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1. 1943-D Lincoln Bronze Wheat Penny — $2.3 million Designed by Victor D. Brenner, this is one of the highest-value pennies in circulation today. During World War II, pennies were made of steel ...
The penny, also known as the cent, is a coin in the United States representing one-hundredth of a dollar.It has been the lowest face-value physical unit of U.S. currency since the abolition of the half-cent in 1857 (the abstract mill, which has never been minted, equal to a tenth of a cent, continues to see limited use in the fields of taxation and finance).
Half farthing (1 ⁄ 8 d) farthing (1 ⁄ 4 d) ha'penny (1 ⁄ 2 d, 1 ⁄ 480 £) 1 ⁄ 2 penny (1 ⁄ 200 £) 1856 [29] 1956 1967 1983: 1870 1960 1969 31 December 1984: No [2] Decimal halfpennies can be paid into bank accounts at the discretion of commercial banks; cannot be exchanged by the general public at the Royal Mint, although private ...
The following mint marks indicate which mint the coin was made at (parentheses indicate a lack of a mint mark): P = Philadelphia Mint. D = Denver ... 1962–1982 ...
Usually when errors happen during the production process, they lead to a decrease in value of the manufactured item. But when they happen at the U.S. Mint, they could lead to an item ballooning in...
The following mint marks indicate which mint the coin was made at ... P = Philadelphia Mint. D = Denver Mint. S = San Francisco Mint. ... 1982 P 500,931,000 D ...
Face value Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse 50¢ George Washington 250th Anniversary half dollar [1] George Washington riding a horse Mount Vernon with eagle Ag 90%, Cu 10% Authorized: 10,000,000 (max) Uncirculated: 2,210,458 D. Proof: 4,894,044 S. 1982 – 1985
This is partially due to the fact that unlike the formerly silver denominations (dollar, half dollar, quarter, and dime), the composition of the pre-1982 cent, nearly pure copper, is not so much more valuable over face value for it to be hoarded to the extreme extent of the silver denominations.