This listing is for one 1909 Wheat Penny, as pictured. Choose by grade. No mint mark, denoting the Philadelphia Mint. This is the non-VDB variety, produced after the VDB initials were removed from the design. If you are looking for the VDB variety, we have those too!!!
The Lincoln cent has been struck by the United States Mint since 1909 (first year of production). The obverse or heads side was designed by Victor David Brenner, as was the original reverse, depicting two stalks of wheat. The issue of the Lincoln cent was commemorative with the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth.
Brenner's initials (VDB), on the reverse at its base, were deemed too prominent once the coins were issued, and were removed within days of the release (which is why a VDB is a rarer coin). The initials were restored, this time smaller, on Lincoln's shoulder, in 1918.
1909 Lincoln Wheat Penny - VF-XF (Very to Extremely Fine) Grade / Condition - Philadelphia Mint - First Year Minted - 1909 P Wheat Cent 1909
The Lincoln cent has been struck by the United States Mint since 1909 (first year of production). The obverse or heads side was designed by Victor David Brenner, as was the original reverse, depicting two stalks of wheat. The issue of the Lincoln cent was commemorative with the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth.
Brenner's initials (VDB), on the reverse at its base, were deemed too prominent once the coins were issued, and were removed within days of the release (which is why a VDB is a rarer coin). The initials were restored, this time smaller, on Lincoln's shoulder, in 1918.
1909 Lincoln Wheat Penny - VF-XF (Very to Extremely Fine) Grade / Condition - Philadelphia Mint - First Year Minted - 1909 P Wheat Cent 1909