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Message:: [QUOTE="cladking, post: 2320045, member: 68"]Certainly the '82-P and '83-P are contenders.  But many people assume these are tougher so won't be surprised.  The '83-P is tough because most have excessive marking and the '82-P because they are poorly made.  But most people probably don't realize the '82-P is often in only AU and really nice coins are evenb tougher than they appear. For this reason I'd go with the '69 as the most surprising because they do come in mint sets and are typically ugly.  The '82-P is second probably. The '83-D is nearly as tough as the '83-P so would be 4th.  The '71 is another that is much less available than people realize in nice attractive BU condition.  MS-63's are common enough but MS-64+ not as much.  They made countless millions of these coins but nobody cared and they went into circulation.  Nearly half of the '69's no longer exist at all and the rest are worn.  About a third of the survivors are worn and damaged.  Almost all Unc examples are in mint sets but few of these survive after so many years and most are junky and/ or tarnished.[/QUOTE]