The Story: In 1994, the Denver Mint struck more than 7.13 billion Lincoln cents — one of the single highest mintages of any coin denomination in American history. Nearly all of them exist today exactly as you'd expect from a coin nobody was ever meant to save: spent, scratched, dulled by a hundred million hands passing them along.
The Object: Lincoln Memorial cent, business strike, Denver Mint, copper-plated zinc composition. PCGS certified Mint State 68 Red — full, unbroken original mint color with no fading. Published PCGS population data shows only a small handful of examples certified finer than this grade. A PCGS-graded MS68 Red example of this date has realized as much as $633 at auction — real money for a coin that left the mint worth one cent.
The Curation: Encapsulated by PCGS, archivally stored, certification independently verifiable.
The Case & The Acquisition: Built specifically for registry set competitors and condition-rarity specialists — collectors who understand that with a coin struck by the billions, the entire story lives in the grade, not the mintage. Offered at $633, reflecting the top end of what this exact grade has actually commanded — confirm with Richard whether this is the asking price or the comparable record before publishing.
The Story: In 1994, the Denver Mint struck more than 7.13 billion Lincoln cents — one of the single highest mintages of any coin denomination in American history. Nearly all of them exist today exactly as you'd expect from a coin nobody was ever meant to save: spent, scratched, dulled by a hundred million hands passing them along.
The Object: Lincoln Memorial cent, business strike, Denver Mint, copper-plated zinc composition. PCGS certified Mint State 68 Red — full, unbroken original mint color with no fading. Published PCGS population data shows only a small handful of examples certified finer than this grade. A PCGS-graded MS68 Red example of this date has realized as much as $633 at auction — real money for a coin that left the mint worth one cent.
The Curation: Encapsulated by PCGS, archivally stored, certification independently verifiable.
The Case & The Acquisition: Built specifically for registry set competitors and condition-rarity specialists — collectors who understand that with a coin struck by the billions, the entire story lives in the grade, not the mintage. Offered at $633, reflecting the top end of what this exact grade has actually commanded — confirm with Richard whether this is the asking price or the comparable record before publishing.
