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biker420 Valued Member United States 58 Posts	Posted 02/11/2021 4:21 pm like to know I little more about the s mint and what coins that are s mint that could be valuable and wanna know information on this coin Report this Post to the Staff

Christian18 Valued Member United States 70 Posts	Posted 02/11/2021 5:04 pm S denotes the San Francisco mint. It used to make regular business strike coins like the one you have but today they mainly make proof coins. S mint coins aren't inherently more valuable but there are some rare coins that happen to be struck there. Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21603 Posts	Posted 02/11/2021 5:08 pm Not sure what you want to know but I will tell you what I know. They are made from 95% copper and weigh 3.11g The S means they were struck at the San Francisco Mint. There were 409,426,660 business strikes There were 2,612,568 Proof strikes So as you can see,they are pretty common. Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19150 Posts	Posted 02/11/2021 5:25 pm Background info in the San Francisco mint: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Mint Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/11/2021 6:09 pm Very common date, no premium here I'm afaid. Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19947 Posts	Posted 02/12/2021 9:36 pm Common date, these are easy to find in mint state. Hole filler worth 1 cent. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
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