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Victor David Brenner designed the new penny and put his initials “V.D.B.” to the reverse of the coin between the stalks of wheat. Only 484,000 coins were produced, which is what makes it so rare.
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The Lincoln cent (sometimes called the Lincoln penny) is a one-cent coin that has been struck by the United States Mint since 1909. The obverse or heads side was designed by Victor David Brenner , as was the original reverse, depicting two stalks of wheat (thus "wheat pennies", struck 1909–1958).
Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide ... Post-war wheat cent, 1947–1958 (Bronze) Year Mint Mintage Comments 1947 (P) 190,555,000 D 194,750,000 S 99,000,000
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).
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The first issue of Eastern coins was released in 1948, inscribed with "Deutschland", and consisted of aluminium 1pf, 5pf and 10pf denominations, depicting a wheat stalk atop a cogwheel, with aluminium-bronze 50pf coins added in 1950 depicting a factory. The 1952 series of the smaller coins depict a compass and hammer in addition to wheat.
1958 handsome mule Franklin half dollar; 1970-S doubled die obverse cent with a small or large date; 1972 doubled die obverse cent; 1982 No P dime; 1983 doubled die reverse cent; 1984 doubled ear cent; 1995 doubled die obverse cent; 2004-D Wisconsin extra leaf quarters; 2007 Presidential dollars missing edge lettering