• First year of issue for the Capped Bust, Large Eagle Reverse/$10 Gold Piece (1797-1804)
• Last year of production for the Liberty Cap Half Cent (1794-1797)
• Last year of production for the Draped Bust, Small Eagle Reverse Half Dime, Dime, Quarter Dollar, and Half Dollar (1796-1797)
• Last year of production for the Capped Bust, Small Eagle Reverse/$10 Gold Piece (1795-1797)

• First year of issue for the Capped Bust Quarter Dollar and Half Dollar (1807-1839)
• Last year of production for the Draped Bust Large Cent (1796-1807)
• Last year of production for the Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Reverse Dime (1798-1807)
• Last year of production for the Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Reverse Quarter Dollar and Half Dollar (1801-1807)
• Last year of production for the Capped Bust Half Eagle/$5.00 Gold Piece (1795-1807)
• Last year of production for the Capped Bust Quarter Eagle/$2.50 Gold Piece (1796-1807)

• First year of issue for the Liberty Seated Half Dime (1837-1873)
• First year of issue for the Liberty Seated Dime (1837-1874)
• Last year of production for the Capped Bust Half Dime (1829-1837)
• Last year of production for the Capped Bust Dime (1809-1837)

• Coining of the One Cent piece for King Kamehameha of the Kingdom of Hawaii by the U.S. Mint (1847)

• First year of authorized production of Flying Eagle small cents (1857)
• Last year of production for the Coronet Half Cent (1840-1857)
• Last year of production for the Braided Hair Large Cent (1840-1857)

• First year of issue for the Saint-Gaudens’ Indian Head Eagle/$10 Gold Piece (1907-1933)
• First year of issue for the Saint-Gaudens’ Liberty Double Eagle/$20 Gold Piece
  (1907-1933)
• Last year of production for the Coronet Double Eagle/$20 Gold Piece (1849-1907)
• Last year of production for the Coronet Eagle/$10 Gold Piece (1838-1907)
• Last year of production for Coronet Quarter Eagle/$2.50 Gold Piece (1840-1907)

• Last year of authorized production for the Liberty Head Five-Cent Piece (1883-1912)

• Grant Memorial Commemorative Half Dollar (1922)
• Grant Memorial Commemorative Gold Dollar (1922)

• Vermont Sesquicentennial Commemorative Half Dollar (1927)

• Battle of Antietam Commemorative Half Dollar (1937)
• Roanoke Island, NC Commemorative Half Dollar (1937)

• First year of production for the Jefferson Wartime (Silver alloy) Five-Cent Pieces
  (1942-1945)

• First year of Official Mint Sets [Uncirculated coin sets packaged by the U.S. Mint] (1947)
• Last year of production for the Walking Liberty Half Dollar (1916-1947)
• Return to original alloy of 0.950 copper/0.050 tin and zinc for the Lincoln Cent after three years of the "cartridge shell" alloy of 0.950 copper/0.050 zinc following the steel cents of 1943

• Last year of production for the Special Mint Sets (1965-1967)
• Last year of alleged collector-caused "coin shortage" that forced the U.S. Mint to issue coins without mint marks for three years (1965-1967)

• George Washington Commemorative Half Dollar [First of the modern commemoratives] (1982)

• U.S. Constitution Bicentennial Commemorative Silver Dollar and Half Eagle/$5.00 Gold Piece (1987)

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