1888 Indian head cent

It makes utterly no difference what the mintage may be, it's the number of survivors that matter. As you note, the 1877 IHC, 1919-S VDB and 1916-D Mercury dime are actually priced high due to the popularity of the series being collected despite large numbers of them being available.

Of course, there's a lot else that goes into pricing than simply survivorship but the original mintage is meaningless by itself.

 

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