The D after the date indicates that it was minted in the Denver Mint. An S stands for San Francisco. Higher-denomination coins also have a P for Philadelphia. Cents do not use a P because the sometimes the West Point Mint strikes (comparatively) small numbers of cents when Philadelphia can't keep up with demand. The government doesn't want to create instant rarities, so neither Philadelphia nor West Point cents have mint marks, and you can't tell them apart.
The letters under the date on some pennies indicates which US Mint branch made the coin. The letter "D" indicates the Denver, Colorado Mint, the letter "S" indicates the San Francisco, California mint and no letter at all indicates the coin was struck at the US Mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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"D" under the date on a Lincoln penny denotes it was minted in Denver.What_does_the_D_mean_on_a_US_pennyWhat_does_the_D_mean_on_a_US_penny
In 2011, the U.S. Mint produced 4,938,540,000 pennies.
1,000,000
For the most part, no. Since the 1950s, Denver has produced more pennies per year than Philadelphia. The only D cents worth significantly more are from before WWII.
A 1953-D penny is probably worth only 1-2 cents. The reason for that is because there was 700.5 million pennies minted that year (with a D symbol) and for your penny to be worth alot it has to be around 0-2 million pennies that were minted in that year.
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US pennies minted in Philadelphia do not bear a mintmark, unlike those produced in Denver ("D") or San Francisco ("S").
With the possible exception of traders tokens (with the traders business name on them), there were no "New Zealand" Pennies minted prior to 1940. Any Pennies circulating in New Zealand prior to 1940 would have been mostly British Pennies and some Australian Pennies (from 1910).
The letters under the date on some pennies indicates which US Mint branch made the coin. The letter "D" indicates the Denver, Colorado Mint, the letter "S" indicates the San Francisco, California mint and no letter at all indicates the coin was struck at the US Mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
they still make pennies
Pennies are minted at three locations in the US; The San Francisco Mint, The Denver Mint and the Philadelphia Mint. Pennies from San Francisco have an "S" on them. Pennies from Denver have a "D" on them and pennies from Philadelphia have no letter.
Uh, ten pennies in a dime?
They were minted at the Philidelphi(no mint-mark), Denver(D) mints. These pennies are not rare.
The last year that wheat pennies were minted was 1958.
The last year for wheat pennies was 1958.