Minor coins delivered to melter FYE 6/30/1874

PhillyJoe

Nickel one-cent (pieces)......5,254,000
Bronze one-cent.......................46,000
Bronze two-cent..................1,800,000





Source:Annual Report of the Director of the Mint to the Secretary of the Treasury for Fiscal Year June 30, 1874.



So much for relying on mintages.


Joe

ksteelheader

Good info Joe!

kranky

I love that stuff from the archives. Thanks for sharing that, Joe. I guess it would be pure conjecture to assume all coins were 1874s?

PhillyJoe

Could be any year. The section was titled, "Redeemed, Reissued & Exchanged".

Joe

kranky

Ah. Those categories could cover a lot of ground. It would be interesting to know if the Mint was melting such coins regularly or if that was, say, ten years worth of stuff that piled up and they finally got around to cleaning it up.

mrdq

or if the released mintage numbers included the meltings already..

NEED MORE DATA

PhillyJoe

Appears to be an annual summary.

While the records for 1875 were missing at the archives, here is the info for FYE 6/30/1876.

Copper one-cent (pieces).......208,934
Nickel one-cent......................4,145,000
Bronze one-cent......................101,052
Bronze two-cent.....................1,136,262
Nickel three-cent.........................22,192
Nickel five-cent............................46,662

Total delv'd to melter:............5,660,102

Joe

It's very possible that the above numbers include defective items minted that never left the building and were not included in the mintages.

Wondo

<< <i>Appears to be an annual summary.

While the records for 1875 were missing at the archives, here is the info for FYE 6/30/1876.

Copper one-cent (pieces).......208,934
Nickel one-cent......................4,145,000
Bronze one-cent......................101,052
Bronze two-cent.....................1,136,262
Nickel three-cent.........................22,192
Nickel five-cent............................46,662

Total delv'd to melter:............5,660,102

Joe


They really didn't like those two-centers.

It's very possible that the above numbers include defective items minted that never left the building and were not included in the mintages. >>