Head Quarters, Standing Liberty quarters and even an occational Sitting Liberty Quarter in circulation. Most people didn't think of them as worth more than a quarter and probably never would be worth anything. Who Knew, HUH? Way back when I was a kid if you even had a quarter, you were rich so how could anyone collect such things.