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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
Some of the pennies lying around your house could far exceed their face value of one cent. ... Lincoln Cents minted between 1909 and 1958 are popular amongst collectors. The 1914-D coin is very ...
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, 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).
It may be time to dig out that old piggy bank and see if you’ve got a fortune stashed away.
Another 1909 Lincoln penny, also inked by Brenner, sold at an auction by Great Collections in 2022 for $365,000. In that same auction, four other pennies from 1909 and 1915 each cost more than ...
1909–1942 3.11 g (48.0 gr) copper 95% tin/zinc 5% plain Abraham Lincoln: Wheat: 1909–1958 wide 2: wheat cent, wheat penny, wheatie 1943: ? steel/zinc 1: rare 2: 1944–1946: ? salvaged brass composition 1: wide 2: 1947–1982 3.11 g (48.0 gr) copper 95% tin/zinc 5% wide 2: Lincoln Memorial: 1959–2008 wide cent, penny 1982–present 2.50 g ...
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.