The 1942-S Lincoln Wheat Cent was struck at the San Francisco Mint with a recorded mintage of 85,590,000 coins — the 72nd-lowest of the 140 circulation-strike issues in the lincoln wheat cent series, and 9% of the 950,084,000 lincoln wheat cents the Mint produced across all facilities in 1942.
A full collector's note for this issue — survival, strike character, and what to check before buying — is on the writing schedule; the figures above are the permanent record.
| Issue | Mint | Mintage |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 Lincoln Wheat Cent | Philadelphia | 657,796,000 |
| 1942-S Lincoln Wheat Cent | San Francisco | 85,590,000 |
| 1942-D Lincoln Wheat Cent | Denver | 206,698,000 |
Mintage figures: United States Mint (Annual Report of the Director of the Mint), Royal Canadian Mint records, and — for the 1935 banknote issue — Bank of Canada printage records as published in the Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Government Paper Money, cross-checked across independent published references. Specifications: United States Mint coin specifications.