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1922 No D Strong Rev 1c NGC EF40 Brown [L#2066

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:650.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
1922 No D Strong Rev 1c NGC EF40 Brown [L#2066
Having the classic appearance of these very scarce No D issues, the obverse appears struck from heavily worn dies--one could almost call it worn out! The reverse, on the other hand, shows that its die was in much better shape.

With the exception of these few million pieces hastily struck during January and February of 1922, the Denver Mint coined no cents from the end of 1920 through most of 1924. No cents were struck at Philadelphia or San Francisco in 1922. A short but severe nationwide recession following the end of World War I, combined with the repeal of various temporary, wartime taxes, more than likely negated the demand for additional cents, while the massive mintages of 1916-20 were more than enough to meet the immediate post-war demand. The exact reason for this anomalous coinage is not known; the Mint Director’s Report does nothing more than acknowledge it--though the Denver Mint was shown to have on hand at the end of the fiscal year (June 30, 1922) some 20,250,700 cents!

Commenting informally on the limited coinage of cents for 1922, Mint Director F. E. Scobey remarked, “There have been approximately $46,000,000 worth of pennies coined since the mint began in 1792-- so what’s the use of making more, when about the only things you can still buy with a penny nowadays are lollypops?” At the time, there was no mention made (nor even cognizance taken) of the rare No D variety, but that would soon change during the 1930s when coin collecting really took off in America.