Lowest minted cent/penny

Hi

Sooooooo.... I’m going to assume the 2018 s reverse shield from the 2018 s Silver Proof set is the lowest minted cent/penny. 200,000 sets were created in total. This is beating out the 2017 s SP shield from the 2017 s 225th anniversary set.

They were claiming the 2017 s was the lowest mintage at the time... WRONG! From what I gather, they created 225,000 anniversary sets that had the 2017 s SP finish in the sets.... What about all the 2017 s DCAMS created? Huh? There are no mintages to show.

I’m so confused

 

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1856 Flying Eagle 2,000

 

Not the silver-center cent? Or any of the other patterns?

 

Regular issue, if the 1856 flying eagle is considered a pattern, would be the 1793 Liberty Cap at around 11,000. [oops, mistyped as 1865, fixed it!]

 

So the 1793 is the lowest? If so, than why did they claim the 1909 s VDB the lowest mintage... I’m hoping I understand what you are saying ...

 

Yes I see now.. the large cent is minted at 11,056... then why do they claim the 1909 s VDB lowest... Hmmmmmm. Maybe they don’t consider the large cent the lowest... because it’s a large lol..

 

Ahhhh... The lowest minted Lincoln I guess many of us forget about the series. Silly

 

Now see what you've started.

 

1909-S Indian has a lower mintage than the '09-S VDB Lincoln.

 

If your including proof then all 9 of the Proof Lincolns from 1909 to 1916 combined equal only a fraction of the two Lincolns you’re referring to. The 1916 has a mintage of 1,050.

The 1909-S VDB has a mintage of over 480,000.

 

You’re gonna need to define “cent” and “mintage” if you want an accurate answer.

 

And regular issue, proof, pattern, error etc

 

The 1909-S VDB is readily available if you have the money to buy it. It is not rare. Not a Lincoln guy, but apparently many, many Lincoln collectors keep the demand high.

 

If you want to go by official mintage figures then it's the 1824 Official mintage is zero ( the actual mintage was include with that of 1824, but the 1823 report says zero.)

 

Hi

I looked up the 1916 Lincoln cent and it’s not 1,050 ... where are you getting this information from?

 

http://lincolncents.net/lincoln-cent-mintages/

 

That's the mintage of 1916 proof cents.

Those are mintages of business strike cents.

 

Mintage number in red circle.

 

That’s not the mintage amount from mint.. lol

 

The 1916 Lincoln, Wheat Ears Reverse has a business strike mintage if 131,833,677 and a proof mintage of 1,050. Please read your R.S. Yeoman Red Book. If you don't have a Red Book please go by one. It is a great guide and it's resourceful.