In 1922 the Philadelphia Mint didn’t make any Lincoln Cents, and they told the folks in Denver to stop making them, even though they were needed. Since no Lincolns were being struck in San Francisco, the only 1922 Lincoln Cents made anywhere were struck in Denver. And they stopped making them in March, so the mintage for that year was only a little more than half of a normal year’s production. Since every Lincoln Cent collector needs one to complete their collection, we’ve secured some of these “mile high” treasures exclusively for you.

“Erosion of the obverse die, perhaps in combination with the mintmark cavity catching grease or other debris, led to the coining of numerous 1922-dated cents at Denver that revealed no mintmark. Three die marriages are known displaying this phenomenon.

David W. Lange writes in The Complete Guide to Lincoln Cents: “The significance and great value attached to the 1922 cent without mintmark D is based entirely on the curious coincidence of no cents being coined at the Philadelphia Mint during 1922. There’s no telling how many other times that cents were issued from the branch mints without a visible mintmark; such pieces are automatically branded as P-Mint coins, though the generally poor state of the dies would be a clue to their real status.”

This popular oddity is not a true variety, as the obverse die began its term normally and then deteriorated to the point that its mintmark vanished. It is actually a die state, and as such should command little attention, but early publicizing of these defective coins by Maurice Scharlack and other dealers cemented its place in United States coin collecting. “

Type: Wheat Penny

Year: 1922

Mint Mark: D

Face Value: 0.01 USD

Total Produced: 7,160,000 [?]

Silver Content: 0%

Numismatic Value: $21 to $5000.00

Value: As a rough estimate of this coins value you can assume this coin in average condition will be valued at somewhere around $21, while one in certified mint state (MS+) condition could bring as much as $5,000 at auction. This price does not reference any standard coin grading scale. So when we say average, we mean in a similar condition to other coins issued in 1922, and mint state meaning it is certified MS+ by one of the top coin grading companies.