Starting in 1959, The Mint starting stamping the back of the penny with the image of the Lincoln Memorial. The year 1959 was the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. From 1959–1962 the penny ...
The Lincoln cent was the first regular issue United States coin to portray the image of a well-known person. It replaced the beloved Indian Head Penny (1858 - 1909). Prior to the turn of the century, ...
The 1959 penny marks a pivotal transition year for Lincoln cents, introducing the Memorial reverse design. Among billions ...
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Ode to the wheat penny
The penny might soon be gone, but not forgotten. This family's patriarch instilled a fondness for wheat pennies in its ...
It was Theodore Roosevelt — a lifelong admirer of Abraham Lincoln — who ordered the U.S. Mint to introduce copper pennies bearing Lincoln’s likeness in time for his centennial in 1909. It marked the ...
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