Over the past few weeks, I have been getting some questions from members here on the site, and also other places, about how nobody can find a lot of 2009 dated coins. Here's your answer. 

In 2009, the US had it's Great Recession. I won't get into too many details as this blog is on coinage, not history, but think of it as the Great Depression, but on a MUCH smaller scale. It was just a general period of slow economic decline. This, like every other historical impact, had its effects on coinage. The mintages hit an all time low for the 21st century, and slowly increased over the following years until it reached it’s normal mintage numbers in (I’d say) 2013, 2014. Cents saw the least decline, in part because the coins of that year were the Lincoln birth 100th anniversary. Quarters had the second highest, then dimes. The lowest mintages of a denomination in this year was nickels, with less than 100 million minted. Next time you take your cents and nickels along with your Starbucks coffee, look at the dates. If you see a 2009, you not only hold a coin of numismatic significance, but also historical significance. 

I’m working on an update blog from the GNA coin show, but it will be a while because I have a lot to write about. Keep your eyes peeled!

Keep searching,

Thatcoinguy