Added by | Alain Martineau |
In personal collections | 46 |
General Description | The one-cent coin is often called a penny, but the U.S. Mint's official name for this coin is "cent" and the U.S. Treasury's official name is "one cent piece" |
Obv. Description | A right-facing profile of Abraham Lincolm, the 16th President of the United States of America based on a Mathew Brady photograph .The front reads, "IN GOD WE TRUST," "LIBERTY," date and mint mark |
Rev. Description | The imposing marble Lincoln Memorial located in Washington provides the central motif. If you look closely, you can see a tiny picture of Lincoln sitting inside the center of the Lincoln Memorial. The back reads, "UNITED STATES of AMERICA," "ONE CENT," and "E PLURIBUS UNUM" (which means, "Out of many, one") The initials "FG" appear on the right, near the shrubbery |
Catalog code | KM# 201 |
Mintage | 756,373,244 |
Diameter | 19.00 mm |
Thickness | 1.55 mm |
Weight | 3.1100 g |
Material | Copper-Zinc |
Orientation | Coin |
Mint | United States of America - Philadelphia (P) |
Edge Type | plain |
Designer | Ob: Victor David Brenner Re:Frank Gasparro |
Catalog prices *what it means? |
UNC $6.50 |