Set report · United States · Half Cents & Cents
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Lincoln Union Shield Cent: Who Owns What
How often each Lincoln Union Shield Cent coin actually turns up in a collection, measured by how many of the 5,457 collectors of this set have one. Coins are graded from Common to Extremely scarce against the set's most-owned coin — a measure of collecting frequency, not of how many survive.
Hardest to find in real collections
The five least-owned coins of the set — ownership counts are collector-reported.
…and the ones everybody has
Full set: ownership & rarity, coin by coin
Values by grade for each of these live on the Lincoln Union Shield Cent catalog pages and the full price guide.
| Coin | Mintage | Collectors | % of set collectors | How often collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,963,630,000 | 3,793 | 69.5% | Common |
| 2010-D | 2,040,720,000 | 3,067 | 56.2% | Common |
| 2010-S (Proof) | 1,689,216 | 190 | 3.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 2011 | 2,402,400,000 | 2,775 | 50.9% | Uncommon |
| 2011-D | 2,536,140,000 | 2,489 | 45.6% | Uncommon |
| 2011-S (Proof) | 1,673,010 | 158 | 2.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 2012 | 3,132,000,000 | 2,689 | 49.3% | Uncommon |
| 2012-D | 2,883,200,000 | 2,592 | 47.5% | Uncommon |
| 2012-S (Proof) | 1,237,415 | 137 | 2.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 2013 | 3,750,400,000 | 2,531 | 46.4% | Uncommon |
| 2013-D | 3,319,600,000 | 2,510 | 46% | Uncommon |
| 2013-S (Proof) | 1,274,505 | 146 | 2.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 2014 | 3,990,800,000 | 2,515 | 46.1% | Uncommon |
| 2014-D | 4,155,600,000 | 2,438 | 44.7% | Uncommon |
| 2014-S (Proof) | 1,193,735 | 140 | 2.6% | Extremely scarce |
| 2015 | 4,691,300,000 | 2,535 | 46.5% | Uncommon |
| 2015-D | 4,674,000,000 | 2,466 | 45.2% | Uncommon |
| 2015-S (Proof) | 1,099,413 | 134 | 2.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 2016 | 4,698,000,000 | 2,395 | 43.9% | Uncommon |
| 2016-D | 4,420,400,000 | 2,457 | 45% | Uncommon |
| 2016-S (Proof) | 1,011,684 | 127 | 2.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 2017-D | 4,272,800,000 | 2,463 | 45.1% | Uncommon |
| 2017-P | 4,361,220,000 | 2,424 | 44.4% | Uncommon |
| 2017-S (Proof) | 979,498 | 139 | 2.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 2017-W | — | 5 | 0.1% | Extremely scarce |
| 2018 | 4,066,800,000 | 2,375 | 43.5% | Uncommon |
| 2018-D | 3,736,400,000 | 2,364 | 43.3% | Uncommon |
| 2018-S (Proof) | 898,986 | 141 | 2.6% | Extremely scarce |
| 2019 | 3,542,800,000 | 2,299 | 42.1% | Uncommon |
| 2019-D | 3,497,600,000 | 2,350 | 43.1% | Uncommon |
| 2019-S (Proof) | 1,054,918 | 134 | 2.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 2019-W | — | 341 | 6.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 2019-W (Proof) | 412,609 | 173 | 3.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 2019-W Reverse (Proof) | — | 159 | 2.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 2019-W (Variety) | 318,695 | 119 | 2.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 2020 | 3,560,800,000 | 2,319 | 42.5% | Uncommon |
| 2020-D | 4,035,600,000 | 2,502 | 45.8% | Uncommon |
| 2020-S (Proof) | 823,909 | 146 | 2.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 2021 | 3,925,820,000 | 2,314 | 42.4% | Uncommon |
| 2021-D | 3,982,800,000 | 2,351 | 43.1% | Uncommon |
| 2021-S (Proof) | 857,079 | 158 | 2.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 2022 | 3,129,200,000 | 1,771 | 32.5% | Scarce |
| 2022-D | 3,230,400,000 | 1,866 | 34.2% | Scarce |
| 2022-S (Proof) | 637,506 | 102 | 1.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 2023 | 2,262,000,000 | 1,109 | 20.3% | Scarce |
| 2023-D | 2,260,800,000 | 1,168 | 21.4% | Scarce |
| 2023-S (Proof) | 551,802 | 73 | 1.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 2024 | 1,322,000,000 | 550 | 10.1% | Very scarce |
| 2024-D | 1,311,600,000 | 622 | 11.4% | Very scarce |
| 2024-S (Proof) | — | 54 | 1% | Extremely scarce |
| 2025 | — | 325 | 6% | Extremely scarce |
| 2025-D | — | 339 | 6.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 2025-S (Proof) | — | 39 | 0.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 2026 | — | 5 | 0.1% | Extremely scarce |
| 2026 (Specimen) | — | 2 | 0% | Extremely scarce |
| 2026-D | — | 5 | 0.1% | Extremely scarce |
| 2026-D (Specimen) | — | 1 | 0% | Extremely scarce |
| 2026-S (Proof) | — | 1 | 0% | Extremely scarce |
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Based on the share of this set's collectors who own each coin — how often it turns up in a collection, not how many survive. Not the Sheldon rarity scale.
About these numbers
Ownership counts come from the same live per-coin counters shown across the LuckyCoin catalog; set-level collector counts come from the annual full-collection scan behind The State of Coin Collecting 2026. Counts are collector-reported and aggregate-only. Scarcity tiers come from 100 × (1 − owners ÷ owners of the set's most-owned coin): Common under 25, Uncommon 25–49, Scarce 50–74, Very scarce 75–89, Extremely scarce 90+. This reflects how often a coin is collected, not its surviving population — it is not the Sheldon rarity scale. CC BY 4.0 with attribution.