Specific Year or Coin Requests

Here's How They Work

Every coin we use already has a year and a mint mark on it — sometimes that matters to you, sometimes it doesn't. If it does (an anniversary year, a birth year, a year that means something specific), here's exactly how to make that happen.

The short version

Email us before you order with the coin and year you want. We'll tell you if it's available, whether there's any added cost, and how long it'll take. Once we agree on the details, you place your order and we get to work.

Why it has to start with an email

Our website doesn't have a way to pick a specific year at checkout — every order goes through our standard process unless you talk to us first. That's intentional. Specific-year sourcing involves a few things a simple dropdown can't handle:

• Not every year exists. Some coins simply weren't minted in certain years — a request for a year that was never struck is more common than you'd think, and we'd rather catch that before you order than after. For example, Morgan Silver Dollars were minted from 1878 to 1904 (and again briefly in 1921) — so a request for, say, a 1968 Morgan is asking for a year that simply doesn't exist.
• Pricing varies by year. Some years are common; others are scarcer and cost significantly more. The extreme end of that scale: a 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle recently sold at auction for roughly $18.9 million. Most year-specific requests are nowhere near that, but it shows how much rarity can move a coin's price. We can't post a single price for "any year" because there isn't one.
• It takes a bit of our time to track down the right coin through our network of trusted, proven coin dealers, confirm it, and get it into production — time we build into the conversation.

What it costs

We maintain a cache of high quality coins for most products in our standing collections. If we already have your year on hand (this is often the case for the more common requests, like a particular American Silver Eagle or Morgan Silver Dollar year), there's usually no added charge at all.

If we have to source it specifically, you'll pay the cost difference for that coin (some years simply cost more than others) plus a small sourcing fee to cover the time it takes to find it, confirm it, and handle that extra step. For gold pieces especially, this is more often the case — gold coin years vary more in price and availability than silver coin years.

We'll always tell you the total cost before you order anything. No surprise charges.

How long it takes

Our standard pieces — made from coins we already keep on hand — leave our hands in 1-3 business days. A specific-year request typically adds 2-4 business days on top of that, since we're sourcing the coin itself before forging can start.

What happens after you order

Once you've emailed us, we'll confirm the year and any added cost, and send you a revised invoice reflecting any price difference. From there, you place your order and we begin sourcing your coin right away — often within a couple of hours. Once that sourcing starts, the order is locked in on our end, since we've now committed to that specific coin on your behalf. If you need to make changes, the window to do that is before sourcing starts — so the earlier you reach out, the more flexibility you have.

Just want something we already carry?

You don't need to do any of this. Browse and order normally — most of our pieces are made from coins we keep in reserve, and there's no extra step, cost, or wait beyond our standard turnaround.

Ready to ask?

Reply to any of our emails, or reach out directly at terry@silverstatefoundry.com — tell us the coin and year you're thinking of, and we'll get back to you with availability, cost, and timeline.