Northern Mariana Islands Territorial Quarter Scarcity

Obiwancanoli

I was reading on Coin News that the mintage for the Northern Mariana coin is expected to be the scarcest of all the Territorial quarters.

The Denver American Samoa was scarcest prior to this, at 39.6 Million (Philadelphia mintage 42.6 million), however, the N. Mariana's are projected to fall in at about 37.6 million (& 35.2 M (P) ). From the site:

2009 Quarter Mintages: Northern Mariana Islands Quarters Lowest


District of Columbia 88,800,000 (D) / 83,600,000 (P) 172,400,000

Puerto Rico 86,000,000 (D) / 53,000,000 (P) 139,200,000

Guam 42,600,000 (D) / 45,000,000 (P) 87,600,000

American Samoa 39,600,000 (D) / 42,600,000 (P) 82,200,000

U.S. Virgin Islands 41,000,000 (D) / 41,000,000 (P) 82,000,000



N. Mariana Islands 37,600,000 (D) / 35,200,000 (P) 72,800,000



2009 Total Quarter Production: 636,200,000

I'm not sure this really means much, but I found it interesting that the last coin in the series would end up at the lowest mintage.

Do you 'spose the Mint actually plans these things? I mean, aside from the normal gremlins which plague such systems from time to time (in the interests of propriety, I leave out the potential for incompetence), I have to wonder if somehow, Moy's not throwing darts at a number, throws blindly, and says run with it...

As an aside, any thoughts on the potential for premiums on the Mariana's?


Edited to corret my spelling... duh.

Classof67

I think we will have to wait until next year to see how the mintages come along on the Parks series. Will the decline continue, or head back up? Who knows?

ernie11

I was looking at the mintages in my Red Book for Washington quarters. I think the Philadelphia 35,200,000 mintage is the lowest for a circulation quarter since 1960, almost 50 years.

Manorcourtman

Anyone know when they went on sale at the mint or when they go off sale???

dbldie55

How many times in the last 50 years did they mint 6 different quarters in one year?

ernie11

<< <i>Anyone know when they went on sale at the mint or when they go off sale??? >>



I live in Philadelphia and went to the Mint y'day. There is a change machine outside the gift shop that will give you 4 of these Northern Marianas for a dollar bill. A 5 dollar bill will get you 5 Zachary Taylor dollars.

coasterfan

<< <i>Anyone know when they went on sale at the mint or when they go off sale??? >>

They went on sale Nov 30. The previous DC and Territories quarters were pulled on the same date that the next one went on sale, giving each one a two-month sale window. Since this is the last Territories quarters, it's unclear when the Mariana quarters will be pulled. I guess that's incentive enough to order these early.

Obiwancanoli

<< <i>Anyone know when they went on sale at the mint or when they go off sale??? >>



I just bought them all. There are no more. I'll make millions!

coasterfan

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<< <i>Anyone know when they went on sale at the mint or when they go off sale??? >>



I just bought them all. There are no more. I'll make millions! >>

Ha, ha. Just like me trying to corner the market on the 2009 plat proof eagles by buying 7100 of them.

OneCent

I don't see how 37million and scarce can occupy the same sentence.

ernie11

<< <i>I don't see how 37million and scarce can occupy the same sentence. >>



Unless you say that they're relatively scarce.

anoldgoat

<< <i>I don't see how 37million and scarce can occupy the same sentence. >>



Me neither.

But, anyone found a 2009 nickel or dime yet.

fishcooker

I got my first and only 09 dime last Sunday.

sumnom

I still haven't seen any 2009 nickels or dimes.

JedPlanchet

<< <i>I think we will have to wait until next year to see how the mintages come along on the Parks series. Will the decline continue, or head back up? Who knows? >>



All I know is that I asked the kids if they wanted to do a National Parks map to go with their 50 States map and they said "Nope" ... :

pf70collector

They could become scarce in high grades once they are all released to the general public. It has more potential than any other quarter released by the government in the past 60 years. I believe the National Parks Quarters will not be minted in such low quantities.