As a comparison, 2020-dated half dollars ended at 3.4 million from Denver and 2.3 million from Philadelphia for a combined 5.7 million coins. Marking an unusual year for halves, most of them were actually ordered by the Federal Reserve for circulation.

Reported mintages for 2021 Kennedy half-dollars totaled 13.1 million with splits of 7.7 million from Denver and 5.4 million from Philadelphia. Dollar coins (and usually half dollars) are produced only for U.S. Mintages of Kennedy half-dollars and Native American dollars are lower than other coins because the Federal Reserve no longer orders them for circulation (or rarely does in the case of halves). Mint plants in Philadelphia and Denver manufacture all of America’s coins for commerce. US Mint Annual Coin Production (2021 vs 2020)

coin production totals in 2021 compared to those from 2020: minting facilities shipped nearly 14.5 billion coins to Federal Reserve Banks for release into circulation in calendar year 2021, dipping 1.9% from the over 14.7 billion coins made in 2020 when production was ramped up to alleviate coin circulation issues brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Mint produced over 2.1 billion of these two quarters for circulation in 2021. CoinNews photo of a 2021 Tuskegee Airmen Quarter and a 2021 George Washington Crossing the Delaware Quarter. coins for circulation was quick in 2021 but down from 2020, production figures from the United States Mint show.

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