1 Cent "Lincoln Memorial Cent"

Features

Country	United States
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1959-1982
Value	1 Cent (0.01 USD)
Metal	Bronze (Cu 95%, Zn or Tin)
Weight	3.11 g
Diameter	19 mm
Thickness	1.30 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
References	KM# 201, Schön# 202 Standard Catalog of World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Weltmünzkatalog by Gerhard Schön, Günter Schön (Battenberg Gietl Verlag)

Obverse

The portrait in right profile of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States from 1861 to 1865, is accompanied with the lettering "LIBERTY" and the motto "IN GOD WE TRUST"

NOTE: Cents dated 1968-1974 bearing an "S" mintmark are most likely not proofs. The San Francisco Mint struck this coin for circulation as well as all proofs for this type. "S" cents dated 1975 and later are always proofs.

Lettering:
IN GOD WE TRUST
LIBERTY
(1959-1982)

Engraver: Victor David Brenner

Reverse

The Lincoln Memorial is surrounded with the facial value in full, the lettering : "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" and the motto : "E • PLURIBUS • UNUM •"

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
E • PLURIBUS • UNUM •
ONE CENT
FG

Engraver: Frank Gasparro

Edge

Smooth

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Year	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1959	609,715,000		0.09	0.06	0.21			0.79
1959	1,149,291								Proof
1959 D	1,279,760,000		0.06	0.08	0.28		1.00	0.79
1960					0.14			1.56	large date, high "9"
1960	1,691,602								Proof
1960	586,405,000		0.05	0.11	0.39				small date, low "9"
1960 D					0.33	0.25		1.17	large date, high "9"
1960 D									small "D" over large date
1960 D	1,580,884,000		0.08	0.20	0.12	0.07		0.51	small date, low "9"
1961	753,345,000		0.08	0.06	0.11	0.12		0.69
1961	3,028,244							1.17	Proof
1961 D	1,753,266,700		0.09	0.03	0.24	0.10	0.06	0.69
1962	606,045,000		0.09	0.10	0.12	0.09		0.61
1962	3,218,019								Proof
1962 D	1,793,148,140		0.10	0.07	0.16	0.15	0.51	0.20
1963	754,110,000		0.03	0.07	0.30	0.13		0.20
1963	3,075,645								Proof
1963 D	1,774,020,400		0.08	0.23	0.21	0.20		0.35
1964	2,648,575,000	0.06	0.05	0.07	0.12	0.12		0.17
1964	3,950,762							3.01	Proof
1964 D	3,799,071,500		0.03	0.17	0.28	0.11		0.79
1965	1,497,224,900	0.03	0.09	0.09	0.15	0.10		0.77
1965	2,360,000							3.99	SMS (Special Mint Set) proof-like
1966	2,188,147,783		0.07	0.08	0.13	0.15
1966	2,261,583								SMS (Special Mint Set) proof-like
1967	3,048,667,100	0.02	0.10	0.07	0.14	0.15	0.08	1.08
1967	1,863,344							1.88	SMS (Special Mint Set) proof-like
1968	1,707,880,970		0.05	0.09	0.15	0.13		0.88
1968 D	2,886,269,600		0.02	0.12	0.17	0.07	0.27	0.75
1968 S	258,270,001			0.05				0.31
1968 S	3,041,506								Proof
1969	1,136,910,000		0.08	0.18	0.13	0.15		0.89
1969 D	4,002,832,200		0.05	0.10	0.17	0.18		0.41
1969 S	544,375,000			0.08	0.39	0.10		0.74
1969 S									doubled die obverse; very rare
1969 S	2,934,631							2.49	Proof
1970	1,898,315,000	0.09	0.05	0.08	0.18	0.11		0.79
1970 D	2,891,438,900		0.03	0.12	0.20	0.16		0.18
1970 S									doubled die obverse
1970 S	690,560,004		0.04	0.37	0.35	0.44		1.72	large date, low "7"
1970 S	2,632,810								Proof
1970 S					0.10	0.34			small date, level "7"
1971	1,919,490,000	0.02	0.07	0.06	0.14	0.15	0.06	0.39
1971 D	2,911,045,600	0.30	0.09	0.09	0.11	0.15		0.51
1971 S	525,133,459		0.06	0.05	0.10	0.20		0.90
1971 S									doubled die obverse; very rare
1971 S	3,220,733								Proof
1972	2,933,255,000		0.05	0.05	0.26	0.10	0.14	0.28
1972									doubled die obverse (of "IN GOD WE TRUST"); very rare
1972 D	2,665,071,400		0.05	0.03	0.14	0.15		0.65
1972 S	376,939,108			0.08	0.11	0.56		1.21
1972 S	3,260,996								Proof
1973	3,728,245,000	0.03	0.04	0.10	0.14	0.16		0.64
1973 D	3,549,576,588	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.12	0.11
1973 S	317,177,295				0.15
1973 S	2,760,339							1.40	Proof
1974	4,232,140,523		0.03	0.09	0.12	0.10	0.04	0.30
1974 D	4,235,098,000		0.07	0.10	0.11	0.41	0.10	0.51
1974 S	409,426,660		0.07	0.12	0.28	0.06		0.43
1974 S	2,612,568								Proof
1975	5,451,476,142	0.05	0.05	0.10	0.12	0.15		0.54
1975 D	4,505,275,300		0.11	0.08	0.15	0.15		0.64
1975 S	2,845,450							3.10	Proof
1976	4,674,292,426		0.04	0.05	0.14	0.15		0.61
1976 D	4,221,592,455		0.08	0.15	0.11	0.17
1976 S	4,149,730							1.03	Proof
1977	4,469,930,000		0.04	0.09	0.12	0.15	0.15
1977 D	4,194,062,300		0.09	0.10	0.16	0.03		0.80
1977 S	3,251,152							0.63	Proof
1978	5,558,605,000		0.06	0.11	0.12	0.11		1.15
1978 D	4,280,233,400		0.15	0.18	0.14	0.15
1978 S	3,127,781							1.31	Proof
1979	6,018,515,000		0.09	0.11	0.12	0.17	0.08
1979 D	4,139,357,254	0.03	0.04	0.09	0.12	0.10	0.14
1979 S	3,677,175								Type 1 Proof (filled "S")
1979 S									Type 2 Proof (clear "S")
1980	7,414,705,000		0.09	0.07	0.14	0.15	0.15	0.47
1980 D	5,140,098,660		0.06	0.15	0.11	0.11	0.10	0.40
1980 S	3,554,806							0.91	Proof
1981	7,491,750,000		0.05	0.09	0.14	0.16		0.51
1981 D	5,373,235,677	0.05	0.08	0.09	0.14	0.11	0.07	0.51
1981 S	4,063,083							2.92	Type 1 Proof (filled "S")
1981 S					1.03				Type 2 Proof (clear "S")
1982	10,712,525,000	0.03	0.09	0.07	0.10	0.05		0.84	large date
1982				0.12	0.10	0.17		0.79	small date
1982 D	6,012,979,368		0.05	0.15	0.12	0.17	0.06	0.84	large date
1982 S	3,857,479							1.48	Proof

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