1958. In 1959, the 50th anniversary of the first (1909) Lincoln cent, the wheat ears were replaced with a picture of the Lincoln Memorial. Wheat cents were made from 1909 to 1958.
The Lincoln cent with the wheat design was introduced in 1909.
The first US cent issued by the United States Mint was the Large Cent in 1793.
No US 1976 Lincoln cent or any other year is made from silver.
1961
The first Lincoln cents were struck in mid-1909 and released to the public on August 2 of that year.
The Lincoln Memorial design was introduced in 1959, to honor the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth. The Memorial design was used until 2008. In 2009, four special designs were issued for the Lincoln bicentennial. Starting in 2010, all cents carry a Union shield on the reverse side.
The 1966 Lincoln cent is a copper alloy, 1982 is the first year for the zinc cents. Ok, thank you. My question still remains, when it is silver/gray in color, does it have a worth more than a cent?
To figure out the value of the Indian one cent you must first know the year it was made. Once you know the year, then the value is determined by the scarcity and condition of the coin.
Called the "Lincoln Wheat Cent" it was produced from 1909 to 1958. The cent was redesigned for 1959 and was called the "Lincoln Memorial Cent" which was produced until 2008 when it was again redesigned for 2009.
The last year for the Lincoln Wheat cent was 1958. 1959 is the first year for the Memorial reverse. There is an unconfirmed 1959 "mule" cent with the wheat reverse but a 1959 date. It looks just like a standard wheat cent except for its year, but as of this writing (2010) no one has been able to either authenticate the coin or prove that it's a fake, so it remains a mystery.
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