List of coinage produced by the New Orleans Mint

This is a listing of the mintage statistics for the U.S. Branch Mint at New Orleans during its years of operation from 1838 to 1861 and 1879 to 1909.

Three-cent Piece

Silver Three-Cent Pieces:

  • 1851 - 720,000

Half Dimes

Liberty Seated Half Dimes

  • 1838 - 70,000
  • 1839 - 1,034,039
  • 1840 - 935,000
  • 1841 - 815,000
  • 1842 - 350,000
  • 1844 - 220,000
  • 1848 - 600,000
  • 1849 - 140,000
  • 1850 - 690,000
  • 1851 - 860,000
  • 1852 - 260,000
  • 1853 - 160,000 (no arrows at date)
  • 1853 - 2,200,000 (arrows at date)
  • 1854 - 1,560,000
  • 1855 - 600,000
  • 1856 - 1,100,000
  • 1857 - 1,380,000
  • 1858 - 1,660,000
  • 1859 - 560,000
  • 1860 - 1,060,000

Dimes

Liberty Seated Dimes

  • 1838 - 406,034
  • 1839 - 1,323,000
  • 1840 - 1,175,000
  • 1841 - 2,007,500
  • 1842 - 2,020,000
  • 1843 - 150,000
  • 1845 - 230,000
  • 1849 - 300,000
  • 1850 - 510,000
  • 1851 - 400,000
  • 1852 - 430,000
  • 1853 - 1,100,000
  • 1854 - 1,770,000
  • 1856 - 1,180,000
  • 1857 - 1,540,000
  • 1858 - 290,000
  • 1859 - 480,000
  • 1860 - 40,000
  • 1891 - 4,540,000

Barber Dimes

  • 1892 - 3,841,700
  • 1893 - 1,760,000
  • 1894 - 720,000
  • 1895 - 440,000
  • 1896 - 610,000
  • 1897 - 666,000
  • 1898 - 2,130,000
  • 1899 - 2,650,000
  • 1900 - 2,010,000
  • 1901 - 5,620,000
  • 1902 - 4,500,000
  • 1903 - 8,180,000
  • 1905 - 3,400,000
  • 1906 - 2,610,000
  • 1907 - 5,058,000
  • 1908 - 1,789,000
  • 1909 - 2,287,000

Quarters

Seated Liberty Quarters

  • 1840 - 425,200
  • 1841 - 452,000
  • 1842 - 769,000
  • 1843 - 968,000
  • 1844 - 740,000
  • 1847 - 368,000
  • 1849 - 412,000
  • 1850 - 412,000
  • 1851 - 88,000
  • 1852 - 96,000
  • 1853 - 1,332,000
  • 1854 - 1,484,000
  • 1855 - 176,000
  • 1856 - 968,000
  • 1857 - 1,180,000
  • 1858 - 520,000
  • 1859 - 260,000
  • 1860 - 388,000
  • 1891 - 68,000

Barber Quarters

  • 1892 - 2,640,000
  • 1893 - 3,396,000
  • 1894 - 2,852,000
  • 1895 - 2,816,000
  • 1896 - 1,484,000
  • 1897 - 1,414,800
  • 1898 - 1,868,000
  • 1899 - 2,644,000
  • 1900 - 3,416,000
  • 1901 - 1,612,000
  • 1902 - 4,748,000
  • 1903 - 3,500,000
  • 1904 - 2,456,000
  • 1905 - 1,230,000
  • 1906 - 2,056,000
  • 1907 - 4,560,000
  • 1908 - 6,244,000
  • 1909 - 712,000

Half Dollars

Capped Bust Half Dollars

  • 1838 - est. 20 widely believed to be branch mint proof issues
  • 1839 - 178,976

Liberty Seated Half Dollars

  • 1840 - 855,100
  • 1841 - 401,000
  • 1842 - 957,000
  • 1843 - 2,268,000
  • 1844 - 2,005,000
  • 1845 - 2,094,000
  • 1846 - 2,304,000
  • 1847 - 2,584,000
  • 1848 - 3,180,000
  • 1849 - 2,310,000
  • 1850 - 2,456,000
  • 1851 - 402,000
  • 1852 - 144,000
  • 1853 - 1,328,000
  • 1854 - 5,240,000
  • 1855 - 3,688,000
  • 1856 - 2,658,000
  • 1857 - 818,000
  • 1858 - 7,294,000
  • 1859 - 2,834,000
  • 1860 - 1,290,000
  • 1861 - 2,532,633

