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it depends on the date and the mint mark. Lincoln pennies were minted 1909~now. Wheat pennies 1909~1958. Lincoln memorial pennies 1959~2008. Lincoln bicentennial pennies 2009 (4 designs), Lincoln union shield pennies 2010~ .
Mintage for the 1917 Lincoln cent are: Philadelphia 196,429,785 Denver 55,120,00 San Francisco 32,620,000
Wheat cents were made from 1909 to 1958.
Denver started minting Lincoln cents in 1912 and continues to do so today, though none were minted at Denver in 1921 or 1923. No U.S. coins of any denomination minted in 1965-1967 have a mint mark.
Out of the 186,775,000 that were struck nobody knows how many are still in circulation.
1974 was the last year the San Francisco Mint issued Lincoln cents for general circulation.
Lincoln pennies were struck 1909~ . In 1901, they were minting Indian heads
It's hard to say. Canada stopped minting pennies in 2012, and since early 2013 the government has been withdrawing them from circulation. Before they started withdrawing pennies, though, the government estimated that there were 35 billion in circulation.
Modern ones are all proof, yes. However, some dated 1968-74, as well as any dated up through 1955 were standard business strikes, minted for circulation. San Francisco didn't take over minting proofs until 1968.
544,375,000 were made for circulation 2,934,631 were struck as proof coins
it depends on the date and the mint mark. Lincoln pennies were minted 1909~now. Wheat pennies 1909~1958. Lincoln memorial pennies 1959~2008. Lincoln bicentennial pennies 2009 (4 designs), Lincoln union shield pennies 2010~ .
Mintage for the 1917 Lincoln cent are: Philadelphia 196,429,785 Denver 55,120,00 San Francisco 32,620,000
Philadelphia minted 754,110,000 cents for circulation in 1963, plus 3,075,645 proof coins.
Wheat cents were made from 1909 to 1958.
About 120,000,000
Mintage data for 2006 Lincoln cents:Philadelphia 4,290,000,000Denver 3,944,000,000San Francisco 3,054,436
The mintage data for the 2000 Lincoln cent is: Philadelphia 5,503,200,000 Denver 8,774,220,000 San Francisco 4,047,993