0 all the coins made at a mint or during a particular period:
It will be the same thing with us if we play the fool with our mintage and our currency.
Therefore, the obverse date does not always reflect the actual date of mintage but rather a restriking off of older obverse coin die designs.
Its companion, the even rarer 1796 half dollar (ranked 72) had a mintage of only 934.
Due to the incredibly high mintage (over 20 million coins were produced), these coins have no investment value whatsoever.
The mintage included 50,000 gold coins, 400,000 silver coins, and 750,000 nickel-copper coins.
However, problems began to arise from the mintage.
The total mintage for 1796 was 79,920, which amounts to an approximate 62% reduction from the previous year's total.
Coins of that date have a rarity not reflected in the mintage of 668,000 as few entered commerce.
