The first US wheat penny minted was the regular 1909.
The penny that is commonly called the 'Wheat Penny' was first minted in 1909 and the last year of minting was 1958.
The wheat ears appearing on cents minted from 1909 to 1958 honored the power of American agriculture.
Penny
There is no 1873 wheat penny. It is an Indian head penny.
The first US cent was minted in Philadelphia in 1793. At that time cents were large coins about the size of a half-dollar, and they had a picture of Miss Liberty on the front.
The penny that is commonly called the 'Wheat Penny' was first minted in 1909 and the last year of minting was 1958.
The wheat ears appearing on cents minted from 1909 to 1958 honored the power of American agriculture.
You can identify if a penny is a wheat penny from 1953 by looking at the reverse (tails) side of the coin. If it has two wheat ears framing the words "ONE CENT" and the image of the Lincoln Memorial, then it is a wheat penny from 1953. Wheat pennies were minted from 1909 to 1958 and are recognizable by the wheat ears on the reverse side.
That probably depends what you mean by a "penny". The first US penny was minted in 1787. The first British penny was minted in 790 AD. See Related Links.
Penny
There is no 1873 wheat penny. It is an Indian head penny.
The first US cent was minted in Philadelphia in 1793. At that time cents were large coins about the size of a half-dollar, and they had a picture of Miss Liberty on the front.
The US penny, named after the British penny or pence was first minted as the US penny around 1787. Pennies in the US were first pressed in copper.CorrectionThe first US coin to carry the denomination 1 cent was the so-called Fugio cent authorized by the Continental Congress in 1787. The first cents issued by the new Federal government were Large Cents made in 1793. Note that coins are said to be minted or struckrather than "pressed".
The 1962-D Lincoln Cent {penny} was minted at the US Mint in Denver, Colorado, USA.
The penny has been used for many centuries going back to the Roman Empire. The first US penny was the Fugio Cent of 1787.
Well . . . there have never been any silver pennies minted in the US, so you must be talking about the steel pennies. As far as I know, 1943 was the only year that steel pennies, or 'steelies', were minted.
It's not a wheat penny. Wheat cents were issued by the US, not Canada. Aside from that, it's worth about $0.25 U.S.