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<p>[QUOTE="BadThad, post: 2365217, member: 17261"]It's not a "key date", marketing crap.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nobody knows the exact mintage of each type (zinc/copper). As I recall, the Mint simply kept track of how many were made in a year, the type was not of concern...it is all about volume. Afterall, it is money regardless of how meager a penny seems.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have read many discussions on the topic, you can probably find plenty with google. Again, I am old....as I recall...and my theory of:</p><p><br /></p><p>The first production sets were the LDC but that was only temporary as they prepared to make the switch to copper plated zinc. The mint was having all kinds of trouble with making the zincs, this delayed the change. A pretty huge number of LDC's were produced in the mean time to meet demand.</p><p><br /></p><p>In preparation for the transition the mint changed the copper dies to small date. IMO, they ran these to test new (or just refreshed) dies for the transition. <i>Since this was a "test", I believe these to be the lowest mintage.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>After that they started with the SDZ's. I think the same dies that they used on the SDC. Just a few machine adjustments with those dies and it was started. It wasn't long into production before they changed back to the large date design, making the SDZ also a lower production coin. The year finished with the large date designs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I'm happy to hear someone with a better memory than I on how this went down but...like I said...theory. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BadThad, post: 2365217, member: 17261"]It's not a "key date", marketing crap. Nobody knows the exact mintage of each type (zinc/copper). As I recall, the Mint simply kept track of how many were made in a year, the type was not of concern...it is all about volume. Afterall, it is money regardless of how meager a penny seems. I have read many discussions on the topic, you can probably find plenty with google. Again, I am old....as I recall...and my theory of: The first production sets were the LDC but that was only temporary as they prepared to make the switch to copper plated zinc. The mint was having all kinds of trouble with making the zincs, this delayed the change. A pretty huge number of LDC's were produced in the mean time to meet demand. In preparation for the transition the mint changed the copper dies to small date. IMO, they ran these to test new (or just refreshed) dies for the transition. [I]Since this was a "test", I believe these to be the lowest mintage. [/I] After that they started with the SDZ's. I think the same dies that they used on the SDC. Just a few machine adjustments with those dies and it was started. It wasn't long into production before they changed back to the large date design, making the SDZ also a lower production coin. The year finished with the large date designs. Now, I'm happy to hear someone with a better memory than I on how this went down but...like I said...theory. :D[/QUOTE]
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