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Lincoln Wheat Cent

1909–1958 · 140 coins · 0.1042 oz copper

Current Melt Value
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0.1042 troy oz copper per coin
Decade
Mint
YearMintMintageProofNotes
1909P72,702,6182,198VDB initials on reverse; removed mid-year
1909P27,995,0001909 no VDB (initials removed)
1909S484,0001909-S VDB — THE key date Lincoln cent
1909S1,825,0001909-S no VDB — key date
1910P146,801,2184,118
1910S6,045,000Semi-key date
1911P101,177,7871,733
1911D12,672,000
1911S4,026,000Semi-key date
1912P68,153,0602,172
1912D10,411,000
1912S4,431,000Semi-key date
1913P76,532,3522,983
1913D15,804,000
1913S6,101,000Semi-key
1914P75,238,4321,365
1914D1,193,0001914-D — major key date
1914S4,137,000Semi-key date
1915P29,092,1201,150
1915D22,050,000
1915S4,833,000Semi-key date
1916P131,833,6771,050
1916D35,956,000
1916S22,510,000
1917P196,429,785Last matte proof year (proofs resume 1936)
1917D55,120,000
1917S32,620,000
1918P288,104,634
1918D47,830,000
1918S34,680,000
1919P392,021,000
1919D57,154,000
1919S139,760,000
1920P310,165,000
1920D49,280,000
1920S46,220,000
1921P39,157,000
1921S15,274,000
1922D7,160,0001922 No-D (plain) = weak die, $600+
1923P74,723,000
1923S8,700,000Better date
1924P75,178,000
1924D2,520,000Semi-key date
1924S11,696,000
1925P139,949,000
1925D22,580,000
1925S26,380,000
1926P157,088,000
1926D28,020,000
1926S4,550,000Semi-key date
1927P144,440,000
1927D27,170,000
1927S14,276,000
1928P134,116,000
1928D31,170,000
1928S17,266,000
1929P185,262,000
1929D41,730,000
1929S50,148,000
1930P157,415,000
1930D40,100,000
1930S24,286,000
1931P19,396,000Depression-era low mintage
1931D4,480,000Better date
1931S866,000Key date — lowest regular-issue wheat cent
1932P9,062,000Depression-era low mintage
1932D10,500,000
1933P14,360,000Depression-era low mintage
1933D6,200,000Better date
1934P219,080,000
1934D28,446,000
1935P245,388,000
1935D47,000,000
1935S38,702,000
1936P309,632,0005,569Proof coinage resumes
1936D40,620,000
1936S29,130,000
1937P309,170,0009,320
1937D34,500,000
1937S34,500,000
1938P156,682,00014,734
1938D20,010,000
1938S15,180,000
1939P316,466,00013,520
1939D15,160,000
1939S52,070,000
1940P586,810,00015,872
1940D81,390,000
1940S112,940,000
1941P887,018,00021,100
1941D128,700,000
1941S92,360,000
1942P657,796,00032,600
1942D206,698,000
1942S85,590,000
1943P684,628,670STEEL cent — zinc-coated steel (WWII)
1943D217,660,000Steel cent; copper 1943-D = extreme rarity
1943S191,550,000Steel cent; copper 1943-S = extreme rarity
1944P1,435,400,000Shell case copper alloy; steel 1944 = error rarity
1944D430,578,000Shell case copper; 1944-D/S OMM exists
1944S282,760,000Shell case copper
1945P1,040,515,000Shell case copper
1945D266,268,000Shell case copper
1945S181,770,000Shell case copper
1946P991,655,000Return to standard copper alloy
1946D315,690,000
1946S198,100,000
1947P190,555,000
1947D194,750,000
1947S99,000,000
1948P317,570,000
1948D172,637,500
1948S81,735,000
1949P217,775,000
1949D153,132,500
1949S64,290,000
1950P272,635,50051,386
1950D334,950,000
1950S118,505,000
1951P284,576,00057,500
1951D625,355,000
1951S136,010,000
1952P186,775,00081,980
1952D746,130,000
1952S137,800,004
1953P256,755,000128,800
1953D700,515,000
1953S181,835,000
1954P71,640,050233,300
1954D251,552,500
1954S96,190,000
1955P330,958,200378,2001955 DDO — most famous Lincoln cent error
1955D563,257,500
1955S44,610,000
1956P420,745,000669,384
1956D1,098,201,100
1957P282,540,0001,247,952
1957D1,051,342,000
1958P252,525,000875,652Last year of wheat reverse
1958D800,953,300Last year of wheat reverse

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