1964 Penny Value: Price Chart by Grade & Mint Mark

In 1964 the U.S. Mint struck about 6.45 billion Lincoln cents for circulation: Philadelphia 2.45 billion, Denver 3.80 billion, San Francisco 196.6 million. That is 155% more than 1963. Among the 117 years from 1909 to 2025, 1964 ranks number 45 by total mintage (1 = most coins made), so it is a mid-range date for availability. The scarcest 1964 issue by mintage is San Francisco (196,630,000); the most common is Denver (3,799,071,500). Within the 1960s, 1964 ranks 1 of 10 years for mintage; the decade's high was 1964 (6.45 billion) and its low was 1965 (1.50 billion). Mint by mint: Philadelphia rose 225% from 1963; Denver rose 114% from 1963; San Francisco did not strike circulation cents in 1963. Proof cents for collectors: 3,950,762 from Philadelphia.

The mint mark, if any, sits under the date on the front of the coin. A 1964 cent with no mint mark was struck at Philadelphia or San Francisco (the two cannot be told apart) and is the normal, common form for that mint. The letters you can find on 1964 circulation cents are D (Denver). Proof cents for 1964 were struck at Philadelphia with no mint mark; they have mirror-like fields and came from collector sets, not from circulation.

• Cents from this era are 95% copper and weigh 3.11 g. A coin with this date that weighs about 2.5 g is a plated or altered piece, not a transitional error (zinc cents only begin in 1982). Small raised blobs or lines between letters, especially between the B and E of LIBERTY, are die breaks (collectors call them BIE cents); they are common and carry little premium.
• True die doubling is rounded and separated; flat, shelf-like doubling is machine doubling and adds nothing. The mint marks guide has side-by-side examples.

PCGS Price Guide values for 1964 cents (updated September 24, 2026, U.S. dollars, for coins certified by PCGS):

• 1964: $6 in MS63 RD and $18 in MS65 RD.
• 1964-D: $6 in MS63 RD and $16 in MS65 RD.

San Francisco is the lowest-mintage 1964 issue (196,630,000 struck), so it is the mint collectors check first. Guide prices assume a certified coin; an uncertified, worn 1964 cent usually sells for less than the lowest figure above, often little more than face value. RD means full original red copper, RB red-brown, BN brown; the color grade can multiply the price. How grade and variety turn into a number is explained in what makes a coin valuable.