The US has minted 1-cent coins since 1793.
The answer stating no 1-cent coins were minted before 1909 was incorrect and has been removed.
The first Lincoln cents were put into circulation in August, 1909. Of course the coins were minted before that but weren't released.
The first Lincoln cents were released to circulation in August 1909. Of course they were minted before that so there would be a large enough supply available.
Pretty difficult to assign a value, mostly because the first Lincoln cents were minted in 1909. And in any case Abraham Lincoln himself was born in 1809 so a coin with his picture but minted 155 years before his birth would be just slightly impossible.
Lincoln cents were first minted in 1909.
Lincoln Cents were initially minted in the year 1909.
51 years. Lincoln cents were first minted in 1909.
The Lincoln cent was first minted in 1909, to honor the centennial of Lincoln's birth.
1909 was the first year.
Lincoln pennies weren't minted until 1909.
Indian Head cents were minted from 1859 to mid-1909, when the Lincoln cent was introduced.
The first ones were minted in 1909. The last ones were minted in 1958. The Lincoln Memorial reverse was introduced in 1959 and continued until 2008.
The 1962-D Lincoln Cent {penny} was minted at the US Mint in Denver, Colorado, USA.