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mintage figures
Philadelphia : 19,396,000
mintage classification : URS-26
population in circulation : 0
circulation classification : URS-0
percentage of circulation : 0%
Denver : 4,480,000
mintage classification : URS-24
population in circulation : 0
circulation classification : URS-0
percentage of circulation : 0%
San Francisco : 866,000
mintage classification : URS-21
population in circulation : 0
circulation classification : URS-0
percentage of circulation : 0%
Total : 24,742,000
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grading notes
Obverse
these notes are for grading the obverse of 1931 cents
Reverse
these notes are for grading the reverses of 1931 cents
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1931
this year in history...
- Boris Yeltsin, The first president of the Republic of Russia and prime minister of the Russian Federation was born on February 1st.
- James Dean, film actor and 1950s teenage icon (Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, Giant)is born on February 8th.
- Virne "Jackie" Mitchell becomes the first woman to play for an all-male pro baseball team. In an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, she strikes out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
Specific notes about this year's cents...
- 1931 cents are generally found well struck with full detail. This is one of the first such years in the Lincoln cent series since the teens.
- 1931 San Francisco minted cents are the first issue since the famous 1909S VDB cent with a mintage under one million. Because of this these coins are considered one of the key dates of the Lincoln cent series.
- 1931S cents are often counterfeited. Although the most common form of counterfeiting these coins comes from altering the 6 digit of the date of a 1936S cent into a one digit, struck counterfeits are known to exist.
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