Barber Half Dollars

  • 1892 - 390,000
  • 1893 - 1,389,000
  • 1894 - 2,138,000
  • 1895 - 1,766,000
  • 1896 - 924,000
  • 1897 - 632,000
  • 1898 - 874,000
  • 1899 - 1,724,000
  • 1900 - 2,744,000
  • 1901 - 1,124,000
  • 1902 - 2,526,000
  • 1903 - 2,100,000
  • 1904 - 1,117,600
  • 1905 - 505,000
  • 1906 - 2,446,000
  • 1907 - 3,946,000
  • 1908 - 5,360,000
  • 1909 - 925,400

Silver Dollars

Liberty Seated Dollars

  • 1846 - 59,000
  • 1850 - 40,000
  • 1859 - 360,000
  • 1860 - 515,000

Morgan Dollars

  • 1879 - 2,887,000
  • 1880 - 5,305,000
  • 1881 - 5,708,000
  • 1882 - 6,090,000
  • 1883 - 8,725,000
  • 1884 - 9,730,000
  • 1885 - 17,787,767
  • 1886 - 10,710,000
  • 1887 - 11,550,000
  • 1888 - 12,150,000
  • 1889 - 11,875,000
  • 1890 - 10,701,100
  • 1891 - 7,954,529
  • 1892 - 2,744,000
  • 1893 - 300,000
  • 1894 - 1,723,000
  • 1895 - 450,000
  • 1896 - 4,900,000
  • 1897 - 4,004,000
  • 1898 - 4,440,000
  • 1899 - 12,290,000
  • 1900 - 11,390,000
  • 1901 - 13,320,000
  • 1902 - 8,636,000
  • 1903 - 4,450,000
  • 1904 - 3,720,000

Gold Dollars

Liberty Head Gold Dollar

  • 1849 - 215,000 (open wreath only)
  • 1850 - 14,000
  • 1851 - 290,000
  • 1852 - 140,000
  • 1853 - 290,000

Indian Princess Gold Dollar

  • 1855 - 55,000

Quarter Eagles ($2.50)

Classic Head Quarter Eagles

  • 1839 - 17,781 "O" mintmark is on the obverse above the date.

Liberty Head Quarter Eagles

  • 1840 - 33,580
  • 1842 - 19,800
  • 1843 - 364,200
  • 1845 - 4,000
  • 1846 - 62,000
  • 1847 - 124,000
  • 1850 - 84,000
  • 1851 - 148,000
  • 1852 - 140,000
  • 1854 - 153,000
  • 1856 - 21,100
  • 1857 - 34,000

Three-dollar Piece

Indian Head Three Dollar Coin

  • 1854 - 24,000

Half Eagle ($5)

Liberty Head Half Eagle Coin

  • 1840 - 40,120
  • 1841 - 50/no examples known to exist
  • 1842 - 16,400
  • 1843 - 101,075
  • 1844 - 364,600
  • 1845 - 41,000
  • 1846 - 58,000
  • 1847 - 12,000
  • 1851 - 41,000
  • 1854 - 46,000
  • 1855 - 11,100
  • 1856 - 10,000
  • 1857 - 13,000
  • 1892 - 10,000
  • 1893 - 110,000
  • 1894 - 16,600

Indian Head Half Eagle Coin

  • 1909 - 34,200

Eagle ($10)

Liberty Head Eagle Coin:

  • 1841 - 2,500
  • 1842 - 27,400
  • 1843 - 175,162
  • 1844 - 118,700
  • 1845 - 47,500
  • 1846 - 81,780
  • 1847 - 571,500
  • 1848 - 35,850
  • 1849 - 23,900
  • 1850 - 57,500
  • 1851 - 263,000
  • 1852 - 18,000
  • 1853 - 51,000
  • 1854 - 52,500
  • 1855 - 18,000
  • 1856 - 14,500
  • 1857 - 5,500
  • 1858 - 20,000
  • 1859 - 2,300
  • 1860 - 11,100
  • 1879 - 1,500
  • 1880 - 9,200
  • 1881 - 8,350
  • 1882 - 10,820
  • 1883 - 800
  • 1888 - 21,335
  • 1892 - 28,688
  • 1893 - 17,000
  • 1894 - 107,500
  • 1895 - 98,000
  • 1897 - 42,500
  • 1899 - 37,047
  • 1901 - 72,041
  • 1903 - 112,771
  • 1904 - 108,950
  • 1906 - 86,895

Double Eagles ($20)

Liberty Head Double Eagle Coins

  • 1850 - 141,000
  • 1851 - 315,000
  • 1852 - 190,000
  • 1853 - 71,000
  • 1854 - 3,250
  • 1855 - 8,000
  • 1856 - 2,250
  • 1857 - 30,000
  • 1858 - 32,250
  • 1859 - 9,100
  • 1860 - 6,600
  • 1861 - 17,741
  • 1879 - 2,325