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By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... After a year where each of the three mints produced one cent coins on experimental

The 1901 Indian Head Cent saw the largest mintage of any U.S. Mint coin up to that date. Prices vary greatly due to their color designation.

The 1974 Lincoln Cent was produced at a time when demand for the copper penny was at a record high and rising copper prices were a concern.

The 1909-S V.D.B. is a key date for the Lincoln Wheat Reverse series that has never lost its luster with collectors.

The superb quality of the 1916 Lincoln cent is well known amongst enthusiasts. New hubs had been prepared for the 1916 issue, and many of the resulting

From 1971 to 1974, Lincoln cent production increased dramatically, a trend when the Mint transitioned from silver to clad coinage.

1967 marked the beginning of a return to normalcy for the United States Mint. The Coinage Act of 1965 radically recalibrated American coinage, dropping