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1909 Lincoln Cent Die List - San Francisco Mint
RWB
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I posted this in another message thread, but thought it might be of interest to Lincoln cent collectors in general.
Here's a list of dies used for Lincoln VDB cents at San Francisco. Note that dies were not necessarily used in numerical order. They were also removed for repair from time to time, so a specific reverse is not always paired with only one obverse. All VDB reverse dies were returned to Philadelphia for destruction before new dies were received.
1909-S VDB 486,480 struck; 484,000 net.
Obverse dies, Lincoln cent.
San Francisco Mint, CY 1909
#199 140,400 (all VDB)
#200 222,380 (all VDB)
#201 81,000 (all VDB)
#202 308,390 (42,700 VDB, balance plain)
#203 209,747 (all plain)
Reverse dies, Lincoln cent.
San Francisco Mint, CY 1909
#248 63,800
#249 137,880
#250 76,600
#251 127,200
#252 81,000
[Source: NARA-CP RG 104 entry 229 box 287. “Statement of the Life of Dies for 1909, U.S. Mint, San Francisco, California” Signed by William M. Cutter, Coiner and Edward Sweeney, Superintendent. January 5, 1910. Note: Cutter's statement includes all denominations for San Francisco Mint for CY 1909.]
Here's a list of dies used for Lincoln VDB cents at San Francisco. Note that dies were not necessarily used in numerical order. They were also removed for repair from time to time, so a specific reverse is not always paired with only one obverse. All VDB reverse dies were returned to Philadelphia for destruction before new dies were received.
1909-S VDB 486,480 struck; 484,000 net.
Obverse dies, Lincoln cent.
San Francisco Mint, CY 1909
#199 140,400 (all VDB)
#200 222,380 (all VDB)
#201 81,000 (all VDB)
#202 308,390 (42,700 VDB, balance plain)
#203 209,747 (all plain)
Reverse dies, Lincoln cent.
San Francisco Mint, CY 1909
#248 63,800
#249 137,880
#250 76,600
#251 127,200
#252 81,000
[Source: NARA-CP RG 104 entry 229 box 287. “Statement of the Life of Dies for 1909, U.S. Mint, San Francisco, California” Signed by William M. Cutter, Coiner and Edward Sweeney, Superintendent. January 5, 1910. Note: Cutter's statement includes all denominations for San Francisco Mint for CY 1909.]
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I've never seen anyone mention the die # of their S mint 09s.
Is this something dug up recently RWB?
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I simply had not found a way to present the die info until prompted by another thread.
This information was routinely recorded by the coiner at each mint from at least the 1850s forward (and still is today). But most of the records have been lost. All we have are scattered lists – some complete, some incomplete – and the occasional journal book as Rick Snow mentioned.
Based on the locations of available information in the archives (scattered among other correspondence), I suspect that destruction of the coiner’s records (as well as the engravers records) was deliberate.
Just noticed your update and wanted to thank you for providing it.