United States Mint Circulating Coin Production Report

The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for March 2025. The report shows that the United States Mint produced 670.72 million coins in March. While the production total is up from production in February, the overall trend of production continues to go lower when compared to previous years. Despite calls from the Trump administration to eliminate the Lincoln Cent, modest production continued in March 2025. 328 million Cents were minted in the month. 168 million were minted in …

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The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for May 2024. The report shows that the United States Mint produced just 396.08 million coins in May. While the production total is up slightly from the April report, it continues a trend of significantly lower production by the Mint compared to the last several years. The Lincoln Cent saw nearly identical mintage figures in May 2024 as it did in April. According to the Mint’s report, 211.6 million …

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The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for April 2024. The report shows that the United States Mint produced just 368.2 million coins in April, its second lowest monthly production since December 2023, and the lowest total for April in five years. Indeed, three of the six coins that the Mint normally produces for circulation had no production in April 2024. According to the Mint’s report, 211.2 million Lincoln Cents were minted in …

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The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for March 2024. The report shows that the United States Mint produced just 332.7 million coins in March, its lowest monthly production since December 2023, and the lowest total for March in six years. Indeed, three of the six coins that the Mint normally produces for circulation had no production in March 2024. The Lincoln Cent saw total production of 189.2 million Cents in March, down …

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The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for February 2024. The report shows that the United States Mint produced 616.22 million coins in February, down from production in January of this year and year-over-year from February’s production figures in 2023. It is the second consecutive month that the Mint’s circulating coinage production has been down when compared to last year. Indeed, every denomination minted execpt the Jefferson Nickle, was down in production when …

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The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for January 2024. The report shows that the United States Mint produced 755.98 million coins in January, far lower than the number of coins produced in December 2023 or year-over-year from January last year. According to the Mint’s report, 412.8 million Lincoln Cents were minted in January 2024. Of that total, 236.4 million were minted in Denver, and the remaining 176.4 million in Philadelphia. Meanwhile, the …

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The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for December 2023. The report shows that the United States Mint produced a mere 151,670,000 coins in December. It was a sharp decline from the production in November, and was by far the lowest production month of the year. All denominations saw significant declines in production month-over-month. According to the Mint’s report, 80.8 million Lincoln Cents were minted in December 2023. Of that, 60 million were …

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The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for November 2023. The report shows that the United States Mint produced 604,409,000 coins in November. It is the first increase in overall production in the previous six months, with a mixture of increases and decreases in output across the various denominations. The Lincoln Cent saw an overall increase in production in November 2023 compared to October. According to the Mint’s report, 303.97 million Cents were …

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The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for October 2023. The report shows that the United States Mint produced 501,911,000 coins in October. It is the fifth consecutive month of declining production across the Mint’s facilities in Denver and Philadelphia. Month-over-Month, production of individual denominations varied across the board. The Lincoln Cent had a total production of 252.824 million coins in October. Of that, 126.8 million were minted in Denver, with the remaining …

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The United States Mint has released its Circulating Coin Production Report for September 2023. The report indicates that the Mint produced just 546.03 million coins last month, a 47% decrease from the reported production in August. While slowdowns in production are expected towards the end of each year, the month-over-month drop is one of the sharper declines in the past several years. Indeed, only the Kennedy Half Dollar had a reported increase in production. According to the Mint’s …

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