1 Cent "Lincoln Cent" Formative Years - Bronze

Features

Issuer	United States
Period	Federal republic (1776-date)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	2009
Value	1 Cent (0.01 USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Bronze (.95 copper, .03 zinc, .02 tin)
Weight	3.11 g
Diameter	19.05 mm
Thickness	1.55 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 335708
References	KM# 442a Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

Formative Years

Series: Lincoln's 200th birthday Series

Obverse

Right facing portrait of President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Script: Latin

Lettering:
IN GOD WE TRUST
LIBERTY
2009 S
VDB

Engraver: Victor David Brenner

Reverse

Abraham Lincoln sitting on a log reading a book

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ONE CENT
CLV
E PLURIBUS UNUM

Translation:
United States of America
One Cent
CLV
Out of Many, One

Engraver: Charles Lessie Vickers

Designer: Charles Lessie Vickers

Edge

Plain

Mints

	United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
D	United States Mint of Denver, United States (1906-date)
S	United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date)

Comments

The proof and satin finish are made to commemorate 100 years of the Lincoln cent by using the original 95% copper alloy

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Date	Mintage	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
2009	784 614	$ 2.60	Satin Finish	20%
2009 D	784 614	$ 3.20	Satin Finish	20%
2009 S	2 995 615	$ 2.90	Proof	86%

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