2 Comments on looking for mintage limits on American gold and silver proof coins 1998-2006?

Taiping on Thu, 3rd Dec 2009 5:28 am


Limits on coins actually mean little. How many were actually minted does. A 1998-W proof one ounce gold $50.00 bullion coin has a mintage of 26,047. Not to many around, but it is a bullion coin. It is a proof made for collectors, but I must say, more for investors. Now if it was an 1872 double eagle from the Carson City mint with a mintage of 26,900 and not even a proof, is worth at least 8 times as much as the 1998-W. Sorry but I had to say that for I feel people are being taken with all the modern stuff out there that dealers or the mint claim to be collectors items. You can buy a Red Book- A standard guide to U.S. coins. They will have mintage figures at least up to the last ones released by mint. It some times take the mint a few years to release figures. I doubt the 2005 or 2006 figures will be in it. Next step try http://www.usmint.gov.

A.C. on Thu, 3rd Dec 2009 5:58 am


For the more recent mintage totals, buy a Numismatic News from your local newstand. They publish updated totals each week that they get from the U.S. Mint.

Or click on the link below where you can find another link to subscribe to Numismatic News off to the right side of the web page.

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