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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 3522226, member: 9270&quot;]My guess is about 7,000; 3,500 for each side.</p><p>But I believe that the anvil die (the one fixed in place) often lasts longer than the hammer die.</p><p>And I haven&#039;t included the edge die which makes the reeding.</p><p><br /></p><p>My guess is based on a die life number that vaguely sticks in my head from years ago.</p><p>That number is 250,000.</p><p>So 860,000,000 ÷ 250,000 = 3,440 (I rounded up to 3,500)</p><p>For all I know the Mint may have improved die life since then.</p><p><br /></p><p>[Time passes.]</p><p><br /></p><p>A quick search found this:</p><p>&quot; The average life of a Lincoln cent die is about 1 million coins.&quot;</p><p>If that&#039;s a more realistic figure the divide my guesstimate by 4.</p><p>That would cut the number for each side to a bit lower than 1,000.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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