Lincoln cent
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The Lincoln cent 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,
Saint-Gaudens model for the cent obverse. With an Indian headdress added, the design was later developed for the gold eagle coins.
Brenner's 1907 plaque of Abraham Lincoln
Treasury Secretary Franklin MacVeagh (depicted on a Mint medal)
1909-S Lincoln cent
1943 steel cent
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1943 steel cents are U.S. one-cent coins that were struck in steel due to wartime shortages of copper. The Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco mints each produced these 1943 Lincoln cents. The uni
Lincoln cent
…The initials were restored, this time smaller, on Lincoln's shoulder in 1918. Originally struck in 95% copper, the cent coin was changed for one year to zinc-coated steel in 1943 as copper was needed to aid in the war effort. The mint then reverted to 95% copper until 1982, when inflation made copper too expensive and the…
NNC US 1943 1C Lincoln Cent
1943 copper cent
1943 tin cent