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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2267124, member: 15929&quot;]&quot;Planchet Size&quot; should be at the top of the list followed by planchet hardness and then relief.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1972 (The Ice Ages?) the Lincoln Cent Reverse dies produced the most coins per die with over 1.2 million strikes before retirement. (1.2 million coins on average)</p><p>The Eisenhower Dollar produced far fewer strikes before retirement with only 100,000 per Obverse die. (100,000 coins on average)</p><p><br /></p><p>The above figures were pulled from the Authoritative Reference on Eisenhower Dollars and were provided by the US Mint as a request from Herbert Hicks in 1972.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since relief does play a part and coin relief has been lowered significantly since 1972, I expect that the above and below figures have increased dramatically.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]451097[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A Freedom of Information Act Request could be submitted for accurate numbers for today. Perhaps even for earlier years but it would be fairly costly since, from what I understand, the requestor picks up the tab for informational research.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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