diff --git a/lib/mempool/mempool.js b/lib/mempool/mempool.js
index 17c4b4af..b365c23c 100644
--- a/lib/mempool/mempool.js
+++ b/lib/mempool/mempool.js
@@ -502,6 +502,28 @@ class Mempool extends EventEmitter {
     return Coin.fromTX(entry.tx, index, -1);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Check whether coin is still unspent.
+   * @param {Hash} hash
+   * @param {Number} index
+   * @returns {boolean}
+   */
+
+  hasCoin(hash, index) {
+    const entry = this.map.get(hash);
+
+    if (!entry)
+      return false;
+
+    if (this.isSpent(hash, index))
+      return false;
+
+    if (index >= entry.tx.outputs.length)
+      return false;
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Check to see if a coin has been spent. This differs from
    * {@link ChainDB#isSpent} in that it actually maintains a
@@ -1689,6 +1711,8 @@ class Mempool extends EventEmitter {
 
   /**
    * Get coin viewpoint (lock).
+   * Note: this does not return
+   * historical view of coins from the indexers.
    * @method
    * @param {TX} tx
    * @returns {Promise} - Returns {@link CoinView}.
@@ -1697,12 +1721,40 @@ class Mempool extends EventEmitter {
   async getSpentView(tx) {
     const unlock = await this.locker.lock();
     try {
-      return await this.getCoinView(tx);
+      return await this._getSpentView(tx);
     } finally {
       unlock();
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get coin viewpoint
+   * @param {TX} tx
+   * @returns {Promise} - Returns {@link CoinView}
+   */
+
+  async _getSpentView(tx) {
+    const view = new CoinView();
+
+    for (const {prevout} of tx.inputs) {
+      const {hash, index} = prevout;
+      const tx = this.getTX(hash);
+
+      if (tx) {
+        if (index < tx.outputs.length)
+          view.addIndex(tx, index, -1);
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      const coin = await this.chain.readCoin(prevout);
+
+      if (coin)
+        view.addEntry(prevout, coin);
+    }
+
+    return view;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get coin viewpoint (no lock).
    * @method
@@ -1718,7 +1770,7 @@ class Mempool extends EventEmitter {
       const tx = this.getTX(hash);
 
       if (tx) {
-        if (index < tx.outputs.length)
+        if (this.hasCoin(hash, index))
           view.addIndex(tx, index, -1);
         continue;
       }
diff --git a/test/mempool-test.js b/test/mempool-test.js
index 992e82e4..1828c215 100644
--- a/test/mempool-test.js
+++ b/test/mempool-test.js
@@ -177,6 +177,56 @@ describe('Mempool', function() {
     }));
   });
 
+  it('should get spend coins and reflect in coinview', async () => {
+    const wallet = new MemWallet();
+    const script = Script.fromAddress(wallet.getAddress());
+    const dummyCoin = dummyInput(script, random.randomBytes(32));
+
+    // spend first output
+    const mtx1 = new MTX();
+    mtx1.addOutput(wallet.getAddress(), 50000);
+    mtx1.addCoin(dummyCoin);
+    wallet.sign(mtx1);
+
+    // spend second tx
+    const tx1 = mtx1.toTX();
+    const coin1 = Coin.fromTX(tx1, 0, -1);
+    const mtx2 = new MTX();
+
+    mtx2.addOutput(wallet.getAddress(), 10000);
+    mtx2.addOutput(wallet.getAddress(), 30000); // 10k fee..
+    mtx2.addCoin(coin1);
+
+    wallet.sign(mtx2);
+
+    const tx2 = mtx2.toTX();
+
+    await mempool.addTX(tx1);
+
+    {
+      const view = await mempool.getCoinView(tx2);
+      assert(view.hasEntry(coin1));
+    }
+
+    await mempool.addTX(tx2);
+
+    // we should not have coins available in the mempool for these txs.
+    {
+      const view = await mempool.getCoinView(tx1);
+      const sview = await mempool.getSpentView(tx1);
+
+      assert(!view.hasEntry(dummyCoin));
+      assert(sview.hasEntry(dummyCoin));
+    }
+
+    {
+      const view = await mempool.getCoinView(tx2);
+      const sview = await mempool.getSpentView(tx2);
+      assert(!view.hasEntry(coin1));
+      assert(sview.hasEntry(coin1));
+    }
+  });
+
   it('should handle locktime', async () => {
     const key = KeyRing.generate();