The 1950-S Lincoln Wheat Cent was struck at the San Francisco Mint with a recorded mintage of 118,505,000 coins — the 78th-lowest of the 140 circulation-strike issues in the lincoln wheat cent series, and 16% of the 726,090,000 lincoln wheat cents the Mint produced across all facilities in 1950.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 Lincoln Wheat Cent | Philadelphia | 272,635,000 |
| 1950-S Lincoln Wheat Cent | San Francisco | 118,505,000 |
| 1950-D Lincoln Wheat Cent | Denver | 334,950,000 |
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.