BEP: September 2008

BEP data for September 2008 has been released.

$1: 316.8 M notes
$5: 140.8 M
$10: 70.4 M
$20: 115.2 M
TOTAL: 643.2 M
Average value per note: $6.26

This month was the highest month for $1 bills since May, and the highest month for $20 bill since October 2007. The average value per note is significantly down this month due to the absence of $100 bills made. The last time the BEP did not produce any $100 bills in a month was in September 2006.

Mint: Sept. 2008

US Mint coin production figures have been updated for September 2008:

Jan.-Sept. 2008 totals:
Cents: 4.3424 B
Nickels: 481.2 M
Dimes: 752.0 M
Quarters: 1.9012 B
Half Dollars: 3.4 M
Dollars: 403.58 M (including 3.64 Sacagaweas)
Total Coins: 7.88378 B

Subtracting out the Jan-Aug totals gives the following September monthlies:
Cents: 762.4 M
Nickels: 73.44 M
Dimes: 108.0 M
Quarters: 163.4 M
Half Dollars: none
Dollars: 41.58 M
Total Coins: 1.15222 B
Average Coin Value: 9.07 cents

Year-over-Year (YoY) trends compared to Sept. 2007:
Cents: up 55.7% (first positive YoY since August '07)
Nickels: down 10.3% (tenth consecutive negative YoY for nickels)
Dimes: down 29.9%
Quarters: down 26.3%
Total Coins: up 16.1% (first positive YoY since July '07)

MintWatch launched

Since June 2007, I have been privately tracking monthly production figures from the U.S. Mint (via www.usmint.gov).

Until I created this blog, I've been posting my data on the RealCent forums (this thread: http://realcent.forumco.com/topic~TOPIC_ID~934.asp) But from now on, I will be posting it here instead. (I may retropost my older data, if I can find a way how.)

I will also post my findings of the B.E.P banknote production (reference URL to be posted later). Also, I will post any other numismatic, economic, or currency articles or links that I come up with.