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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 1575975, member: 4626&quot;]This is exactly why the 1950 D Jefferson nickel, despite technically being the rarest of the entire issue, can still be had for around $20 even in uncirculated condition.&nbsp; Despite it technically being rare (well rare-<i>EST</i>, more than 2 million were minted), everyone knew it was going to be rare, so they saved a bunch and now it&#039;s not hard at all to find ms/au examples of it.&nbsp; (See the Roosevelt dimes; none of them were really rare at all.&nbsp; Technically the rarest ever issued for general circulation is the 1955, but they still minted 12 million of those.&nbsp; Strictly speaking the rarest one is the 1950 proof.)</p><p><br /></p><p>So 1931 S Lincoln cent... yeah surprised it&#039;s not faked more often than it is; you see a lot of fake 1914-Ds and 1909-S VDBs out there, but these are rarities well known even to a lot of people that don&#039;t know a lot about coins.&nbsp; The 1931-S is actually rarer than the 1914-D technically but because so many collectors knew it was going to be rare, it was saved in large quantities, thus is a lot easier to find these days.&nbsp; Some might be faked but this coin isn&#039;t as &quot;famous&quot; as the 1914-D so less people bother I guess.&nbsp; This is the second-rarest Lincoln cent, only the 1909-S VDSB is rarer (*which is also the only other issue to have a mintage of less than a million), but it&#039;s not at all that hard to find.</p><p><br /></p><p>(*among known mintages intended for general circulation; some varieties may be rarer, but official mintage figures for them don&#039;t exist; and many proof issues are rarer, but obviously not meant for circulation.&nbsp; Strictly speaking the rarest Lincoln cent with a known official mintage figure is the 1916 matte proof, only about 1000 of them were minted.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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