MISSING DATES IN U.S. REGULAR ISSUE COINS |
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DENOMINATION |
YEARS COINED |
DATES MISSING |
PROBABLE REASON(s), IF KNOWN |
YEOMAN (REF 1) |
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HALF CENT |
1793-1857 |
1798-9 |
LOW DEMAND DUE TO PURCHASING POWER, NOT NEEDED |
1801 |
AS ABOVE |
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1812-24 |
NO HALF CENT PLANCHETS AVAILABLE DUE TO WAR OF 1812, BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 169 |
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1830 |
LOW DEMAND DUE TO PURCHASING POWER, NOT NEEDED |
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1837-9 |
VAULTS CLOGGED, NO CUSTOMERS, BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 173 |
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LARGE CENT |
1793-1857 |
1815 |
NO CENT PLANCHETS AVAILABLE DUE TO WAR OF 1812, BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 200 |
SMALL CENT |
1857-TO DATE |
NONE |
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TWO CENT |
1864-73 |
NONE |
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SILVER 3 CENT |
1851-73 |
NONE |
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NICKEL 3 CENT |
1865-1889 |
NONE |
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5 CENT NICKEL |
1866-TO DATE |
1922 |
PRODUCTION DIVERTED TO SILVER DOLLARS |
1932-3 |
NON NEEDED DUE TO ECONOMIC RECESSION |
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HALF DIME |
1794-1873 |
1798-9 |
BANKS PREFERRED PESOS, BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 279 |
1806-28 |
AS ABOVE | ||
DENOMINATION |
YEARS COINED |
DATES MISSING |
PROBABLE REASON(s), IF KNOWN |
YEOMAN (REF 1) |
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DIME |
1796-TO DATE |
1799 |
AS BELOW |
1806 |
SPORADIC MINTAGES SINCE MERCHANTS | ||
1808 |
PREFERRED USE OF SPANISH OR MEXICAN | ||
1810 |
FRACTIONAL SILVER, WHICH WERE LEGAL TENDER, | ||
1812-13 |
BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 303 | ||
1815-19 |
AS ABOVE |
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1826 |
AS ABOVE |
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1922 |
PRODUCTION DIVERTED TO SILVER DOLLARS |
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1932-3 |
NON NEEDED DUE TO ECONOMIC RECESSION |
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TWENTY CENT |
1875-8 |
NONE |
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QUARTER |
1796-TO DATE |
1797-1803 |
SPORADIC MINTAGES SINCE MERCHANTS |
1808-14 |
PREFERRED USE OF SPANISH OR MEXICAN | ||
1816-17 |
2 REAL COINS, WHICH WERE LEGAL TENDER, | ||
1826 |
BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 340 | ||
1829-30 |
AS ABOVE |
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1922 |
PRODUCTION DIVERTED TO SILVER DOLLARS |
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1931 |
NON NEEDED DUE TO ECONOMIC RECESSION |
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1933 |
NON NEEDED DUE TO ECONOMIC RECESSION |
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1975 |
BICENTENNIAL COINAGE, 1776-1976, COMMENCED |
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DENOMINATION |
YEARS COINED |
DATES MISSING |
PROBABLE REASON(s), IF KNOWN |
YEOMAN (REF 1) |
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HALF DOLLAR |
1794-TO DATE |
1798-1800 |
? |
1804 |
MINTAGE FROM 1803 DIES, BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 377 | ||
1816 |
FIRE RUINED ROLLING MILLS, COINAGE IMPOSSIBLE, BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 340 |
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1922 |
PRODUCTION DIVERTED TO SILVER DOLLARS |
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1924-6 |
? |
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1930-2 |
NON NEEDED DUE TO ECONOMIC RECESSION |
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SILVER DOLLAR |
1794-1935 |
1805-1835 |
MERCHANTS PERFERRED SPANISH OR MEXICAN 8 REALS (PIECES OF 8), WHICH WERE |
THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE COIN OF THE DAY | |||
BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 423 |
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1874-7 |
SUSPENDED BY 1873 CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION, FAVORING TRADE DOLLAR, BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 441 |
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1905-1920 |
NON NEEDED, MILLIONS IN MINT VAULTS |
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1929-1933 |
NON NEEDED DUE TO ECONOMIC RECESSION |
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TRADE DOLLAR |
1873-85 |
NONE |
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IKE DOLLAR |
1971-8 |
1975 |
BICENTENNIAL COINAGE, 1776-1976, COMMENCED |
ANTHONY DOLLAR |
1979-99 |
1982-98 |
NO DEMAND, CONFUSION WITH QUARTER DUE TO SIZE |
SACAGAWEA DOLLAR |
2000-TO DATE |
NONE |
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DENOMINATION |
YEARS COINED |
DATES MISSING |
PROBABLE REASON(s), IF KNOWN |
YEOMAN (REF 1) | |||
$1.00 GOLD |
1849-89 |
NONE |
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$2.50 G0LD |
1796-1929 |
1799-1801 |
1799 COINAGE DATED 1798, BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 486 |
1803 |
1802 DIES USED, BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 340 | ||
1809-1820 |
SCOT DID NOT LIKE REICH DESIGN, BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 488 |
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1822-3 |
? |
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1828 |
KNEAS WORKING ON NEW DESIGN, BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 489 |
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1916-24 |
NO DEMAND, MILLIONS IN VAULTS |
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DENOMINATION |
YEARS COINED |
DATES MISSING |
PROBABLE REASON(s), IF KNOWN |
YEOMAN (REF 1) |
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$3.00 GOLD |
1854-89 |
NONE |
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$5.00 GOLD |
1795-1929 |
1801 |
DIES OVERSTRUCK WITH 2, USED IN 1802, BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 517 |
1816-17 |
VALUE GREATER THAN FACE ON BULLION MARKETS |
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FIRE RUINED ROLLING MILLS, COINAGE IMPOSSIBLE, |
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BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 488 | |||
1917-28 |
NO DEMAND, MILLIONS IN VAULTS |
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$10.00 GOLD |
1795-1933 |
1802 |
MINTAGE STRUCK FROM 1801 DIES, BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 545 |
1805-37 |
INCONVENIENT FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE, BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 544 |
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VALUE GREATER THAN FACE ON BULLION MARKETS |
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1917-19 |
NO DEMAND, MILLIONS IN VAULTS |
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1921-25 |
NO DEMAND, MILLIONS IN VAULTS |
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1927-29 |
NO DEMAND, MILLIONS IN VAULTS ? |
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1931 |
NON NEEDED DUE TO ECONOMIC RECESSION |
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$20.00 GOLD |
1849-1933 |
1917-19 |
NO DEMAND, MILLIONS IN VAULTS? |
References:
1) R.S. Yeoman "A Guide Book of United States Coins, 2005", (the Red Book), 58th edition, Copyright 2004, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, GA, ISBN 0-07948-1789-0.
2) Walter Breen, "Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins", Copyright 1988, Doubleday, 666 Fith Avenue, New York, N.Y., 10103, ISBN 0-385-14207-2