This listing is for one 1918 Wheat Penny, as pictured. No mint mark, denoting the Philadelphia Mint.
This year, 1918 is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50-100 million people worldwide.
In 1917, a year which saw Barber's death in office at age 77, the wartime economy caused a shortage of cents. At this time, the Lincoln cent had not yet become dominant in circulation; four-fifths of the cents in circulation were of the older Indian Head design.
Demand for the cent continued to increase when a luxury tax was instituted, and cents were needed to make change. In 1918, Brenner's initials were restored to the coin, appearing where Lincoln's shoulder is cut off by the rim of the coin.
1918 Wheat Penny - VF-EF (Very Fine to Extremely Fine) Grade / Condition - Philadelphia Mint - WW1 Era US Cent - 1918 P Wheat Ear Cent
This year, 1918 is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50-100 million people worldwide.
In 1917, a year which saw Barber's death in office at age 77, the wartime economy caused a shortage of cents. At this time, the Lincoln cent had not yet become dominant in circulation; four-fifths of the cents in circulation were of the older Indian Head design.
Demand for the cent continued to increase when a luxury tax was instituted, and cents were needed to make change. In 1918, Brenner's initials were restored to the coin, appearing where Lincoln's shoulder is cut off by the rim of the coin.
1918 Wheat Penny - VF-EF (Very Fine to Extremely Fine) Grade / Condition - Philadelphia Mint - WW1 Era US Cent - 1918 P Wheat Ear Cent