The 1951-D Lincoln Wheat Cent was struck at the Denver Mint with a recorded mintage of 625,355,000 coins — the 129th-lowest of the 140 circulation-strike issues in the lincoln wheat cent series, and 60% of the 1,045,941,000 lincoln wheat cents the Mint produced across all facilities in 1951.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 Lincoln Wheat Cent | Philadelphia | 284,576,000 |
| 1951-S Lincoln Wheat Cent | San Francisco | 136,010,000 |
| 1951-D Lincoln Wheat Cent | Denver | 625,355,000 |
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.