Home >> Collecting >> Coin Collecting

How to Obtain U.S. Mint Bags

U.S. Mint bags are canvas bags used to transport coins from the mint to banks. Traditionally, these bags would be filled with coins, sewn shut, and cut open again when they reached their destination. The bags would then be sent back to the mint and reused. The U.S. Mint has begun discontinuing the use of these bags, as technology allows mints to ship coins in other ways. As a result, mint bags are slowly becoming collector's items. U.S. Mint bags are available from many sources, including the government.

Instructions

- 1
  Visit the U.S. Mint online product catalog on the official United States Mint website. The mint bags for sale here are new and uncirculated (unused). In 2009, you could expect to pay from about $30 to over $300 at the U.S. mint online store.
- 2
  Check eBay.com or other auction sites. Through sites like these, you may find circulated bags, vintage and possibly antique mint bags. Prices will range from a few dollars to well over $50, depending on what you are looking for. For example, an uncirculated 2001 half-dollar mint bag for Kennedy half dollars sold for $125 on eBay.
- 3
  Visit your local coin collector's shop. Mint bags are a common commodity and usually available at these places.

Coin Collecting