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Lincoln Penny Mintages

The Lincoln Penny is the United State's longest-running coin series and while it has seen little change over its lifetime, it does have some interesting varieties, including wheat pennies (wheatback pennies) and steel pennies.

The obverse (front) with the bust of Lincoln has been unchanged since 1909, and the reverse has only seen change once.

This change occurred in 1959 when the era of wheatback pennies came to a close. The wheat ears were replaced with the Lincoln Memorial on the reverse of the Lincoln Penny.

The composition of the Lincoln Penny also saw a few changes over the years, including during World War II (1943).

Major design changes to the reverse of the Lincoln Penny will begin in 2009 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln and the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Lincoln Penny..

To read more details about these changes and other interesting facts about the Lincoln Penny click here.

The mintage table for the Lincoln Penny is below.

Mintages for the Lincoln Penny

Mintage	Philadelphia	Denver- D	San Francisco- S
Wheat Ears Reverse	yes	yes	yes
1909, V.D.B.	27,995,000	D - 0	S - 484,000
1909	72,702,618	D - 0	S - 1,825,000
1910	146,801,218	D - 0	S - 6,045,000
1911	101,177,787	D - 12,672,000	S - 4,026,000
1912	68,153,060	D - 10,411,000	S - 4,431,000
1913	76,532,352	D - 15,804,000	S - 6,101,000
1914	75,238,432	D - 1,193,000	S - 4,137,000
1915	29,092,120	D - 22,050,000	S - 4,833,000
1916	131,833,677	D - 35,956,000	S - 22,510,000
1917	196,429,785	D - 55,120,000	S - 32,620,000
1918	288,104,634	D - 47,830,000	S - 34,680,000
1919	392,021,000	D - 57,154,000	S - 139,760,000
1920	310,165,000	D - 49,280,000	S - 46,220,000
1921	39,157,000	D - 0	S - 15,274,000
1922	0	D - 7,160,000	S - 0
1923	74,723,000	D - 0	S - 8,700,000
1924	75,178,000	D - 2,520,000	S - 11,696,000
1925	139,949,000	D - 22,580,000	S - 26,380,000
1926	157,088,000	D - 28,020,000	S - 4,550,000
1927	144,440,000	D - 27,170,000	S - 14,276,000
1928	134,116,000	D - 31,170,000	S - 17,266,000
1929	185,262,000	D - 41,730,000	S - 50,148,000
1930	157,415,000	D - 40,100,000	S - 24,286,000
1931	19,396,000	D - 4,480,000	S - 866,000
1932	9,062,000	D - 10,500,000	S - 0
1933	14,360,000	D - 6,200,000	S - 0
1934	219,080,000	D - 28,446,000	S - 0
1935	245,388,000	D - 47,000,000	S - 38,702,000
1936	309,632,000	D - 40,620,000	S - 29,130,000
1937	309,170,000	D - 50,430,000	S - 34,500,000
1938	156,682,000	D - 20,010,000	S - 15,180,000
1939	316,466,000	D - 15,160,000	S - 52,070,000
1940	586,810,000	D - 81,390,000	S - 112,940,000
1941	887,018,000	D - 128,700,000	S - 92,360,000
1942	657,796,000	D - 206,698,000	S - 85,590,000
Zinc Coated Steel	yes	yes	yes
1943	684,628,670	D - 217,660,000	S - 191,550,000
Bronze Resumed	yes	yes	yes
1944	1,435,400,000	D - 430,578,000	S - 282,760,000
1945	1,040,515,000	D - 266,268,000	S - 181,770,000
1946	991,655,000	D - 315,690,000	S - 198,100,000
1947	190,555,000	D - 194,750,000	S - 99,000,000
1948	317,570,000	D - 172,637,500	S - 81,735,000
