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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Midas, post: 116888, member: 2761&quot;]ANY Lincoln Wheaties in MS65RED condition are increasing dramatically in value.&nbsp; First, keeping copper its RED Mint State color is a challenge in itself, and as years pass these Lincolns are being scooped up by collectors who look at one of their &quot;slots&quot; and wish to upgrade it to a higher grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Couple high grade MS Red grades with mintage numbers below 20 million also adds to the mix.</p><p><br /></p><p>Everybody when they first start out collecting coins looks at mintage numbers.&nbsp; How can you not?&nbsp; You have a coin like the 1931-S with only 866,000 minted is the second lowest mintage other than the 1909S-VDB.&nbsp; The problem with the 31-S is that people back then quickly realized that this date is a key and many coins were saved.&nbsp; Of course, this did not happen with the 14-D.&nbsp; People circulated this coin, many did not survive (maybe some ended in a wishing well) and hence one of the reasons why this coin is worth way more than the 31-S even though more were minted.&nbsp; Survival numbers are low!</p><p><br /></p><p>Age - mintage numbers - surviability - grade - market demand all play a role in these Lincolns and <u>any</u> coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am betting that Lincolns will even be more &quot;hotter&quot; than they are now when the 100th year of the Lincoln cent is minted with 4 differant reverses in 2009.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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