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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
The Lincoln cent (sometimes called the Lincoln penny) is a one-cent coin that has been struck by the United States Mint every year 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).
Face value Coin Obverse design Reverse design Mintage Obverse Reverse 2¢ United States Bicentennial two-cent piece (cancelled) [2] Unknown Unknown None 25¢ United States Bicentennial quarter George Washington: Drummer boy: Circulation: [3] 809,784,016 860,118,839 D. Uncirculated: [4] 3,814,001 (P) (clad) 3,814,001 D (clad) 4,908,319 S (silver ...
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 ...
This variety of the Lincoln cent was produced from 1998-2000, with 1999 being the rarest. ... This penny’s high value is mainly because there are not a lot of specimens with this particular ...
1922 No D Lincoln Penny. Current estimated value in mint condition: $25,000. Auction record: $57,500. The 1922 No D Lincoln penny is by far the most valuable of the 1922 cent types. A coin in mint ...
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).
At least 1 example of an aluminum Lincoln Wheat cent struck in 1942 to test a possible alternative composition to bronze for the following year. Unlike the 1974–75 aluminum cents, this coin appears to be legal to possess and was sold at Heritage Auctions in May 2009. [27] [28] [29] Trial strikings of various compositions. [3]