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.
1943. See Related Links for a picture and some history.
In 2011, the U.S. Mint produced 4,938,540,000 pennies.
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15 year old pennies are essentially the same size as those minted today. You'd have to go back to 1857 to find pennies that were significantly larger.
Mainly 1909 S VDB Penny, and 1955 Double Die, also any Pennies under 1850 can be found of much value.
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).
they still make pennies
The last year that wheat pennies were minted was 1958.
The last year for wheat pennies was 1958.
The smallest number of pennies minted in a single year was in 1922, with just over 7 million pennies produced.
These pennies are called "Wheat Pennies". They were last made in 1958.
No. The last year for wheat pennies was 1958. 1959 was the first year for Lincoln Memorial pennies.
1815 is the only year U.S. one cent coins (pennies) were not made.
1943. See Related Links for a picture and some history.
pennies were phased out 2012, though some are still in circulation now.
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