The 2026 9/11 half dollar did not need a full reporting week to take over the U.S. Mint’s sales tables. It needed about three and a half days. Preorders for the Philadelphia struck Enduring Liberty half dollar carrying a NEVER FORGET privy mark opened at noon ET on September 10, and by the time the reporting period closed on September 13 the 20-coin roll and the 100-coin bag held the top two positions on the Mint’s best seller list.
Between them, the two products account for 2,276,600 half dollars and roughly $2.94 million in orders at issue prices. Neither carries a mintage, product or household order limit, which means the final mintage of the issue is being decided right now by whoever places an order before the window closes on September 25.
The First Three and a Half Days
The 20-coin roll opened with 32,980 units and the 100-coin bag with 16,170, according to CoinNews. Those figures work out to 659,600 coins from the rolls and 1,617,000 from the bags.
Scale matters here more than the raw totals. The third best selling product in the same report, the 2026-W proof Silver Eagle, added 1,508 units and sits at 440,117 sold. The fourth, the 2026 President Donald J. Trump $1 25-coin roll, added 1,015. The 9/11 roll outsold the rest of the Mint’s catalog by a factor that no other 2026 product has come close to touching, and it did it with most of the ordering window still ahead of it.
Rolls Sold, Bags Delivered
Collectors bought roughly twice as many rolls as bags. The bags still carried 71% of the coins.
That split says something about how the two products are being used. The roll costs $40 and holds $10 in face value, which works out to $2 a coin. The bag costs $100 and holds $50 in face value, or $1 a coin. The roll is the cheaper way in, the bag is the cheaper coin, and the buying pattern suggests a large number of collectors taking a single roll for the album alongside a smaller group of buyers taking bags in quantity.
Both are circulating quality clad pieces. Each half dollar is 8.33% nickel with the balance copper, weighs 11.340 grams, measures 30.61 mm across and has a reeded edge. There is no silver in either product, a point that catches out a fair number of first time buyers of Mint commemorative packaging.
No Limit on the 9/11 Half Dollar
The absence of a cap is the part of this story that will still matter in five years.
Every other Enduring Liberty collector product has had a ceiling, and collectors watched those ceilings arrive. The $60 two-roll set was limited to 100,000 and now reports 99,748 sold, 99.7% of its allocation, and has been listed as unavailable for some time. The $180 200-coin bag is capped at 50,000 and reached 44,861 in this report after adding 978 units, taking it to just under 90% of its limit.
The 9/11 products have no such number attached. Their mintage will be whatever the order book says on September 25 at 3 p.m. ET, and after 2,276,600 coins in the first partial week, the eventual figure is unlikely to look scarce.
| 2026 Enduring Liberty half dollar products | Coins per unit | Issue price | Reported sales | Coins represented | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/11 20-Coin Roll (P) | 20 | $40 | 32,980 | 659,600 | None |
| 9/11 100-Coin Bag (P) | 100 | $100 | 16,170 | 1,617,000 | None |
| Two-Roll Set (P&D) | 40 | $60 | 99,748 | 3,989,920 | 100,000 |
| 200-Coin Bag (P&D) | 200 | $180 | 44,861 | 8,972,200 | 50,000 |
Added together, the Mint’s collector products have now placed more than 15.2 million Enduring Liberty half dollars into collector hands, before counting anything released through commerce.
Two Privy Marks, Two Different Coins
The confusion in the hobby right now is not about the sales figures. It is about which 9/11 half dollar is which, because there are two, and they are not interchangeable.
The coins in this sales report are the Philadelphia issue. They carry a P mintmark and a privy mark showing 9-11-01 encircled by the words NEVER FORGET, and the Mint is selling them directly in rolls and bags. The other issue is struck at West Point, carries a W mintmark and uses ALWAYS REMEMBER around the same date. The Mint presented 2,983 of those to the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum on August 21, a figure matching the number of names inscribed on the Memorial, and on September 14 shipped 250,000 more to Federal Reserve Banks for random release into circulation nationwide.
So one of them is bought, and the other has to be found. Collectors hunting the W mintmark coins in change will not find them by ordering the rolls and bags in this report.
Both use the one year only Enduring Liberty design created for the Semiquincentennial. The obverse, by Donna Weaver and sculpted by John McGraw, gives a close view of the Statue of Liberty looking outward, with the dual date 1776 ~ 2026. The reverse, by Beth Zaiken and sculpted by Darla Jackson, shows Liberty passing her torch to a new generation beneath the inscription KNOWLEDGE IS THE ONLY GUARDIAN OF TRUE LIBERTY. The design replaced the John F. Kennedy portrait that had appeared on the denomination since 1964.
Behind the Two Leaders
Strip out the 9/11 products and the rest of the report is quiet. Only two other products gained more than 1,000 units, against six in the previous report.
The 2026-W proof Silver Eagle led that group at 440,117, and the Trump $1 25-coin roll reached 149,539. Below them the movement thins quickly: the 2026-P reverse proof Morgan dollar added 813 to reach 162,117, the reverse proof Peace dollar added 558, the enhanced uncirculated Peace dollar added 446, the 2026 silver proof set added 336, and the 1804 Silver Dollar gold coin and silver medal set added 319 to reach 11,952, the strongest percentage gain in the Best of Mint series.
Where the Report Went Backwards
Ten products finished the period lower than they started, against 7 in the prior report.