1949	217,775,000	D - 153,132,500	S - 64,290,000
1950	272,635,000	D - 334,950,000	S - 118,505,000
1951	284,576,000	D - 625,355,000	S - 136,010,000
1952	186,775,000	D - 746,130,000	S - 137,800,004
1953	256,755,000	D - 700,515,000	S - 181,835,000
1954	71,640,050	D - 251,552,500	S - 96,190,000
1955	330,958,200	D - 563,257,500	S - 44,610,000
1956	420,745,000	D - 1,098,201,100	S - 0
1957	282,540,000	D - 1,051,342,000	S - 0
1958	252,525,000	D - 800,953,300	S - 0
Memorial Reverse (copper)	yes	yes	yes
1959	609,715,000	D - 1,279,760,000	S - 0
1960	586,405,000	D - 1,580,884,000	S - 0
1961	753,345,000	D - 1,753,266,700	S - 0
1962	606,045,000	D - 1,793,148,140	S - 0
1963	754,110,000	D - 1,774,020,000	S - 0
1964	2,648,575,000	D - 3,799,071,500	S - 0
1965	1,497,224,900	D - 0	S - 0
1966	2,188,147,783	D - 0	S - 0
1967	3,048,667,100	D - 0	S - 0
1968	1,707,880,970	D - 2,886,269,600	S - 258,270,001
1969	1,136,910,000	D - 4,002,832,200	S - 544,375,000
1970	1,898,315,000	D - 2,891,438,900	S - 690,560,004
1971	1,919,490,000	D - 2,911,045,600	S - 525,133,459
1972	2,933,255,000	D - 2,665,071,400	S - 376,939,108
1973	3,728,245,000	D - 3,549,576,588	S - 317,177,295
1974	4,232,140,523	D - 4,235,098,000	S - 409,426,660
1975	5,451,476,142	D - 4,505,275,300	S - proofs only
1976	4,674,292,426	D - 4,221,592,455	S - proofs only
1977	4,469,930,000	D - 4,194,062,300	S - proofs only
1978	5,558,605,000	D - 4,280,233,400	S - proofs only
1979	6,018,515,000	D - 4,139,357,254	S - proofs only
1980	7,414,705,000	D - 5,140,098,660	S - proofs only
1981	7,491,750,000	D - 5,373,235,677	S - proofs only
1982	10,712,525,000	D - 6,012,979,368	S - proofs only
Copper Plated Zinc	yes	yes	proofs only
1983	7,752,355,000	D - 6,467,199,428	S - proofs only
1984	8,151,079,000	D - 5,569,238,906	S - proofs only
1985	5,648,489,887	D - 5,287,339,926	S - proofs only
1986	4,491,395,493	D - 4,442,866,698	S - proofs only
1987	4,682,466,931	D - 4,879,389,514	S - proofs only
1988	6,092,810,000	D - 5,253,740,443	S - proofs only
1989	7,261,535,000	D - 5,345,467,111	S - proofs only
1990	6,851,765,000	D - 4,922,894,533	S - proofs only
1991	5,165,940,000	D - 4,158,446,076	S - proofs only
1992	4,648,905,000	D - 4,448,673,300	S - proofs only
1993	5,684,705,000	D - 6,426,650,571	S - proofs only
1994	6,500,850,000	D - 7,131,765,000	S - proofs only
1995	6,411,440,000	D - 7,128,560,000	S - proofs only
1996	6,612,465,000	D - 6,510,795,000	S - proofs only
1997	4,622,800,000	D - 4,576,555,000	S - proofs only
1998	5,032,155,000	D - 5,255,353,500	S - proofs only
1999	5,237,600,000	D - 6,360,065,000	S - proofs only
2000	5,503,200,000	D - 8,774,220,000	S - proofs only
2001	4,959,600,000	D - 5,374,990,000	S - proofs only
2002	3,260,800,000	D - 4,028,055,000	S - proofs only
2003	3,300,000,000	D - 3,548,000,000	S - proofs only
2004	3,379,600,000	D - 3,456,400,000	S - proofs only
2005	3,935,600,000	D - 3,764,450,500	S - proofs only
2006	4,290,000,000	D - 3,944,000,000	S - proofs only
2007	3,613,000,600	D - 3,524,000,400	S - proofs only

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