1925 Lincoln Cent Date Guide

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1925 overview Mintage, history, and notes for this year's cents

Philadelphia (MS)

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Mintage: 139,949,000
Mintage Ranking for Type: (56 of 140)

Denver (MS)

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Mintage: 22,580,000
Mintage Ranking for Type: (108 of 140)

San Francisco (MS)

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Mintage: 26,380,000
Mintage Ranking for Type: (106 of 140)

1925 in history

Small-denomination coins changed hands constantly in cities enjoying jazz, movies, and expanding retail chains.
The Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee, debated the teaching of evolution in public schools.
F. Scott Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby, capturing the glamour and unease of the decade.
The Grand Ole Opry began weekly radio broadcasts from Nashville.
Benito Mussolini declared himself dictator of Italy.
The Locarno Treaties sought to guarantee borders in Western Europe and ease postwar tensions.
The Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Chrysler.
The New Yorker magazine published its first issue on February 21.

1925 Lincoln cent year notes

Although quality is still somewhat lacking in cents this year, it is noticeably improved over that of the early twenties. Far better detail can be expected out of Philadelphia minted cents, and at least somewhat better quality control shows on Denver Mint cents. San Francisco minted cents, however, still suffer from the same fatigue and mixed quality that has plagued them for the past three years.

Uncirculated specimens from Philadelphia are quite common, but the branch mint cents tend to be quite elusive in full-red mint state. San Francisco minted cents are quite rare, fetching prices in the thousands for GEM specimens.

What the Mint gained in their overall die quality they lost in die inspection. This year boasts a real nice lineup for die variety hunters. Nearly half a dozen strong repunched mintmarks start the lineup, and the heavy hitter is a super strong and quite scarce doubled die obverse.

On the facing page are photographs of two of the stronger repunched mintmarks for the date. While the Denver Mint seemingly did not create any repunched mintmarks this year, the San Francisco Mint has a number of impressive examples. This could be because mintmarks were punched into the dies in groups before shipment to the branch mints, meaning there is at least some likelihood that all the S mint RPMs for the date could have been created in one sitting.

Although the look very similar, 1MM001 and 1MM003 can be easily distinguished by the position of the mint mark on each die.

Be careful when attributing RPMs on 1925-S cents. Two of them are very close in appearance and spread, although the giveaway that they are from different dies is in the relationship of the position of the mintmark compared to the date. This is an important factor in attributing all mintmark varieties. While the general appearance of the RPM could change with die wear, the position of the mintmark never changes. Remembering this can assist you as the first method of comparison when trying to prove or disprove that two coins were minted with the same die.

Only two doubled dies are known for 1925, and both are S mint obverses. One is a strong class 6 distended hub doubled die thus it does not show separation lines. The other is a bit weaker, yet still shows the same class of doubling.

Images/Mintage Mint issues and coin images for 1925

Philadelphia (MS)

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Mintage: 139,949,000
Mintage Ranking for Type: (56 of 140)

Denver (MS)

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Mintage: 22,580,000
Mintage Ranking for Type: (108 of 140)

San Francisco (MS)

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Mintage: 26,380,000
Mintage Ranking for Type: (106 of 140)

1925 in history What else was happening that year

Small-denomination coins changed hands constantly in cities enjoying jazz, movies, and expanding retail chains.
The Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee, debated the teaching of evolution in public schools.
F. Scott Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby, capturing the glamour and unease of the decade.
The Grand Ole Opry began weekly radio broadcasts from Nashville.
Benito Mussolini declared himself dictator of Italy.
The Locarno Treaties sought to guarantee borders in Western Europe and ease postwar tensions.
The Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Chrysler.
The New Yorker magazine published its first issue on February 21.

1925 cent notes Collector notes for this year's Lincoln cents

Design types Obverse and reverse engravings in use for 1925

Obverse design types (ODT)

Flat serif G obverse — ODT09 · 1922–1929 · business · 1931–1933 · business · 1935–1955 · business · 1936–1942 · proof · 1950–1955 · proof

Reverse design types (RDT)

Wheat reverse — RDT01 · 1909–1958

See the design types reference. Design types identify engraved designs; when differing designs create collectible alternatives within a year, see Lincoln cent design varieties.

