1 Cent "Lincoln Memorial Cent"

Features

Country	United States
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1959-1982
Value	1 Cent (0.01 USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Bronze (Cu 95%, Zn or Sn)
Weight	3.11 g
Diameter	19 mm
Thickness	1.30 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
References	KM# 201, Standard Catalog of World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Schön# 202 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
1962
D

Engraver: Victor David Brenner

Reverse

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

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

Engraver: Frank Gasparro

Edge

Smooth

Mints

	United States Mint, Philadelpha, United States
D	United States Mint, Denver, United States
S	United States Mint, San Francisco, United States

Comments

1982 is a transition year: the earliest coins were struck in 95% copper, and the latest coins were struck in copper plated zinc. One of the most noticable differences between the two is the weights (3.11 grams versus 2.50 grams).

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Year	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
1959	609,715,000		0.06	0.06	0.22	0.28		0.84	18%
1959	1,149,291							4.30	0.9%	Proof
1959 D	1,279,760,000		0.05	0.10	0.22	0.22	0.85	0.85	20%
1960				0.11	0.14			1.32	5%	Large date, high "9"
1960	1,691,602							2.58	1.2%	Proof
1960	586,405,000		0.05	0.10	0.27	0.27		1.60	13%	Small date, low "9"
1960 D					0.31	0.31		1.32	6%	Large date, high "9"
1960 D					0.22				2%	Small "D" over large date
1960 D	1,580,884,000	0.03	0.06	0.14	0.13	0.13		0.86	16%	Small date, low "9"
1961	753,345,000		0.06	0.06	0.11	0.12		1.04	19%
1961	3,028,244							1.76	1.2%	Proof
1961 D	1,753,266,700		0.09	0.11	0.18	0.18	0.53	1.32	22%
1962	606,045,000		0.09	0.10	0.12	0.12		0.63	17%
1962	3,218,019							2.74	1.4%	Proof
1962 D	1,793,148,140		0.06	0.06	0.15	0.20	0.37	0.37	21%
1963	754,110,000	0.03	0.04	0.11	0.20	0.20	0.32	0.90	17%
1963	3,075,645							1.58	1.3%	Proof
1963 D	1,774,020,400		0.05	0.21	0.21	0.23		0.68	21%
1964	2,648,575,000	0.03	0.05	0.06	0.11	0.15	0.50	0.50	28%
1964	3,950,762							2.05	1.9%	Proof
1964 D	3,799,071,500		0.04	0.16	0.22	0.22	0.56	0.79	26%
1965	1,497,224,900	0.03	0.09	0.11	0.12	0.12		0.97	21%
1965	2,360,000							2.56	1.2%	SMS (Special Mint Set) proof-like
1966	2,188,147,783		0.07	0.10	0.13	0.18		0.48	23%
1966	2,261,583							1.65	1.4%	SMS (Special Mint Set) proof-like
1967	3,048,667,100	0.02	0.07	0.11	0.14	0.11	0.11	1.13	27%
1967	1,863,344							1.99	1.3%	SMS (Special Mint Set) proof-like
1968	1,707,880,970		0.04	0.13	0.14	0.14		0.73	23%
1968 D	2,886,269,600	0.03	0.03	0.11	0.12	0.10	0.10	0.56	23%
1968 S	258,270,001		0.04	0.04	0.13			0.55	9%
1968 S	3,041,506							0.98	1.8%	Proof
1969	1,136,910,000		0.06	0.10	0.12	0.14		0.76	20%
1969 D	4,002,832,200	0.03	0.05	0.11	0.15	0.19		0.48	27%
1969 S	544,375,000			0.05	0.32	0.32		0.54	12%
1969 S									0.4%	Doubled Die Obverse (very rare)
