The front of the coin looks the same today as it did in 1909, it's also the first one cent coin to have the motto IN GOD WE TRUST. The reverse was the Wheat Ear type with Victor D. Brenner initials at the bottom near the rim.
The Lincoln penny was first introduced in 1909.
The first Lincoln cents were put into circulation in August, 1909.
The Lincoln Penny was first issued in 1909 to commemorate Abraham Lincoln's 100th birthday.
1909 was the first year.
Lincoln cents were first minted in 1909.
The first Lincoln cents were put into circulation in August, 1909.
First year of Lincoln penny.
The first real person to be on a circulating coin was A. Lincoln in 1909.
The first Lincoln cents were struck in mid-1909 and released to the public on August 2 of that year.
1909 was the first year, he has been on it since then.
The first president to be pictured on a US coin was Abraham Lincoln in 1909 on the penny. Prior to 1909, all US coins featured a personification of Liberty or a design emblematic of the US such as a flying eagle.
Abraham Lincoln's portrait was added to the penny in 1909