Years that coin mintages were published?-Help-

[Cachefinder]

I was wondering if anyone knew the year or years that public was notified about the amount of
coins minted for prior years.

For example in the 1940's did they(the public) know how many cents were minted in the 1920's??

I have tried to find this out ---with no luck

Thanks in advance for the help.,

Cachefinder-

 

[Dan Hughes]

R.S. Yeoman's Blue Book (Handbook of U.S. Coins) was first issued in 1942, and it listed mintage figures. I'd guess those numbers might well have been in the World Almanac before then, or in other coin guide books. They were a part of the public record, so anyone wanting the information could have found it with little trouble.

 

[sasnz]

If you are wanting the know when the public was notified i would have assumed this would have been available the following year from the treasury dept after the final count was done. As far as a book printing i have no idea.

Sasnz

 

[Siegfried Schlagrule]

that is public knowledge the next year. If you look at a copy of the Red Book from the 1940s you will see the mintages for all coins up to the year of publication and that is how they do it now too. regards, siegfried schlagrule