U.S. coins, 1900 to 2025
What's in your change jar?
Pick a coin, its date and its mint mark. Where the U.S. Mint's records cover it, you'll see how many were made, what the standard issue is made of, and mint-mark information where the Mint states it, each with the page cited.
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Mintage records cover selected years from 1900 through 2011. Missing: 1966, 1971, 1980–1998 and 2012–2025. Design information runs through 2025. Standard circulating coins only; proof and collector coins aren't covered.
Four coins people ask about
| Coin | Facility, mark | Figure | Counts | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 cent | Philadelphia, no mint mark | 684,628,670 | struck that calendar year (includes proofs) | Mint pamphlet 1792-1965, PDF pp. 48 and 50 (printed pp. 44 and 46), table C21 |
| 1964 quarter | Denver, D | 704,135,528 | coins bearing this date | Mint annual report, FRASER file 1967, PDF p. 145 (printed p. 135), table C50 |
| 1979 cent | Philadelphia, no mint mark | 3,560,940,000 | struck that calendar year for circulation | Mint annual report, fiscal 1980, PDF p. 68, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1979 |
| 2000 small dollar (Sacagawea) | Philadelphia, P | 767,140,000 | circulating production that calendar year | Mint production page, 2000 (archived), January 2000 through December 2000 |
The 1943 cent is the steel one; the Mint's table describes it as “Steel covered with zinc coating not to exceed .001 inch”. The 1964-D quarter is the last 90% silver quarter from Denver, and some were struck as late as April 1966 because the Mint kept the 1964 date on new coins. A 1979 cent from Philadelphia has no mint mark, while Philadelphia's circulating 2000 Sacagawea dollar carries a P: from 1980 Philadelphia put its P on every circulating denomination except the cent, with a one-year exception for 2017 cents.
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Questions
- What does mintage mean on this site?
- The number of coins the U.S. Mint reported for a year and a production facility. The Mint counted in different ways over the decades, so each figure says which count it is: coins struck that calendar year, coins bearing that date, or that year's production for circulation. A facility's production isn't always the same thing as coins with a particular mint mark, and the checker keeps the two apart.
- Which coins in my change jar are silver?
- Among the standard circulating coins covered here, dimes, quarters and half dollars dated 1900 to 1964 are 90% silver. Half dollars dated 1965 through 1970 are 40% silver; the Mint gives the silver in each as 4.6 grams. Nickels struck from October 1942 through 1945 are 35% silver. Proof and collector coins can differ and aren't covered.
- Where is the mint mark?
- The checker shows mint-mark location only where the Mint's pages state it: the large mark above Monticello's dome on the 1942-45 silver nickels, and the obverse for nickels, dimes, quarters and half dollars made from 1968, when marks returned. That 1968 statement doesn't cover small dollars, and the Mint pages we used don't give their mark's location. Standard circulating coins dated 1965 to 1967 have no mint mark. For other designs the Mint pages we used don't say, and we don't guess.
- Why are some years blank?
- Because the sources we could check don't give a count that matches the date on a coin. There are no figures for 1966, 1971, 1980 to 1998, or 2012 to 2025. The annual reports we could read for the 1980s and early 1990s count coins by fiscal year, which can't be matched to the date on a coin, and for 2012 on the Mint's production page couldn't be checked automatically. We leave those years blank rather than estimate.
- What is my coin worth?
- We don't say, and we don't list prices. Value depends on the coin's condition and on the current market, and there's no official price list.
Figures and quotes checked against their sources on October 12, 2026.