Lincoln cents: values by year
Lincoln cents have been made since 1909. This site covers 1909–1982. Designed by Victor David Brenner. Pick a year to see what each mint mark is worth.
Year-by-year value pages
- 1909 penny value
- 1910 penny value
- 1917 penny value
- 1918 penny value
- 1919 penny value
- 1920 penny value
- 1936 penny value
- 1937 penny value
- 1939 penny value
- 1940 penny value
- 1941 penny value
- 1942 penny value
- 1943 penny value
- 1944 penny value
- 1945 penny value
- 1946 penny value
- 1950 penny value
- 1951 penny value
- 1955 penny value
- 1956 penny value
- 1957 penny value
- 1958 penny value
- 1959 penny value
- 1960 penny value
- 1961 penny value
- 1962 penny value
- 1963 penny value
- 1964 penny value
- 1965 penny value
- 1966 penny value
- 1967 penny value
- 1968 penny value
- 1969 penny value
- 1971 penny value
- 1972 penny value
- 1973 penny value
- 1974 penny value
- 1975 penny value
- 1976 penny value
- 1982 penny value
Metal and weight
- 1909–1942: Bronze (95% copper, 5% tin and zinc), 3.11 g
- 1943: Zinc-coated steel, 2.7 g
- 1944–1946: Brass (95% copper, 5% zinc), reportedly made partly from recycled shell casings, 3.11 g
- 1947–1961: Bronze (95% copper, 5% tin and zinc), 3.11 g
- 1962–1981: Brass (95% copper, 5% zinc), 3.11 g
- 1982: Both bronze (3.11 g) and copper-plated zinc (2.50 g) were made this year
Where the mint mark is
- 1909–1964, 1968–1982: Front of the coin, just below the date. Philadelphia cents have no letter, and neither do the 1964 cents struck in San Francisco or the cents struck at West Point from 1974.
- 1965–1967: No mint mark on any cent.
Mintage by year
| Year | Mintage by mint |
|---|---|
| 1909 | VDB (no mint mark): 27,995,000, (no VDB): 72,702,618, S VDB: 484,000, S (no VDB): 1,825,000 |
| 1910 | (no mint mark): 146,801,218, S: 6,045,000 |
| 1911 | D: 12,672,000, (no mint mark): 101,177,787, S: 4,026,000 |
| 1912 | D: 10,411,000, (no mint mark): 68,153,060, S: 4,431,000 |
| 1913 | D: 15,804,000, (no mint mark): 76,532,352, S: 6,101,000 |
| 1914 | D: 1,193,000, (no mint mark): 75,238,432, S: 4,137,000 |
| 1915 | D: 22,050,000, (no mint mark): 29,092,120, S: 4,833,000 |
| 1916 | D: 35,956,000, (no mint mark): 131,832,627, S: 22,510,000 |
| 1917 | D: 55,120,000, (no mint mark): 196,429,785, S: 32,620,000 |
| 1918 | D: 47,830,000, (no mint mark): 288,104,634, S: 34,680,000 |
| 1919 | D: 57,154,000, (no mint mark): 392,021,000, S: 139,760,000 |
| 1920 | D: 49,280,000, (no mint mark): 310,165,000, S: 46,220,000 |
| 1921 | (no mint mark): 39,157,000, S: 15,274,000 |
| 1922 | D: 7,160,000 |
| 1923 | (no mint mark): 74,723,000, S: 8,700,000 |
| 1924 | D: 2,520,000, (no mint mark): 75,178,000, S: 11,696,000 |
| 1925 | D: 22,580,000, (no mint mark): 139,949,000, S: 26,380,000 |
| 1926 | D: 28,020,000, (no mint mark): 157,088,000, S: 4,550,000 |
| 1927 | D: 27,170,000, (no mint mark): 144,440,000, S: 14,276,000 |
| 1928 | D: 31,170,000, (no mint mark): 134,116,000, S: 17,266,000 |
| 1929 | D: 41,730,000, (no mint mark): 185,262,000, S: 50,148,000 |
| 1930 | D: 40,100,000, (no mint mark): 157,415,000, S: 24,286,000 |
| 1931 | D: 4,480,000, (no mint mark): 19,396,000, S: 866,000 |
| 1932 | D: 10,500,000, (no mint mark): 9,062,000 |
| 1933 | D: 6,200,000, (no mint mark): 14,360,000 |
| 1934 | D: 28,446,000, (no mint mark): 219,080,000 |
| 1935 | D: 47,000,000, (no mint mark): 245,388,000, S: 38,702,000 |
| 1936 | D: 40,620,000, (no mint mark): 309,632,000, S: 29,130,000 |
| 1937 | D: 50,430,000, (no mint mark): 309,170,000, S: 34,500,000 |
| 1938 | D: 20,010,000, (no mint mark): 156,682,000, S: 15,180,000 |
| 1939 | D: 15,160,000, (no mint mark): 316,466,000, S: 52,070,000 |
