The obverse, or front side, looked very much like modern cents although the design has been touched up a bit over the years.
The reverse, or back side, carried the words ONE CENT between two curved wheat ears, symbolic of America's agricultural strength. That led to the coins being called "wheat cents".
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It is faced sideways with his left face showing.
A US cent dated 1913 is a Lincoln cent and the word Liberty is also on the front of the coin.
There is no such thing. This was mentioned on a Simpsons episode but does not exist. Then how is this real? http://media.photobucket.com/image/kissing+lincoln+/gomezchr/penny.jpg
They all look the same except for different dates and mintmarks. Lincoln on the obverse and Wheat Ears on the reverse.
look on a penny or go to goole and look it up on images
There is actually no such thing as a 1973 'silver' penny. However, there are some Lincoln pennies from 1973-74 that have a shiny, silver-like look. These pennies are worth about $1.25.
All 2004 U.S. penny's are lincoln cents. Look at the coin again and post new question.
The U.S. Mint has never made a Silver Penny . If it is a 1957 Lincoln cent, it has likely been chrome plated which can look like silver. This is very common but the coin does not have any numismatic value.
Please look again. The last Indian Head cents were made in 1909.
It looks exactly the same as the 2010 or 2012 penny.
The US coin looks very much like a modern US penny