I believe Thomas was correct. Maybe they were hoarded more. In 31 we were in a Great Depression, in 1954 we had just gotten out of Korea and still floundering around prior to Viet Nam. I believe their is a historic reason for a lot of different mintages and shortages available. Take the 2009 Lincoln Pennies or any other coinage minted in 2009 for example. 2009 low mintages are a prime example of low mintages getting scarce. When was the last time you found a 2009 Roosevelt dime in your change? The General
The 1932 is the lowest Philly mint cent in the Wheat series and the 1954 is the lowest Philly mint cent in the Memorial series.
Hey fast Eddie, as much as I'd like to know don't tell us. The guesses are just too good. Great reading.
OH MAN HOW EMBARRASSING!!! AND THERE'S NO GETTING OUT OF THIS ONE!!! Look, at least I got the 1932 right, so I got half of it right. It's like my wife would say, I'm only a half-liar.
Sorry I let you all down in the home stretch. Credit @LaCointessa and @swish513 for figuring out where I was trying to go on this, at least, with the mintages... Meantime, as I head to the barn, with my head hung down in shame, from "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942); enjoy...
No worries. You can redeem yourself by starting a new thread called Coin Talk Jeopardy and post more trivia questions that DO have answers!
Let me start of with one: what is significant about the years 1919, 1930, 1935, 1937, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1948, 1973, 1978, 2015, and 2018 and one type of US coins? Fast Eddie should know this. Edit forgot one year 1977 so 13 years total....
You shouldn't have given me that hint. Triple Crown. OK, here's another one for you smart alecks (affectionately-speaking; lol): What do the 1928-S and 1941-S cents have in common, and that separates them from every other cent?