| 1940 | D: 81,390,000, (no mint mark): 586,810,000, S: 112,940,000 |
| 1941 | D: 128,700,000, (no mint mark): 887,018,000, S: 92,360,000 |
| 1942 | D: 206,698,000, (no mint mark): 657,796,000, S: 85,590,000 |
| 1943 | D: 217,660,000, (no mint mark): 684,628,670, S: 191,550,000 |
| 1944 | D: 430,578,000, (no mint mark): 1,435,400,000, S: 282,760,000 |
| 1945 | D: 266,268,000, (no mint mark): 1,040,515,000, S: 181,770,000 |
| 1946 | D: 315,690,000, (no mint mark): 991,655,000, S: 198,100,000 |
| 1947 | D: 194,750,000, (no mint mark): 190,555,000, S: 99,000,000 |
| 1948 | D: 172,637,500, (no mint mark): 317,570,000, S: 81,735,000 |
| 1949 | D: 153,132,500, (no mint mark): 217,775,000, S: 64,290,000 |
| 1950 | D: 334,950,000, (no mint mark): 272,635,000, S: 118,505,000 |
| 1951 | D: 625,355,000, (no mint mark): 284,576,000, S: 136,010,000 |
| 1952 | D: 746,130,000, (no mint mark): 186,775,000, S: 137,800,004 |
| 1953 | D: 700,515,000, (no mint mark): 256,755,000, S: 181,835,000 |
| 1954 | D: 251,552,500, (no mint mark): 71,640,050, S: 96,190,000 |
| 1955 | D: 563,257,500, (no mint mark): 330,580,000, S: 44,610,000 |
| 1956 | D: 1,098,201,100, (no mint mark): 420,745,000 |
| 1957 | D: 1,051,342,000, (no mint mark): 282,540,000 |
| 1958 | D: 800,953,300, (no mint mark): 252,525,000 |
| 1959 | D: 1,279,760,000, (no mint mark): 609,715,000 |
| 1960 | D: 1,580,884,000, (no mint mark): 586,405,000 |
| 1961 | D: 1,753,266,700, (no mint mark): 753,345,000 |
| 1962 | D: 1,793,148,400, (no mint mark): 606,045,000 |
| 1963 | D: 1,774,020,400, (no mint mark): 754,110,000 |
| 1964 | D: 3,799,071,500, (no mint mark, made in Philadelphia): 2,451,945,000, (no mint mark, made in San Francisco): 196,630,000 |
| 1965 | (no mint mark, made in Denver): 973,364,900, (no mint mark, made in Philadelphia): 301,470,000, (no mint mark, made in San Francisco): 220,030,000 |
| 1966 | (no mint mark, made in Denver): 991,431,200, (no mint mark, made in Philadelphia): 811,100,000, (no mint mark, made in San Francisco): 383,355,000 |
| 1967 | (no mint mark, made in Denver): 1,327,377,100, (no mint mark, made in Philadelphia): 907,575,000, (no mint mark, made in San Francisco): 813,715,000 |
| 1968 | D: 2,886,269,600, (no mint mark): 1,707,880,970, S: 258,270,001 |
| 1969 | D: 4,002,832,200, (no mint mark): 1,136,910,000, S: 544,375,000 |
| 1970 | D: 2,891,438,900, (no mint mark): 1,898,315,000, S: 690,560,004 |
| 1971 | D: 2,911,045,600, (no mint mark): 1,919,490,000, S: 525,133,459 |
| 1972 | D: 2,665,071,400, (no mint mark): 2,933,255,000, S: 376,939,108 |
| 1973 | D: 3,549,576,588, (no mint mark): 3,728,245,000, S: 317,177,295 |
| 1974 | D: 4,235,098,000, (no mint mark): 4,232,140,523, S: 409,426,660 |
| 1975 | D: 4,505,275,300, (no mint mark): 5,451,476,142 |
| 1976 | D: 4,221,592,455, (no mint mark): 4,674,292,426 |
| 1977 | D: 4,194,062,300, (no mint mark): 3,074,575,000, (no mint mark, made in West Point): 1,395,355,000 |
| 1978 | D: 4,280,233,400, (no mint mark): 3,735,655,000, (no mint mark, made in San Francisco): 291,700,000, (no mint mark, made in West Point): 1,531,250,000 |
| 1979 | D: 4,139,357,254, (no mint mark): 3,560,940,000, (no mint mark, made in San Francisco): 751,725,000, (no mint mark, made in West Point): 1,705,850,000 |
| 1980 | D: 5,140,098,660, (no mint mark): 4,653,915,000, (no mint mark, made in San Francisco): 1,184,590,000, (no mint mark, made in West Point): 1,576,200,000 |
| 1981 | D: 5,373,235,677, (no mint mark): 7,491,750,000 |
| 1982 | D: 6,012,979,368, (no mint mark): 10,712,525,000 |
P is Philadelphia, D Denver, S San Francisco, O New Orleans, CC Carson City, W West Point. Years in links have a full value page.