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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 2676151, member: 77413&quot;]In 1968 Proof coin production resumed. Although San Francisco had produced Special Mint Sets for three years, they had no mint marks. The S mint mark had not appeared on a Lincoln cent since 1955. In 1968 it came back.</p><p><br /></p><p>San Francisco produced 258,270,001 business strikes (what did they do with the extra penny?), and around 3 million proof cents. You could get the proof set for $5, and it is still widely available for under $10.</p><p><br /></p><p>By 1968 all detail was gone from Lincoln&#039;s beard. All of these coins are quite smooth, in contrast to the sharp sculpting found in the early years of the series. This is the last year of that deterioration - the dies were due for retooling.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1968 Proof</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]597026[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>1968 Business strikes</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]597023[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]597024[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]597025[/ATTACH] </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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