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Have bags of new cents always been $50 bags?
CaptHenway
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Working on an article on the cents of 1922, and it has been suggested that an original bag of cents from the Mint in the 1920's was $20 face, not $50. Does anybody have any documentation one way or the other?
TD
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David Lange sent me a picture of a $20 Mint bag for 1945-S cents.
RB responded to an email version of this question by sending me a copy of the Philadelphia Mint's Sewing Room Report for December, 1907. There were 6.900 $10 bags made for cents. $5 bags were also an option, but none were made that month.
So, 1922 might have been $10, might have been $20.
Crazily enough the Royal Canadian Mint was sending cents out in large $60 bags at least in 1963, I have a bag that I use for taking CRH rejects back to the credit union.
Wonder when the $50 bags began.
Is it known what was used for small cents starting from 1856 and later? Boxes, bags or something else? Silver dollar bags definitely exist, but don't recall noticing other denominations.
"To Be Esteemed Be Useful" - 1792 Birch Cent --- "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin
I thought I had one more that was not imaged, but it turns out I have a few of them including a $50 Cent bag from 1944. Also included a couple of $50 Nickel bags from the 1940s if they would be of any interest.
-Paul
Here are the Nickel bags.
Interesting. I'm a little surprised since there is a tendency in recent years to put bulk products in smaller bags.
I suppose back when a cent was something like real money $20 worth could last a store or bank a long time.
I have a Philadelphia Mint, Cent Bag dated 1939.
What face value?
Would bags have "coin marks" if they got shuffled around?
@commoncents05 Very interesting. So they bagged them both ways so they could be shipped out depending on the demand. Quite accommodating of them.
Would love to get a picture of a 1922-D cent bag!
@commoncents05 ....I like that 1942 Cent bag....birth year thing,....Cheers, RickO
Sorry! $20.
Thanks.
I have to wonder, because I searched pretty hard just now, if printing on those bags did not start until the 1920s. I can find later years in the decade but I get the feeling the bags simply had a tag on them when they first were used to early 1920s.
So a pic of a bag may be impossible unless it has a tag?
The few 1920s I found were double eagles and one other.
Also philly may have dated the bags while other mints did not. This will confuse finding one as well.
Always learning something on here.
A possibility in the 1920's. We have examples of dated bags from D & S in the 1940's.