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)