Mint mark types Punch styles used on 1925 Lincoln cents

Early-D — 1911–1920 · business · 1922 · business · 1924–1933 · business
Small-S — 1917–1921 · business · 1923–1931 · business · 1935–1941 · business

See the mint mark types reference.

Typical values Series price guide for regular-issue 1925 cents

1925 Lincoln cents from the CopperCoins series price guide (August/September 2026 edition) — approximate values only, not offers to buy or sell. Business strikes show separate BN, RB, and RD lines where priced.

Business strike

Issue	G4	VG8	F12	VF20	EF40	EF45	AU50
1925-P BN	0.20	0.35	0.45	1.45	3.80	5.80	7.25
1925-P RB
1925-P RD
1925-D BN	1	1.70	2.75	6.35	19.50	20	27.25
1925-D RB
1925-D RD
1925-S BN	0.70	1.15	2.05	7.05	12	18.25	29
1925-S RB
1925-S RD

Issue	AU53	AU55	AU58	MS60	MS61	MS62
1925-P BN	9	10	11	12.25	15	16
1925-P RB			18	22	24	25
1925-P RD				26	30	32
1925-D BN	35.50	43.75	53	62.50	75.50	90
1925-D RB			75	90	110	129
1925-D RD				125	150	152
1925-S BN	32.75	51.50	74.50	100	133	188
1925-S RB				150	163	223
1925-S RD				300	375	420

Issue	MS63	MS64	MS65	MS66	MS67	MS68
1925-P BN	18	43.25	76.50	139
1925-P RB	27.75	54.50	95.50	220	500
1925-P RD	43	72	145	365	1,125	65,000
1925-D BN	129	179	325	2,300
1925-D RB	163	270	900	3,000
1925-D RD	191	465	3,900	63,500
1925-S BN	208	420	900	2,400
1925-S RB	350	1,050	3,300
1925-S RD	910	7,500	29,300

Issue	G4	VG8	F12	VF20	EF40	EF45	AU50
1925-P BN	0.20	0.35	0.45	1.45	3.80	5.80	7.25
1925-P RB
1925-P RD
1925-D BN	1	1.70	2.75	6.35	19.50	20	27.25
1925-D RB
1925-D RD
1925-S BN	0.70	1.15	2.05	7.05	12	18.25	29
1925-S RB
1925-S RD

Issue	AU53	AU55	AU58	MS60	MS61	MS62
1925-P BN	9	10	11	12.25	15	16
1925-P RB			18	22	24	25
1925-P RD				26	30	32
1925-D BN	35.50	43.75	53	62.50	75.50	90
1925-D RB			75	90	110	129
1925-D RD				125	150	152
1925-S BN	32.75	51.50	74.50	100	133	188
1925-S RB				150	163	223
1925-S RD				300	375	420

Issue	MS63	MS64	MS65	MS66	MS67	MS68
1925-P BN	18	43.25	76.50	139
1925-P RB	27.75	54.50	95.50	220	500
1925-P RD	43	72	145	365	1,125	65,000
1925-D BN	129	179	325	2,300
1925-D RB	163	270	900	3,000
1925-D RD	191	465	3,900	63,500
1925-S BN	208	420	900	2,400
1925-S RB	350	1,050	3,300
1925-S RD	910	7,500	29,300

Die varieties in the catalog Attributed 1925 dies by mint and variety type

Our attribution catalog for 1925—doubled dies, repunched mint marks, and related varieties documented by die number. This is specialist research beyond regular issue Lincoln cents.

Search all 1925 dies Variety value guide for 1925

Catalogued dies for 1925

Number of assigned dies in the CopperCoins catalog, by mint and variety type. Click a count to search that group.

Mint	DO	MM	Total
Denver (D)	0	1	1
San Francisco (S)	2	8	10
All mints	2	9	11

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