This issue is yet another instance in which a large mintage did not guarantee a supply of gem coins. Most 1926-D cents were poorly struck from eroded dies displaying blurry and distorted peripheral features. Nice coins are somewhat scarce in the higher circulated grades, too.
Mintage:
| Philadelphia | Denver | San Francisco |
| 157,088,000 | 28,020,000 | 4,550,000 |