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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 632387, member: 307&quot;]mintage alone is not the determining factor in key and semi-key date coins. Take for example Roosevelt dimes. The 1955 Philadelphia issue (12.828 million) coins are the lowest mintage, but the 1949-S (13.51 million) is the toughest to come by, thereby making it the key date coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Lincoln cents, the 1931-S is the lowest mintage (866,000), but the 1914-D (1.193 million) is the key. </p><p><br /></p><p>It generally has more to do with how hard they are to come by rather than strictly mintage, so honestly what I do is look at the price lists and see what coin is worth the most. But be careful, coins are sometimes key dates in one condition, and another in a higher grade. An example of one is the 1921-D and S half dollars. The D mintage is far lower at 208,000 coins, and is generally the key date until you get to XF condition, where the 21-S is worth roughly twice as much. </p><p><br /></p><p>Other examples exist, but I thought that this would give you a basic idea. For a good price list, try the PCGS guide online: <a href="http://www.pcgs.com/prices/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/prices/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/prices/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>hope that helps[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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