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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).
The penny is issued in its current form as the Lincoln cent, with its obverse featuring the profile of President Abraham Lincoln since 1909, the centennial of his birth. From 1959 (the sesquicentennial of Lincoln's birth) to 2008, the reverse featured the Lincoln Memorial. Four different reverse designs in 2009 honored Lincoln's 200th birthday ...
The Lincoln cent or Lincoln penny is also colloquially referred to as a wheat penny because the reverse features two wheat heads. The 1909 penny weighs 3.11 g (0.110 oz) and has a 19 mm (0.75 in) diameter with a plain edge. The composition of the penny is bronze. [1] Its metal composition is 95% copper, 2.5% tin and 2.5% zinc. [2]
Pearlman used the NGC Price Guide to estimate the current retail value of a 1955 Doubled Die Lincoln cent at a range from $1,000 in worn “About Good” condition to $85,000 in Mint State 66 ...
Value Image Specifications [5] [6] ... Abraham Lincoln: Wheat: 1909–1958 wide 2: wheat cent, wheat penny, wheatie ... Lincoln Bicentennial cents (2009)
Redesign of the reverse of the Lincoln cent in 2009 to show four different scenes from Abraham Lincoln's life in honor of the bicentennial of his birth. These four scenes are: his birth and early childhood in Kentucky; his formative years in Indiana; his professional life in Illinois; his presidency in Washington, D.C.
Below are the mintage figures for the Lincoln cent. 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 Mint. S = San Francisco Mint. W = West Point Mint
"The penny costs over 3 cents to make and cost U.S. taxpayers over $179 million in FY2023," the message from DOGE read. "The Mint produced over 4.5 billion pennies in FY2023, around 40% of the 11. ...