Bucket of Coins

May’s updated numbers just came out. As previously reported the US Mint minted 284.8 million Philadelphia Birthplace pennies and 350 million Denver Birthplace pennies. Through May 2009, the Mint has produced a total of 549.6 million 2009 Lincoln cents in Denver and 596 million in Philadelphia. The difference represents the mintages of the 2009 Lincoln Formative years Rail Splitter cents. Therefore, so far 311.2 million Formative years Rail Splitter pennies have been produced by the Philadelphia mint while the Denver mint has produced a mere 199.6 million in the same time period.  This is the opposite of what we saw with the Birthplace cents. There were a lot more produced in Denver than Philadelphia up until the last month of minting which the Philadelphia mint produced a large quantity to close the gap between the two mints.

2009 Lincoln Cent Mintages as of  6/1/2009:

Lincoln Birthplace – P Mint -          284.8 million  Final mintage number

Lincoln Birthplace – D Mint -          350.0 million  Final mintage number

Lincoln Formative Years Rail Splitter – P Mint -          311.2 million  through June 1, 2009

Lincoln Formative Years Rail Splitter – D Mint -          199.6 million  through June 1, 2009

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