Is the # minted of 1945 Micro S Mercs known?

JJM

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jmj3esq

Someone once told me there was approx. 100,000 minted. I have no idea where he heard this or if there is any truth to it. Just passing it on for what it is worth.

JJM

thx Joe, anyone else ?????

mr1931S

One could do a statistical analysis using number of offerings of regular S and micro S on a venue such as ebay, then correlate your findings with original mintage. If done properly, the number (a percentage of the total mintage) obtained for the micro mintage should be very close to the truth.

guitarwes

I don't know,

but I read somewhere important (can't remember where) that the Micro-S was one of those long term investment coins. That it has historically gone up in value every few years to warrant buying and keeping one.......so I did, and I'm hoping to buy a car with it in the year 2137.........

mr1931S

"but I read somewhere important (can't remember where) that the Micro-S was one of those long term investment coins. That it has historically gone up in value every few years to warrant buying and keeping one.......so I did, and I'm hoping to buy a car with it in the year 2137........."

There's folks out there holding rolls of these. Interesting coin but not even considered scarce.

Mercury10c

Correct. I don't have a number, but David Lange, in "The Complete Guide to Mercury Dimes" (1st ed.) calls it a R-2 in MS-60-65, and at the time the book was published (1993) the combined NGC/PCGS mint state population was 886. Must be much higher now.

fcloud

I think these all come from the same die. I don't know how long a die last. The 1916-D has a mintage of 264,000 from four dies pairs. So in Denver in 1916 there was an average fo 66,000 per die. One can only speculate that production was better 29 years later. So a guess could be anywhere from 60,000 to 100,000 range.

coppercoins

<< <i>I think these all come from the same die. I don't know how long a die last. The 1916-D has a mintage of 264,000 from four dies pairs. So in Denver in 1916 there was an average fo 66,000 per die. One can only speculate that production was better 29 years later. So a guess could be anywhere from 60,000 to 100,000 range. >>



Cent dies of that era (1945) commonly exceeded 250,000 strikes. Maybe useful, maybe not...but that's what I can add to the conversation.