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I never find any "s" mint Lincoln cents until the other day I found one 1974 s penny.
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06/21/2017 2:34 pm
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From 1968 through 1974 San Francisco made circulating and proof lincolns. Since 1975 they only make proof cents.
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From 1968 through 1974 San Francisco made circulating and proof lincolns. Since 1975 they only make proof cents. Why did they stop making circulating cents? Heck it seems like the SF mint only mints Proofs now. Why is this? |
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 I don't know , but I like it just the way it is . Some day all my OBW's of 68-S to 74-S might be worth a pretty red penny .  |
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Wikipedia says the SF Mint provided "supplemental" operations for circulating coins during those years -- it had been shut down since 1955, and otherwise produced mainly proof coins since the reopening in 1968.
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Why did they stop making circulating cents? Heck it seems like the SF mint only mints Proofs now. Why is this? They were releasing way fewer cents compared to Denver and Philadelphia. This made them a target for hoarding and that negated their contribution to circulation. What you may not know is that they actually minted them for circulation after 1975, as did West Point, but without mint marks so they could augment the Philadelphia production.  If I recall correctly, West Point did this in the 1970's and San Francisco in the 1980s. I am sure Conder101 or cladking can verify or correct my memory.  |
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I'm not sure why any of the mints still mint Lincoln cents. |
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Quote:I'm not sure why any of the mints still mint Lincoln cents. It is part political and part incompetence. Some would say those terms are synonymous.  |
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I Love the Lincoln cents. Hope they never stop making them. |
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They can keep them in the mint sets. While they are at it, make these NIFC cents 95% copper.  |
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"What you may not know is that they actually minted them for circulation after 1975, as did West Point, but without mint marks so they could augment the Philadelphia production" Something else that is interesting is that the West Point facility wasn't even an official United States Mint when they were making all those cents. "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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What you may not know is that they actually minted them for circulation after 1975, as did West Point, but without mint marks so they could augment the Philadelphia production.
If I recall correctly, West Point did this in the 1970's and San Francisco in the 1980s. I am sure Conder101 or cladking can verify or correct my memory. Thanks jbuck  Learnt something new today. Always a good thing. Quote:
Something else that is interesting is that the West Point facility wasn't even an official United States Mint when they were making all those cents. I was wondering about that when I read jbucks post. Didn't West Point become an official mint sometime in the mid 90's? |
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From Wikipedia. Emphasis is mine. Quote:
The West Point Mint Facility was erected in 1937 near the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, United States. Originally it was called the West Point Bullion Depository. At one point it had the highest concentration of silver of any U.S. mint facility, and for 12 years produced circulating pennies. It has since minted mostly commemorative coins, and stores gold. It gained official status as a branch of the United States Mint on March 31, 1988. Later that year it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Something else that is interesting is that the West Point facility wasn't even an official United States Mint when they were making all those cents. The San Francisco facility wasn't a mint at that time either. After it's shut down in 1955 it became an Assay Office and didn't regain Mint status until 3/31/1988 along with West Point. San Francisco struck cents without mintmarks from 1978 to 1983. West Point struck them without mintmarks from 1975 to 1986. West Point also struck quarters without mintmarks from 1976 to 1979. West Point struck 376,000 bicentennial quarters. Edited by Conder101
06/22/2017 12:02 pm
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