Guide to the Lincoln Cent Coin Series
The Lincoln Cent represents the longest continuously running series within United States coinage. While the reverse design has seen some changes at different milestones, the obverse design featuring a bust of Abraham Lincoln by Victor D. Brenner has remained in place for more than 100 years. During this period, the mintages for individual issues have […]
A combination of factors caused the 2009 Lincoln Cents to have unusually low mintages. During the year the coins were issued with four different reverse designs, with circulation coins struck at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints. Each individual issue had a mintage of less than 400 million. One coin had a mintage of only 129.6 […]
Starting in 1959, the Lincoln Cent reverse design was changed from the original wheat ears to a depiction of the Lincoln Memorial. This change in design change is often used as a point of distinction for determining which Lincoln Cents are worth saving from circulation. Even though the mintage figures for the Lincoln Cent had […]
The Lincoln Cent featured the “Wheat Ears” reverse from 1909 to 1958. These coins are often referred to as “wheaties” or “wheat pennies” by collectors. The lowest mintage coin for this half of the series is the well known 1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent at 484,000 pieces. Besides this issue, there are several other semi-key date […]