Lincoln Wheat Cent (1909-1958)

The Lincoln Wheat Cent (1909-1958) featured two stalks of wheat on the Reverse. The whole Lincoln Cent series (1909-Present) has been the longest running series in American Coinage History. The keys are 1909-S VDB, 1914-D, 1931-S, and 1909-1915 San Francisco Mint.

Designer: Victor David Brenner (VDB)

Composition: .950 Copper, .050 Tin and Zinc

History
The Lincoln Cent was created for Lincoln's 100th Birthday. Previously, the Mint tried to stay away from presidents. Victor D Brenner's design had Lincoln's bust facing right. Controversy arose when people didn't like VDB on the Reverse under the wheat stalks. VDB was put back on in 1918, just smaller and on the shoulder of Lincoln. The Philadelphia (1909-1958), Denver (1911-1958), and San Francisco (1909-1955) produced Lincoln Cents. In 1941, in total, all three Mints produced over 1 Billion cents. Matte Proofs were minted in 1909-1916 with a couple made in 1917. The Brilliant Proofs were made in 1936-1942 and 1950-1958.

Year-By-Year Guide
1909-VDB-27,995,000    1909-VDB Proof*-1,194    1909-S VDB-484,000    1909-72,702,618

1909 Proof*-2,618    1909-S-1,825,000    1910-146,801,218    1910 Proof*-4,118    1910-S-6,045,000

1911-101,177,787    1911 Proof*-1,725    1911-D-12,672,000    1911-S-4,026,000    1912-68,153,060

1912 Proof*-2,172    1912-D-10,411,000    1912-S-4,431,000    1913-76,532,352    1913 Proof*-2,983

1913-D-15,804,000    1913-S-6,101,000    1914-75,238,432    1914 Proof*-1,365    1914-D-1,193,000

1914-S-4,137,000    1915-29,092,120    1915 Proof*-1,150    1915-D-22,050,000    1915-S-4,833,000

1916-131,833,677    1916 Proof*-1,050    1916-D-35,956,000    1916-S-22,510,000    1917-196,429,785

1917 Proof*-Unknown    1917-D-55,120,000    1917-S-32,620,000    1918-288,104,634

1918-D-47,830,000    1918-S-34,680,000    1919-392,021,000    1919-D-57,154,000  1919-S-139,760,000

1920-310,165,000    1920-D-49,280,000    1920-S-46,220,000    1921-39,157,000    1921-S-15,274,000

1922-D-7,160,000    1922 No "D"-Unknown    1923-74,723,000    1923-S-8,700,000    1924-75,178,000

1924-D-2,520,000    1924-S-11,696,000    1925-139,949,000    1925-D-22,580,000    1925-S-26,380,000

1927-144,440,000    1927-D-27,170,000    1927-S-14,276,000    1928-134,116,000    1928-D-31,170,000

1928-S-17,266,000    1929-185,262,000    1929-D-41,730,000    1929-S-50,148,000    1930-157,415,000

1930-D-40,100,000    1930-S-24,286,000    1931-19,396,000    1931-D-4,480,000    1931-S-866,000

1932-9,062,000    1932-D-10,500,000    1933-14,360,000    1933-D-6,200,000    1934-219,080,000

1934-D-28,446,000    1935-245,388,000    1935-D-47,000,000    1935-S-38,702,000

1936-309,632,000     1936 Proof-5,569     1936-D-40,620,000     1936-S-29,130,000

1937-309,170,000     1937 Proof-9,320     1937-D-50,430,000     1937-S-34,500,000

1938-156,182,000     1938 Proof-14,734     1938-D-20,010,000     1938-S-15,180,000

1939-316,466,000     1939 Proof-13,520     1939-D-15,160,000     1939-S-52,070,000

1940-586,810,000     1940 Proof-15,872     1940-D-81,390,000     1940-S-112,940,000

1941-887,018,000     1941 Proof-21,100     1941-D-128,700,000   1941-S-92,360,000

1942-657,796,000     1942 Proof-32,600     1942-D-206,698,000   1942-S-85,590,000

1943-684,628,670     1943-D-217,660,000     1943-S-191,550,000

1944-1,435,400,000     1944-D-430,578,000     1944-S-282,760,000

1945-1,040,515,000     1945-D-266,268,000     1945-S-181,770,000

1946-991,655,000     1946-D-315,690,000     1946-S-198,100,000

1947-190,555,000     1947-D-194,750,000     1947-S-99,000,000

1948-317,570,000     1948-D-172,637,500     1948-S-81,735,000

1949-217,775,000     1949-D-153,132,500     1949-S-64,290,000

1950-272,635,000     1950 Proof-51,386     1950-D-334,950,000     1950-S-118,505,000

1951-284,576,000     1951 Proof-57,500     1951-D-625,355,000     1951-S-136,010,000

1952-186,755,000     1952 Proof-81,980     1952-D-746,130,000     1952-S-137,800,004

1953-256,755,000     1953 Proof-128,800   1953-D-700,515,000     1953-S-181,835,000

1954-71,640,050       1954 Proof-233,300   1954-D-251,552,500     1954-S-96,190,000

1955-330,958,200     1955 Proof-378,200   1955-D-563,257,500     1955-S-44,610,00

1956-420,745,000     1956 Proof-669,384   1956-D-1,098,201,100

1957-282,540,000     1957 Proof-1,247,952     1957-D-1,051,342,000

1958-252,525,000     1958 Proof-875,652   1958-D-800,953,300


 * Only Matte Proofs Produced

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