Lincoln Cents

If you choose to assemble Lincoln cents you will find heaps to work with, and examine as it is the country's best-running coin chain. It replaced the Indian Head Penny in 1909 and is still being twisted nowadays.

1910 Lincoln Cent

The frontage (front) of the Lincoln coinage has remained unchanged since it was first intended. It features a bust of Abraham Lincoln. The setback of the coin has seen a combine of changes, however. Early coins had wheat stalks on the transpose and have become known as "wheat pennies." In 1959 the target was untouched to its tide target which includes the Lincoln Memorial. This intention commemorates Lincoln's sesquicentennial (150th anniversary of his birth).

The Lincoln cent was the first US coin to stand the icon of a "honestly" character. Previous designs had all included the mythical "Liberty" likeness. Besides the word "LIBERTY," which appeared on all us coins, and the meeting, the motto "IN GOD WE TRUST" was worn on the Lincoln currency. This was the first time for this motto to exist on the one cent coin.
1943 Lincoln Steel Cent

The metals worn in the Lincoln currency have untouched sometimes over its lifetime. Initially it was made of 95% copper and 5% tin and zinc. In 1943, however, the coin was made of steel caked with zinc. The World War II shot required the offered copper for ammunition and other armed utensils.

After complaints that the coin looked too much like a dime with its hoary tint, the metal worn was changed again. In early 1944, the mint began making the Lincoln currency from useless bomb casings which was an alloy very akin to the first except that it had fewer tin.

In 1946 the coin was returned to its original composition, but over the living, with the charge of copper rising, different metal compositions were hardened and tried. Then in mid-1982, the mints began making the Lincoln penny of copper-plated zinc. This composition was 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper and is still being used for Lincoln pennies today.

The last of the all-copper Lincoln pennies were made at the Denver Mint in October of 1982.

In 2009, big change is on the way for the Lincoln Penny to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln and the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Lincoln Cent. Four different coins will be made, each screening a different place from his life. The four scenes will enter his birth and early childhood in Kentucky, his seminal days in Indiana, his professional life in Illinois, and his presidency in Washington, D.C.

These coins will the same composition as those used for cent coins now, except for exclusive Lincoln cent coins that will be in aerial's sets which will be made of the same sharp copper satisfied as those originally made in 1909.