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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kentucky, post: 3636890, member: 33176&quot;]As a young collector in the 50&#039;s, s mints were always harder to find since the mintages were smaller.&nbsp; From the mint...</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>San Francisco and West Point Mint Marks</b></font></p><p><img src="https://www.usmint.gov/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019-lincoln-penny-proof-obverse-west-point-150x150.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Special 2019 “W” Lincoln Penny Proof Obverse</p><p>Use of the “S” and “W” mint marks was sporadic because of changing conditions. The “S” Mint mark was used on San Francisco coins until 1975, although production in San Francisco was suspended between 1955 and 1965. San Francisco made cents for circulation from 1968 through 1974, nickels from 1968 through 1970, and dimes in 1975.</p><p><br /></p><p>Circulating cents were manufactured in the early 1980s at San Francisco and the West Point Bullion Depository, but no mint marks were used, assuring maximum circulation of this small production.</p><p><br /></p><p>Special Mint sets were produced for collectors at San Francisco from 1965 through 1967, but no mint marks were used because of then-current restrictions.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1968, proof coin production was moved from Philadelphia to San Francisco, where the proof coins gained the “S” mark. Proofs subsequently made at West Point carry the “W” mint mark.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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