MISSING DATES IN U.S. REGULAR ISSUE COINS

DENOMINATION

YEARS COINED

DATES MISSING

PROBABLE REASON(s), IF KNOWN

YEOMAN (REF 1)

HALF CENT

1793-1857

1798-9

LOW DEMAND DUE TO PURCHASING POWER, NOT NEEDED

1801

AS ABOVE

1812-24

NO HALF CENT PLANCHETS AVAILABLE DUE TO WAR OF 1812, BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 169

1830

LOW DEMAND DUE TO PURCHASING POWER, NOT NEEDED

1837-9

VAULTS CLOGGED, NO CUSTOMERS, BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 173

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

TWO CENT

1864-73

NONE

SILVER 3 CENT

1851-73

NONE

NICKEL 3 CENT

1865-1889

NONE

5 CENT NICKEL

1866-TO DATE

1922

PRODUCTION DIVERTED TO SILVER DOLLARS

1932-3

NON NEEDED DUE TO ECONOMIC RECESSION

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)

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

1826

AS ABOVE

1922

PRODUCTION DIVERTED TO SILVER DOLLARS

1932-3

NON NEEDED DUE TO ECONOMIC RECESSION

TWENTY CENT

1875-8

NONE

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

1922

PRODUCTION DIVERTED TO SILVER DOLLARS

1931

NON NEEDED DUE TO ECONOMIC RECESSION

1933

NON NEEDED DUE TO ECONOMIC RECESSION

1975

BICENTENNIAL COINAGE, 1776-1976, COMMENCED

DENOMINATION

YEARS COINED

DATES MISSING

PROBABLE REASON(s), IF KNOWN

YEOMAN (REF 1)

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

1922

PRODUCTION DIVERTED TO SILVER DOLLARS

1924-6

?

1930-2

NON NEEDED DUE TO ECONOMIC RECESSION

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

1874-7

SUSPENDED BY 1873 CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION, FAVORING TRADE DOLLAR, BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 441

1905-1920

NON NEEDED, MILLIONS IN MINT VAULTS

1929-1933

NON NEEDED DUE TO ECONOMIC RECESSION

TRADE DOLLAR

1873-85

NONE

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

DENOMINATION

YEARS COINED

DATES MISSING

PROBABLE REASON(s), IF KNOWN

YEOMAN (REF 1)

$1.00 GOLD

1849-89

NONE

$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

1822-3

?

1828

KNEAS WORKING ON NEW DESIGN, BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 489

1916-24

NO DEMAND, MILLIONS IN VAULTS

DENOMINATION

YEARS COINED

DATES MISSING

PROBABLE REASON(s), IF KNOWN

YEOMAN (REF 1)

$3.00 GOLD

1854-89

NONE

$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

FIRE RUINED ROLLING MILLS, COINAGE IMPOSSIBLE,

BREEN (REF 2) PAGE 488

1917-28

NO DEMAND, MILLIONS IN VAULTS

$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

VALUE GREATER THAN FACE ON BULLION MARKETS

1917-19

NO DEMAND, MILLIONS IN VAULTS

1921-25

NO DEMAND, MILLIONS IN VAULTS

1927-29

NO DEMAND, MILLIONS IN VAULTS ?

1931

NON NEEDED DUE TO ECONOMIC RECESSION

$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

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