Most common wheat cents

What are the most common wheat cents that can be found in circulation? And which wheat cents are the hardest to find (not including keys or semi-keys)?

 

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Check out the mintage figures... should give you a pretty good idea:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_cent_mintage_figures

Off the top of my head, the easiest to find are from the 1950's, then the 1940's, etc. But you probably knew that, right?

 

Like what Dougmeister said, 40s and 50s. Late 30s are common too. During the 1950s D mint marks are extremely common, unlike P or S mms.

 

Having gone thru thousands, 57D, 56D, 44P and D and 45P are the ones I had the most of by far. 42S, 49S, 52P 53P and of course 55S are more difficult pulls.

 

44P & 45P, 56D, 57D, 58D are the five most common historically for me. A lot also has to do with location... being out on the west coast, I'll sometimes see 42-S and 55-S wheaties, but finding a 54-P is next to impossible.

 

I find LOTS of 1940 & 1941's (P)

In the northeast here, almost everything is P-mint. 1950's D's are common enough, 40s once in awhile, anything older than 1940 with a mint mark is a lucky find. I've found 1913-D, 1915-D, 1916-D in the past year or two... just need that '14 to fill the sequence...

 

HAHA... yeah, we all would like to find that one.

 

Are 55 s sought out for? if so what makes them disireable?

 

The 55s are mainly in original mint rolls.
Less of them are circulated because of extreme hoarding in the mid fifties.
Remember these pieces were for a long time the last s mintmarked cents, and public was aware of this.

 

how scarce are these coins?

 

They are common generally spoken, but scarce in the context of the Lincoln series.

 

but i bet any collector of the lincoln series would have one, right?

 

Yes and sometimes in very high condition since these coins come fresh out of a roll.

 

here is one for you, wild find. Sorry not slabbed. I guess this is what people call pocket change? I read that alot on this forum
1955 s rpm fs-021.97

 

As of 10 days ago my leaders out of 161 found in 3 1/2 months were:

1. 56-D - 19
2. 57-D - 17
3. 58-D - 12
4. 52-D - 9
5. 44-P - 8

 

I feel like I'm a 44p and 46p magnet, 55 thru 57 p and D also all very common

 

I'm guessing you're on the East coast somewhere. We don't get that many of the 55-57 Ps out here. And I have yet to find a 54 Philly. The 56D, 57D, 58D, and 44 Philly are the most common out here on the left coast.

 

Ya I'm in MA, just found my first 54 and 54D this week. So theyre obtainable, but not very common out here either.