1910-S 1C, BN VG8BN 认证号19746299, PCGS号2438

In 1910, within the walls of the branch mint in San Francisco, planchets were punched, the presses rumbled, and this very Cent was struck. While the Granite Lady had been designed to weather an earthquake by essentially "floating" on her foundation, most of the rest of the buildings in the City had not and outside her confines, the recovery processes from the devastating 1906 earthquake were still very evident.

David Hall

The 1910-S has long been considered a semi-key date in circulated grades, as have all 1909-1915 S-Mint Lincolns. The mintages of these earliest Lincoln cent S-Mints is considerably lower (with the exception of the key date 1914-D) than all of the Denver and Philadelphia issues. In circulated grades, the1910-S is about the equal of the 1913-S, and those two are the easiest of the 1909-1915 S-Mints to find in circulated grades.

In Gem full red MS65 or better condition, the 1910-S is far more plentiful than any of the other early S-Mints, though it is relatively scarce. In fact, you have to go all the way to 1930 to find a S-Mint that's easier to find in Gem condition than the 1910-S. This issue is usually found with a decent strike. The color on original coins is often more light reddish-brown than "red-red."