United States 1918-S cent

Stack's Bowers November 2020 Auction, lot 6030

This specimen was lot 6030 in Stack's Bowers November 2020 Auction, where it sold for $780. The lot description noted, "1918-S Lincoln Cent. MS-64 RB (NGC). CAC. Richly original deep orange color and iridescent brown patina greet the viewer from both sides of this handsome Choice Mint State example. From the Larry H. Miller Collection." Altho this example sold for a premium price, it shows evidence of an incomplete strike (flatness on Lincoln's shoulder) altho the dies were sharp. This is a key date in Gem condition.

Proof Mintage: 34,680,000, a better date.

Specification: 3.11 g, bronze, 19 mm diameter.

Catalog number: KM 132.

Source:

• Alexander, David T., Coin World Comprehensive Catalog & Encyclopedia of United States Coins, Sidney, OH: Amos Press, 1995.
• Breen, Walter H., Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins, New York: Doubleday, 1987.
• Taylor, Sol, The Standard Guide to the Lincoln Cent, N. Hollywood, CA, 1983.
• Harper, David C., ed., North American Coins & Prices: A Guide to U. S., Canadian and Mexican Coins, 17th Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2007.
• Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.

Link to:

• 1917 cent
• 1918 cent
• 1918-D cent
• 1918-D 5 cents
• 1918 half dollar, Illinois Centennial
• 1921 cent
• Coins and currency dated 1918
• return to United States Lincoln Wheat Ear Cents (1909-1958)