Anyone Ever Find A 1970-S Small Date Lincoln?

When I lived near SF, I looked for ~15 years without any luck. I've found mine in dealer's bargain bins of singles cut from mint sets.

For as difficult as they are to find, they really aren't that expensive, which is surprising. Mine is raw and was purchased from a dealer about 3 or 4 years ago for $65 if I remember right. It's full red and probably grades MS62/63. It fits right in with the rest of my Memorials.

in general all the 60's and 70's S marks dont appear much in circulation

been searching for 6 months ( reg change I get from my icecream truck ) about 100-200 pennies a week

so far 68,69,71,73,74 all s marks in heavy circulated condition
the 74 is the regular style "s" mark not the transitional one.


those early s marks just dont show up much in pocket change

Most are not really worth a lot more than others but so many people hoard S minted coins it becomes noticable that there are less in circulation and have been like this for a long time. At most coin shows it appears any S mint coin is selling for more than even a better graded D mint of the same year. This is also true of other denominations, not just cents.
I too used to save all 1970S Cents thinking some day I'll go through them and find lots of those small dates. After about 10 rolls saved I went through them and found none of the small dates so into the bank with the rest.

The mintage #'s for business strike 68 through 74 S-mint Memorials are very low. I don't know if there is any premium for them right now, but I'm keeping every one I find anyway. They might not be worth much in my lifetime, but I have 3 sons...and one granddaughter...

Time will tell.

thanks for the info!

Don't know much about the cents, but that cent in the mint set is on my shopping list to snag if the opportunity