Mint: September 2009

Mint data for Jan-Sep 2009:

1cent = 2.0264 B
5cents = 86.64 M
10cents = 146.0 M
25cents = 469.52 M
50cents = 3.6 M
1dollar = 385.98 M (including 71.26 M Native American dollars)

Subtracting out the Jan-Aug totals isolates September alone:

1cent = 93.2 M
5cents = none
10cents = none
25cents = 27.8 M
50cents = 200,000 (!)
1dollar = 60.76 M (39.7 M Presidents, 21.06 M Native American dollars)
Average face value per coin = $0.378


Lowest month for cents since December 2008 (or lowest non-December month for cents since my records begin in June 2006).

Second consecutive month without nickels, and fifth consecutive month without dimes. Neither has happened before since I began watching this data in June 2006.

Surprise! 200,000 half dollars are reported! And they're all from the Denver Mint, too. Usually the Mint makes all of the year's half dollars up front at the beginning of the year, so this is exceptionally weird. I'm not sure if this reflects actual production of new 2009 halves, or if the Mint just discovered and corrected for an update in their earlier report.

Dollar coins keep coming on strong, being the second-most-produced coin for the month of September. Biggest month for dollars since January 2009. Oddly, one third of September's dollars are the Native American type, the first reported since May 2009.

Overall for the Mint, slowest month for total output since December 2007 (or lowest non-December month since my records begin in June 2006).