| Added by |
 Alain Martineau
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| In personal collections | 44 |
| General Description | President Lincoln that has appeared on the coin since 1909, the reverse features a union shield with a scroll draped across and the inscription ONE CENT. |
| Obv. Description | The current Lincoln cent's design is emblematic of President Abraham Lincoln's. IN GOD WE TRUST at the top. LIBERTY on the left. 2010 right |
| Rev. Description | The 13 vertical stripes of the shield represent the states joined in one compact union to support the federal government, represented by the horizontal bar above. The horizontal bar features the inscription E PLURIBUS UNUM "out of many, one" while the inscription UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is depicted along the upper rim of the coin. The union shield, which dates back to the 1780s, was used widely during the Civil War. |
| Catalog code | KM# 468 |
| Mintage | 2,047,200,000 |
| Diameter | 19.05 mm |
| Thickness | 1.55 mm |
| Weight | 2.5000 g |
| Material | Copper-Zinc |
| Orientation | Coin |
| Mint | United States of America - Denver (D) |
| Edge Type | plain |
| Designer | ob: Victor David Brenner; Lyndall Bass-Revers |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
