Just for a little fun, what do the 1932 and 1954 cents have in common, and that separates them from every other cent?
I read that 1954 was the lowest production year for the 1950s for us cents and 1932 there were only less than 20 million were minted. That seems sort of low. Was that the lowest production year in the 1930s? Yep. I went back to check and it was the lowest production year for the 1930s. But that doesn't make sense because every decade would have a year where less or more were minted. Has to be something else.
Right. I read the tables wrong. Maybe it has to do with lowest years for mintage in Philadelphia. I just checked it briefly. Let me look at that more closely. Nope...Close, but no cigar. I am really looking forward to learning the answer.
I was looking at that and for 1954 it was 71,640,050 (Philadelphia Mint) 1929 was 39,157,000 (Philly) so that does not work. Must be something else. Maybe some little difference in the design? But I can't see it. Metal composition is exactly the same, size and weight, same, designer the same. I don't know what "in their era" means. I would think that they would have to be within the years of the wheat back design. Let's have it OP! Pulleeeese! :-D
My guess was based upon their era, or decade, and the mint where they were made. The 1930s and 1950s in Philly. I don't know the answer, I was just guessing while we wait for the answer.
I'm stumped as well (all I can see is lowest Philly mintage for their respective decades, but that can't be it).
1932 and 1954 were the only years when Philly had the lowest mintage out of all the mints making coins?
1932 is the 23rd year for the lincoln cent (1932-1909=23) 1954 is the 45th year for the lincoln cent (1954-1909=45)
1956, 1957 and 1958 Philly had the lowest mintage. If you were to include proof coins, Philly was still lower in 1956 & 1958. Philly was also the lowest in the Zinc coated steel cents in 1943.
