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I am curious as to why the 1970 dimes have such a low mintage compared to the following years of the 1970's? Was there little demand in commerce for dimes that year?
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Rest in Peace
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1970P you mean? Or all three mints? Retooling is a possibility, after the SMS debacles of the mid 60's Andy the overworked usage of dies in 68 and 69 seems it may have been a time for change. Note the NIFC 70D only Kennedy then in 71 note the die and strike difference, stronger, clearer, deeper detail. Just my HO? Another factor relating to the Kennedy was the hardness of a big clad killed the old alloy dies early on. The 40% were still soft enough planchets. Same was happening with clads 65-69, look at how well they last until today!  Edited by Crazyb0
12/18/2017 4:57 pm
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The only low mintage dime I see are the Proof S mints. All others are in the 100's of millions minted.
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To clarify I meant the Canadian dime.
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Crazy, I think he is referring to Canadian dimes.
Force, I read today on the forum that there was a strike that year at the mint but I cannot confirm that with the limited time I have right now. That would explain the reason for the low mintage that year.
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To clarify I meant the Canadian dime. Oh, so now you tell us!  |
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My dad put a roll away that year. Part of that roll has fallen into my hands. Despite the smaller quantity (I do not know why) I doubt they'd go for much more than a buck a piece to a dealer. I might ask around one day.
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12/18/2017 5:14 pm
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You mean I wrote that diatribe over a stoopid Cannuck coin  !  |
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@crazy, the forum was "canadian coins"  Edited by oriole
12/18/2017 5:34 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Zinger!  It's OK Crazy, we love you. |
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Just so there is no misunderstanding and to help our American friends, when posting on the CANADIAN Coin Forums, We should put as the first word in the subject title CANADIAN. |
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I have collected 1970 nickels since I was young, a friend noted the low mintage back then. The mintage of nickels was about 1/5 of the average of the previous and next years mintages. The dime and quarter were about 11%. I did hear something about a strike that year. Here is a comparison.  Source: http://www.coinsandcanada.com/coins-prices.phpEdited by SilverDon
12/20/2017 7:48 pm
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You mean I wrote that diatribe over a stoopid Cannuck coin Strangest thing "Aaa"..! You never know what these Canadian coin guys and gals will ask next about their 10 cent coins..  ..especially the stupid/stoopid ones...  Merry Christmas... |
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I don't know anything about the strike, but I've heard it said in the past that some years the mint will hold back on certain coins in circulation if they feel there's too many of them out there. In other words, why keep flooding the market?
Besides 1970, there's the 1991 quarter, and also several years in the late '90s where neither the quarter nor loonie was produced for circulation. Once things got more back to normal, then regular mintages resumed.
Can anyone confirm, or it is sometimes a multitude of reasons?
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I was putting sets of 1970's together, the nickel-ten cent- and quarter and sold a few on kijiji for $15 bucks each and could have sold 100 if I'd had them.  |
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