Half-Cents and Cents

Wheat Penny Value Chart by Year

Years: 1909–1958Designer: Victor David BrennerComposition: 95% Copper, 5% Tin and Zinc

Diameter: 19.00 millimetersWeight: 3.11 grams

The Lincoln Wheat cent, introduced in 1909 to commemorate the centennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, marked a revolutionary shift in American numismatics by featuring a historical figure rather than the personification…

Years Minted

$1048K+

Top Value

Showing50 years·710 coin types

1909

36 types

1910

14 types

1911

22 types

1912

12 types

1913

12 types

1914

12 types

1915

12 types

1916

12 types

1917

15 types

1918

9 types

1919

9 types

1920

9 types

1921

6 types

1922

12 types

1923

6 types

1924

9 types

1925

14 types

1926

9 types

1927

14 types

1928

12 types

1929

12 types

1930

16 types

1931

9 types

1932

6 types

1933

6 types

1934

18 types

1935

12 types

1936

34 types

1937

14 types

1938

16 types

1939

14 types

1940

13 types

1941

25 types

1942

26 types

1943

15 types

1944

23 types

1945

10 types

1946

11 types

1947

11 types

1948

9 types

1949

11 types

1950

14 types

1951

21 types

1952

13 types

1953

23 types

1954

15 types

1955

23 types

1956

14 types

1957

9 types

1958

11 types