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2012-D Chester A. Arthur, NIFC
| Weight | 8.1 g |
| Diameter | 26.5 mm |
| Mint | Denver |
| Strike | Circulation strike |
| Mintage | 4,060,000 |
| Edge | Lettered (year, mintmark, E PLURIBUS UNUM, IN GOD WE TRUST) |
| Alignment | ↑↓ Coin |
| Composition | Manganese Brass (88.5% Cu, 6% Zn, 3.5% Mn, 2% Ni) |
| Melt value | — |
| Designer | Various |
| Collector's Key ID | CK-4976 |
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Other recorded varieties for 2012-D:
- 2012-D Benjamin Harrison, NIFC · Benjamin Harrison, NIFC
- 2012-D Grover Cleveland 1st Term, NIFC · Grover Cleveland 1st Term, NIFC
- 2012-D Grover Cleveland 2nd Term, NIFC · Grover Cleveland 2nd Term, NIFC
External references
Denver struck 4,060,000 Chester A. Arthur dollars in 2012, the second design of the year and the first Arthur portrait ever to reach a US coin. The figure looks tiny next to 2010 and 2011 Denver totals because it is: 2012 was the first program year produced under the Not Intended For Circulation policy the Mint announced December 13, 2011, when Federal Reserve releases of Presidential Dollars were halted to draw down a roughly billion-coin vault surplus accumulated since 2007. From 2012 forward Denver and Philadelphia struck only what collector channels would absorb, packaged in rolls, boxes, and bags, never bagged for bank distribution. Don Everhart designed and sculpted both the obverse and the Statue of Liberty reverse common to the 2007-2016 business-strike run.
The 2012-D Arthur is therefore not a coin a roll-hunter ever finds in circulation; every survivor traces back to a Mint product. Strike characteristics are clean across the central obverse and reverse, with first softening visible on the high points of Arthur's hair and beard and on Liberty's torch flame. Edge-lettering errors that defined the 2007 Washington "Godless dollar" coverage are far rarer on the NIFC dates because the smaller production runs received closer quality control, but missing-edge and doubled-edge examples do appear and command three-figure premiums when slabbed by PCGS, the Professional Coin Grading Service, or NGC, the Numismatic Guaranty Company. Authentication on raw examples leans on edge-lettering completeness and the satin finish typical of bag-distributed coins.
For collectors, the 2012-D Arthur sits in the early-NIFC tier where mintages dropped roughly an order of magnitude from circulation-era levels but population reports still show ample MS66 and MS67 supply because most coins went straight from Mint roll into a holder. The realistic acquisition path is an original Mint-wrapped roll or a slabbed MS67, both inexpensive and widely available. The pricing premium over circulation-era issues is modest today; what 2012 offers is a clear date-set position as the first NIFC year. For broader context on the December 2011 cutover, see the Presidential Dollar series history.
Reference data only — not an appraisal.
| Grade | Description | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| G-4 | Good (G) | — | — |
| VG-8 | Very Good (VG) | — | — |
| F-12 | Fine (F) | — | — |
| VF-20 | Very Fine (VF) | — | — |
| EF-40 | Extremely Fine (EF) | — | — |
| AU-50 | About Uncirculated (AU) | — | — |
| MS-60 | Uncirculated (MS) | — | — |
| MS-63 | Choice Uncirculated (MS) | — | — |
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