What Years Did The San Francisco Mint Make Lincoln Memorial Cents?

I didn't realize that the SF mint had closed down for a while. Interesting.

I would think the 1970-S Small Date would be considered the key to the LMC series.

The '84-D is more expensive as is the '86-P. The most expensive regular issue is the '86-D.

The ranking will change in the future because the real scarcities are invisible in a market with no demand and there is not really any demand for these coins. I think the '68-S and '69 will do very well in nice choice bright condition but the '68 will be second in MS-64 and above and the '84-P will be first. These dates are corroding in the mint sets and the '84 looked like junk when it was new. Early zincs had gaps in the plating and most roll coins will turn to zinc oxide.

In very high grades there are some key dates that are invisible because they have high populations now due to the way we grade coins.

None of the memorial cents are really tough in Unc but people would be surprised to know how few corroded or blackened zincs still survive of many dates.

The varieties are interesting and some are popular with collectors.