1909-1919

1909 VDB Lincoln Cent Fine

For the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, the U.S. Mint unveiled the first Lincoln cent in 1909 to great acclaim. However, complaints that the initials of designer, Victor D. Brenner were too prominent began to pour in. Three days after...

1909 VDB Lincoln Cent Very Fine to About Uncirculated

Just days after unveiling the new 1909 Lincoln cent, the Mint Director halted the busy coin presses. Complaints had begun to pour in regarding the much too prominent initials of the designer, Victor D. Brenner on the coin's reverse. A second type was...

1909 Lincoln Cent VDB & Plain Pair Good to Very Good

This pair of affordable first year Philadelphia Wheat cents is a must-have! Just days after the new Lincoln cent was unveiled, the reverse was revised to remove the designer's initials that were deemed to be too prominent. You'll get an "offending" VDB...

1913-D Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmMM - Obverse below date

1917-S Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmMM - Obverse below date

1909-P Lincoln Cent Fine

The first Lincoln cent of 1909 was issued for the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. It replaced the Indian Head cent, which had been struck since 1859. It was the first time in U.S. minting history that a portrait of an historical figure...

1911-D Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmMM - Obverse below date

1918-S Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmMM - Obverse below date

1911-P Lincoln Cent Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmNo MM

1912-P Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmNo MM

1916-S Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmMM - Obverse below date

1918-D Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmMM - Obverse below date

1916-D Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmMM - Obverse below date

1910-P Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmNo MM

1919-D Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmMM - Obverse below date

1913-P Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmNo MM

1916-P Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmNo MM

1914-P Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmNo MM

1912-S Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Still in the infancy of the series, these cents were struck in the year the Titanic sank, Arizona became the 48th state and Woodrow Wilson was elected President. Of the three mints then in operation, San Francisco's output was the smallest, with only 4.4...

1917-D Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmMM - Obverse below date

1910-S Lincoln Cent Good

1915-D Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmMM - Obverse below date

1917-P Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmNo MM

1919-S Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmMM - Obverse below date

1915-S Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Early-date San Francisco Mint Lincoln cents can be tough to find, but we have recently acquired a small cache of these elusive issues. Under five million of these pennies were struck by San Francisco over 100 years ago — of which only a fraction...

1918-P Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmNo MM

1909-S Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Only three other issues in the 100-year Lincoln penny series can claim greater scarcity in the well-preserved Fine quality we offer. Struck to honor the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, the San Francisco 1909-S cent mintage was split into two types,...

1914-S Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Output for this scarce Wheatie cent at the prestigious San Francisco mint was just 4,137,000. Over 18 times as many were produced that year at the principal mint in Philadelphia. BU issues of this coin sell for over $500. Now one hundred years old this...

1913-S Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmMM - Obverse below date

1914-D Lincoln Cent Good

This 1914-D Denver Lincoln cent had a mintage of just 1,193,000, the third lowest output of the entire long running series. Since this issue was produced during the early days of penny collecting, most entered circulation and very few were saved. Before...

1919-P Lincoln Cent VG-Fine

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmNo MM

1911-S Lincoln Cent Fine

Early-date San Francisco Mint Lincoln cents can be tough to find. The 1911-S cent we are offering here had an original mintages of just over four million, of which only a fraction have survived to our time in collectible quality. Well-preserved Fine...

1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent Good

Wheat Reverse95% Copper/5% Zinc & Tin3.11g19mmMM - Obverse below dateVDB - Reverse on bottom rim (VERY hard to read in lower grades)

1914 Lincoln Cent Good