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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).
This table represents the mintage figures of circulating coins produced by the United States Mint since 1887. This list does not include formerly-circulating gold coins, commemorative coins, or bullion coins. This list also does not include the three-cent nickel, which was largely winding down production by 1887 and has no modern equivalent.
Examples of low mintage years include, but are not limited to, 1931, 1933, 1939 and 1955. ... The pennies on this list above are worth hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. But keep ...
First struck in 1793, the large cent was minted every year from 1793 to 1857, except 1815. When the United States declared war in 1812 against Great Britain, coinage was affected. The wartime embargo against shipments made it so the mint could not get any new copper planchets, which were imported from Great Britain, to strike coins.
Wartime cent, 1944–1946 (Brass except as noted) Year Mint Mintage Comments 1944 (P) 1,435,000,000 (P) >27 Zinc-plated Steel. 27 known. D 430,578,000 D ^ D over S D
Penny is first attested in a 1394 Scots text, [n 1] a variant of Old English peni, a development of numerous variations including pennig, penning, and pending. [n 2] The etymology of the term "penny" is uncertain, although cognates are common across almost all Germanic languages [n 3] and suggest a base *pan-, *pann-, or *pand-with the individualizing suffix -ing.
1932-D Lincoln (Wheat) Penny — Auction Record: $25,200 (February 2021) 1940s 1940-D 5C, FS (Regular Strike) Jefferson Five Cents — Auction Record: $21,737.50
Lincoln Bicentennial "Formative Years" penny Abraham Lincoln Young Lincoln reading while taking a break from rail splitting Circulation: 284,400,000 P 350,400,000 D Uncirculated: 784,614 P (satin bronze) 784,614 D (satin bronze) Proof: 2,995,615 S 1¢ Lincoln Bicentennial "Professional Life" penny Abraham Lincoln