1969 S	2,934,631							1.57	1.8%	Proof
1970	1,898,315,000	0.05	0.05	0.08	0.16	0.16		0.76	23%
1970 D	2,891,438,900		0.03	0.12	0.19	0.19		0.27	21%
1970 S									0.3%	Doubled Die Obverse
1970 S	690,560,004		0.04	0.27	0.33	0.42		1.41	11%	Large date, low "7"
1970 S	2,632,810							2.63	1.4%	Proof
1970 S					0.12	0.27		34.24	3%	Small date, level "7"
1971	1,919,490,000	0.02	0.05	0.06	0.11	0.10	0.10	0.43	23%
1971 D	2,911,045,600	0.09	0.09	0.10	0.11	0.14		0.48	22%
1971 S	525,133,459		0.07	0.07	0.10	0.22		0.86	12%
1971 S	3,220,733							0.57	1.7%	Proof
1971 S									0.2%	Proof; Doubled Die Obverse (very rare)
1972	2,933,255,000	0.03	0.05	0.05	0.16	0.16	0.19	0.28	26%
1972									0.8%	Doubled Die Obverse (multiple varieties; noticable in "IN GOD WE TRUST"); very rare
1972 D	2,665,071,400		0.05	0.05	0.13	0.14		0.63	20%
1972 S	376,939,108			0.08	0.11	0.39		1.24	10%
1972 S	3,260,996							0.98	1.7%	Proof
1973	3,728,245,000	0.03	0.05	0.11	0.12	0.14		0.62	28%
1973 D	3,549,576,588	0.03	0.05	0.10	0.11	0.15		0.49	23%
1973 S	317,177,295				0.14	0.31		0.75	9%
1973 S	2,760,339							1.25	1.6%	Proof
1974	4,232,140,523		0.04	0.10	0.10	0.09	0.09	0.31	29%
1974 D	4,235,098,000	0.06	0.06	0.11	0.11	0.24	0.24	0.49	25%
1974 S	409,426,660			0.12	0.22	0.22		0.45	9%
1974 S	2,612,568							0.96	1.3%	Proof
1975	5,451,476,142	0.03	0.05	0.11	0.11	0.11		0.49	31%
1975 D	4,505,275,300		0.10	0.10	0.16	0.16		0.55	25%
1975 S	2,845,450							2.93	1.8%	Proof
1976	4,674,292,426		0.05	0.06	0.12	0.14		0.29	29%
1976 D	4,221,592,455	0.03	0.06	0.11	0.11	0.19		0.35	24%
1976 S	4,149,730							0.75	2%	Proof
1977	4,469,930,000	0.04	0.05	0.11	0.13	0.14	0.14	0.29	28%
1977 D	4,194,062,300		0.07	0.11	0.13	0.13		0.50	24%
1977 S	3,251,152							0.97	1.8%	Proof
1978	5,558,605,000	0.03	0.08	0.10	0.11	0.14	0.52	1.08	31%
1978 D	4,280,233,400	0.03	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.17		0.29	23%
1978 S	3,127,781							1.25	1.8%	Proof
1979	6,018,515,000	0.03	0.09	0.11	0.11	0.12	0.12	0.30	32%
1979 D	4,139,357,254	0.03	0.04	0.09	0.12	0.13	0.13	0.34	23%
1979 S	3,677,175							1.41	1.7%	Type 1 Proof (filled "S")
1979 S								5.34	0.8%	Type 2 Proof (clear "S")
1980	7,414,705,000	0.03	0.09	0.11	0.13	0.14	0.15	0.31	34%
1980 D	5,140,098,660		0.05	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.13	0.31	23%
1980 S	3,554,806							1.07	1.9%	Proof
1981	7,491,750,000	0.03	0.09	0.09	0.13	0.16	0.19	0.31	33%
1981 D	5,373,235,677	0.04	0.05	0.09	0.12	0.10	0.10	0.40	24%
1981 S	4,063,083							2.84	1.5%	Type 1 Proof (filled "S")
1981 S					0.98				0.9%	Type 2 Proof (clear "S")
1982	10,712,525,000	0.03	0.08	0.08	0.10	0.10	0.37	0.61	30%	Large date; mintage combined with Zinc cents
1982			0.04	0.12	0.12	0.21	0.37	0.91	11%	Small date; mintage included in above
1982 D	6,012,979,368		0.05	0.12	0.12	0.22	0.30	0.49	22%	Large date; mintage combined with Zinc cents
1982 D									0.02%	Small date; 2 examples known
1982 S	3,857,479							1.45	3%	Proof (large date)

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