The 1949-S Lincoln Wheat Cent was struck at the San Francisco Mint with a recorded mintage of 64,290,000 coins — the 62nd-lowest of the 140 circulation-strike issues in the lincoln wheat cent series, and 15% of the 435,197,500 lincoln wheat cents the Mint produced across all facilities in 1949.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 Lincoln Wheat Cent | Philadelphia | 217,775,000 |
| 1949-S Lincoln Wheat Cent | San Francisco | 64,290,000 |
| 1949-D Lincoln Wheat Cent | Denver | 153,132,500 |
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.