1 Cent "Lincoln Cent - Shield Reverse" obverse

1 Cent "Lincoln Cent - Shield Reverse" reverse

United States

1 Cent "Lincoln Cent - Shield Reverse" · “Lincoln Cent - Shield Reverse”

United States · 2010–2023 · Copper_plated_zinc

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The coin

The story

The Lincoln Shield Cent — the penny that ended the penny

In 2010 the U.S. Mint gave the penny a new back — a Union shield, chosen to mark Abraham Lincoln holding the country together. Nobody knew it would be the last design the cent ever wore. On November 12, 2025, the Philadelphia Mint struck the final circulating American penny, and it carried this shield.

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Designer

Victor David Brenner

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Era

Modern Circulating Coinage

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Catalogue

Issuer: United States
Years: 2010–2023
Metal: Copper_plated_zinc

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Date20112 20101

MintS3

Grade702 691

GraderPCGS3

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2010-S 1 Cent "Lincoln Cent - Shield Reverse"

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