One decline dwarfs the rest. The 2026 Calvin Coolidge Presidential Silver Medal fell 2,020 units to 8,056, a drop of 20% of its reported total in a single week. The Mint’s tables do not explain reversals of this kind, and losses at this scale usually reflect cancelled or returned orders being backed out of the count rather than anything happening on the production floor. The 1916 Mercury Dime gold coin and silver medal set was the next largest faller at 135, down to 29,764. After that the losses are small: 23 off the 2021 Mint Set, 22 off the 2026 Freedom 250 Race Medal, 17 off the 2026 Mint Set, 6 off the 2026-W enhanced uncirculated Silver Eagle and 5 off the 2023-P Mississippi Innovation dollar 100-coin bags.
Reading the Slowdown
The headline momentum number looks alarming and should not be read straight. Just 32 of the Mint’s 693 listed products outpaced their gains from the prior report, down from 106.
Two things sit behind that. The previous reporting period ran an extra day because of the holiday, giving every product more time on the clock, while this period ran one day shorter. The comparison is not like for like. The second factor is structural: so many 2026 dated products are now unavailable that the pool of items capable of posting a gain has shrunk considerably, which has made this particular measure harder to interpret all year.
Reporting period September 8 to 13, ranked by units gained.
| # | Product | Gain | Latest total | % increase |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-P Enduring Liberty 9/11 Half Dollars, 20-Coin Roll | +32,980 | 32,980 | new |
| 2 | 2026-P Enduring Liberty 9/11 Half Dollars, 100-Coin Bag | +16,170 | 16,170 | new |
| 3 | 2026-W Proof Silver Eagle | +1,508 | 440,117 | 0.34% |
| 4 | 2026 President Donald J. Trump $1, 25-Coin Roll | +1,015 | 149,539 | 0.68% |
| 5 | 2026 P&D Enduring Liberty Half Dollars, 200-Coin Bag | +978 | 44,861 | 2.23% |
| 6 | 2026-P Reverse Proof Morgan Silver Dollar | +813 | 162,117 | 0.50% |
| 7 | 2026-P Reverse Proof Peace Silver Dollar | +558 | 146,850 | 0.38% |
| 8 | 2026 Enhanced Uncirculated Peace Silver Dollar | +446 | 93,250 | 0.48% |
| 9 | 2026 Silver Proof Set | +336 | 266,481 | 0.13% |
| 10 | 1804 Silver Dollar Gold Coin and Silver Medal Set | +319 | 11,952 | 2.74% |
Two things the ranking hides. By percentage rather than units, the 1776 ~ 2026-W uncirculated Palladium Eagle was the strongest mover in the whole report at 4.33%, adding 207 to reach 4,985, but its small base keeps it out of the top ten. And the gap between second and third place is the real headline: the 9/11 bag added ten times what the Silver Eagle did, and the roll added twenty times.
What Happens Next
The interesting number in this report is not 2,276,600. It is the deadline. A commemorative issue with no cap is an issue whose scarcity is written entirely by a calendar, and the 2026 9/11 half dollar has one week of that calendar left before ordering closes on September 25 at 3 p.m. ET. Shipping is expected to begin December 3, which means buyers will spend most of the autumn knowing exactly what they bought and not knowing how many other people bought it. The final number, whenever the Mint publishes it, will be the one that decides whether this issue is remembered as a landmark of the Semiquincentennial year or as the most widely held half dollar of it.
Frequently asked questions
What is the 2026 9/11 half dollar? It is a 1776 ~ 2026 Enduring Liberty half dollar struck at the Philadelphia Mint with a special privy mark on the obverse showing 9-11-01 encircled by the words NEVER FORGET. The U.S. Mint is selling it to collectors in 20-coin rolls and 100-coin bags during a limited preorder window. It commemorates those killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks and the February 26, 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.
How many were sold in the first sales report? Opening orders totaled 32,980 rolls and 16,170 bags, which together represent 2,276,600 half dollars. That is 659,600 coins from the rolls and 1,617,000 from the bags. The figures cover the reporting period ending September 13, so they reflect only the first three and a half days of ordering.
What do the roll and the bag cost? The 20-coin roll is $40 and the 100-coin bag is $100. That works out to $2 per coin from a roll and $1 per coin from a bag. Face value is $10 for the roll and $50 for the bag.
Is there a mintage limit? No. Neither the roll nor the bag carries a listed mintage, product or household order limit. The final mintage will be determined by total orders placed before the window closes, which is different from the earlier Enduring Liberty two-roll set and 200-coin bag, both of which had fixed caps.
When does ordering close and when do the coins ship? Ordering runs through September 25 at 3 p.m. ET. The Mint expects shipping to begin on December 3.
Are these coins silver? No. They are circulating quality clad half dollars composed of 8.33% nickel with the balance copper. Each weighs 11.340 grams, measures 30.61 mm in diameter and has a reeded edge.
What is the difference between the NEVER FORGET coins and the ALWAYS REMEMBER coins? They are two separate issues. The NEVER FORGET coins are struck at Philadelphia, carry a P mintmark and are sold directly by the Mint in rolls and bags. The ALWAYS REMEMBER coins are struck at West Point, carry a W mintmark, and are not being sold by the Mint at all. The Mint presented 2,983 of them to the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum on August 21 and released 250,000 more into circulation through Federal Reserve Banks on September 14.
Why did the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Silver Medal drop by more than 2,000? The medal fell 2,020 units to 8,056 in this report. The Mint’s sales tables do not give reasons for declines, and reversals of this size usually reflect cancelled or returned orders being removed from the running total rather than any change in production. No explanation has been published.
