NNP Encyclopedia data is provided in cooperation with Whitman Brands, based on catalog data organized by the Greysheet Identification System (GSID).
Entry Details
PCGS Number: 3506 Coin Date: 1990-(S) Denomination (Short): 1c Denomination (Long): Cent Variety: No S Desg: PR Mint Mark: S Composition: Copper-plated zinc Strike Type: Proof Coinage Type: Lincoln obverse, Memorial reverse Coinage Years: 1959-2008 Mint Location: San Francisco Diameter: 19 Weight (Grams): 2.5 Designer: Victor Brenner (obverse); Frank Gasparro (reverse) Edge: Plain Obverse Description: Bust of Abraham Lincoln framed by IN GOD WE TRUST on the top periphery. The word LIBERTY to the left of the portait and the date postioned on the right side. Reverse Description: Lincoln memorial building centered with words ONE CENT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA on top and bottom periphery. E PLURIBUS UNUM centered above the top of the memorial. General Notes:
A very unusual variety surfaced in 1990 when a few dozen examples of the 1990 Lincoln proof cent appeared without its requisite S mintmark. As the months turned into years, only a handful of other 1990 no S proof cents surfaced, proving this variety to be an especially rare error indeed. In an era of tight quality control at the United States Mint, it seems unfathomable that an error of this type, one in which a San Francisco Mint proof coin is missing its mintmark, could have ever been created, let alone was able to escape the mint. Yet, it did.
<BR><BR>
In all, fewer than 200 examples of the 1990 no S proof Lincoln cent have been discovered. On rare occasions, one still turns up in an unsearched hoard of 1990 proof sets. Whether or not many more exist remains to be seen, but it is without a doubt one of the rarest and most significant of all modern proof varieties and demand remains strong for this sensational error. PCGS #: 3506 NGC ID: 274B
