2001 US Coins: Values & Mintages

How many coins were made in 2001

Counting the circulation issues on this page, US mints struck 19,401,459,500 coins dated 2001 across 20 issues. That is 31% fewer than in 2000 (28,093,444,500). In 2002 the figure fell to 14,413,236,610.

By mint: Denver 9,830,497,500 (51%, down from 15,446,338,000) and Philadelphia 9,570,962,000 (49%, down from 12,647,106,500).

2001 coins by denomination

Cents: 10,334,590,000 struck in 2 circulation issues of the Lincoln Memorial Cent, down 28% on 2000. The scarcest is the 2001 (4,959,600,000) and the most plentiful the 2001-D (5,374,990,000).

Nickels: 1,303,384,000 struck in 2 circulation issues of the Jefferson Nickel, down 45% on 2000. The scarcest is the 2001-D (627,680,000) and the most plentiful the 2001-P (675,704,000).

Dimes: 2,782,390,000 struck in 2 circulation issues of the Roosevelt Dime, down 24% on 2000. The scarcest is the 2001-P (1,369,590,000) and the most plentiful the 2001-D (1,412,800,000).

Quarters: 4,806,984,000 struck in 10 circulation issues of the 50 State Quarter, down 26% on 2000. The scarcest is the 2001-P Kentucky Quarter (353,000,000) and the most plentiful the 2001-P New York Quarter (655,400,000).

Half Dollars: 40,704,000 struck in 2 circulation issues of the Kennedy Half Dollar, down 3.2% on 2000. The scarcest is the 2001-D (19,504,000) and the most plentiful the 2001-P (21,200,000).

Dollar Coins: 133,407,500 struck in 2 circulation issues of the Sacagawea Dollar, down 90% on 2000. The scarcest is the 2001-P (62,468,000) and the most plentiful the 2001-D (70,939,500).

Every 2001 circulation issue at a glance

• 2001-D Kennedy Half Dollar: 19,504,000 struck, more than 60% of the series' 116 issues, similar to 2000.
• 2001-P Kennedy Half Dollar: 21,200,000 struck, more than 64% of the series' 116 issues, similar to 2000.
• 2001-P Sacagawea Dollar: 62,468,000 struck, more than 93% of the series' 46 issues, down from 767,150,500 in 2000.
• 2001-D Sacagawea Dollar: 70,939,500 struck, more than 96% of the series' 46 issues, down from 518,916,000 in 2000.
• 2001-P Kentucky Quarter: 353,000,000 struck, more than 64% of the series' 100 issues.
• 2001-D Kentucky Quarter: 370,564,000 struck, more than 73% of the series' 100 issues.
• 2001-P Rhode Island Quarter: 423,000,000 struck, more than 79% of the series' 100 issues.
• 2001-P Vermont Quarter: 423,400,000 struck, more than 80% of the series' 100 issues.
• 2001-D North Carolina Quarter: 427,876,000 struck, more than 81% of the series' 100 issues.
• 2001-D Rhode Island Quarter: 447,100,000 struck, more than 82% of the series' 100 issues.
• 2001-D Vermont Quarter: 459,404,000 struck, more than 84% of the series' 100 issues.
• 2001-D New York Quarter: 619,640,000 struck, more than 90% of the series' 100 issues.

The 8 more plentiful issues are listed in the tables below.

Lincoln Memorial Cent: Rising metal costs and the last Memorial cents

Cent production fell from the 2000 peak, settling between about 2.5 and 4.3 billion a year at each mint from 2002. By 2006 rising zinc and copper prices meant the cent cost more than face value to make. In December 2006 the Mint issued rules restricting the melting and export of cents and nickels, since older bronze cents contained more than a cent of metal.

Beginning in 2005, the Mint's uncirculated sets included cents with a satin finish, giving these years a distinct collector version. Proof cents from San Francisco show deep mirror fields with frosted designs. The 2008 marked the last year of the Memorial reverse before the 2009 Bicentennial designs. Circulated coins from this period often show plating wear or zinc rot, while many collectors still save rolls of uncirculated cents.

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Jefferson Nickel: Matte finishes and the final original Monticello years

Special matte finish nickels were made for collector sets in 1994 and 1997. The 1994-P came in a Jefferson coin and currency set marking his 250th birthday, while the 1997-P came in a set honoring the U.S. Botanic Garden. The 1997-P matte is scarce, with only about 25,000 made. Output climbed past a billion at each mint in 1999. Denver struck 1.5 billion in 2000.

Demand eased after 2000. Production fell to about 440 million at Philadelphia and 383 million at Denver in 2003, the last year of the original Schlag design before the Westward Journey series. Coins from these years are abundant. Full steps examples are generally easier to find than for earlier dates. San Francisco proofs show deep mirrors with frosted designs.

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Roosevelt Dime: Silver proofs and the 1996-W

Silver proof sets returned in 1992, so collectors could once more buy proof dimes struck in 90 percent silver at San Francisco alongside the clad proofs. In 1996 the Mint marked the dime's 50th anniversary by placing a West Point dime with a W mint mark in each uncirculated set. About 1.46 million were made, the lowest mintage dime of the 1990s apart from the proofs.

Circulation demand peaked in 1999, when Philadelphia alone struck more than 2.1 billion dimes. From 2005 the dimes in uncirculated sets carried a satin finish that sets them apart from business strikes, a detail worth checking when sorting coins removed from sets. Dimes of this era found in pocket change are usually lightly worn clad pieces with their outer layers intact. Proof dimes from both the clad and silver sets of these years survive in large numbers.

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Kennedy Half Dollar: Eagle reverse and dwindling demand

The eagle reverse returned in 1977. Halves saw little use in commerce and mintages fell into the tens of millions, then lower. The 1982 Philadelphia issue includes a variety missing Gasparro's FG initials from the reverse. In 1987 no halves were made for circulation; the 2,890,758 coins from each mint went only into uncirculated sets.

Silver proofs in 90 percent silver returned in 1992. A 1998-S matte finish silver half, 64,141 struck, was sold in a set honoring Robert F. Kennedy and is one of the scarcest modern Kennedys. Circulation strikes of this period often show bag marks from handling in large bags. Well-preserved examples of the low mintage dates, such as 1987, are worth seeking. The 1999 Philadelphia run of 8.9 million was also small.

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Sacagawea Dollar: The golden dollar and the soaring eagle

The Sacagawea dollar launched in 2000 with a large publicity push, including dollars handed out through a cereal promotion and at a national retail chain. Philadelphia and Denver struck well over a billion coins that first year. People liked the gold color but kept spending paper dollars and the coins piled up in bank vaults.

From 2002 the Mint stopped shipping Sacagawea dollars for general circulation and sold them to collectors in rolls, bags and sets instead. That is why mintages drop from hundreds of millions in 2000 and tens of millions in 2001 to a few million a year after that and why later dates from these years are rarely found in change. Uncirculated coins with bright, untoned color are the ones collectors want.

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