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1909 Pennies (The stuff on this webpage was mentioned on page 198 in my book.)

A 1909 penny is really important in the Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius or Anything story.

In 1909, there were six different pennies minted in the United States. The government started out making Indian Head cents, then switched to Lincoln cents with VDB (the designer’s initials) on the back. After a couple of days, the initials were removed. Since both the Philadelphia and San Francisco mints produced each of these one-cent coins, there were six different cents made in 1909. In total, the two mints produced about 118 million one-cent coins in 1909. In 2010, the U.S. mints produced over four billion one-cent coins!

Here are pictures of all six 1909 coins.

About 14 million 1909 Indian Head cents were minted in Philadelphia.

1909 Indian Head cents, front and back

1909 Indian Head cents from San Francisco are very valuable. Only 309,000 were made.

The "S" on the bottom of the one cent side means it was made in San Francisco1909 Indian Head cents, front and back. The back side has a small 's'

About 28 million 1909 VDB Lincoln cents were minted in Philadelphia.

See the VDB? The director of the US Mint did not like Victor D Brenner, the coin's designer, putting his initials on the new Lincoln coin1909 VDB Lincoln cents, front and back

1909-S VDB Lincoln cents from San Francisco are really rare. Only 484,000 were produced.

This is the coin in my story!1909-S VDB Lincoln cents, front and back

Lots and lots of 1909 Lincoln cents with no VDB were minted in Philadelphia…almost 73 million.

1909 Lincoln cents with no VDB, front and back

Just under 2 million 1909-S Lincoln cents with no VDB were minted in San Francisco.

1909-S Lincoln cents with no VDB

If you know something interesting about coins (especially 1909 Lincoln cents), please tell me below.

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    1. Were these pennies buried in the ground…in a big glass jar…with a brass-colored lid? If so, I they are definitely mine. I put them there for safekeeping. So you should definitely tell your cousin to send them to me, Georgie Sinkoff. Not kidding. Really. They are mine. Really. Not kidding.

      Cheesie here: He’s kidding.. If one of them is dated 1908, it’s an Indian Head Cent. Those are very rare and valuable. Your cousin is lucky.

  2. Hi Cheesie I read your first book it was hilarious dude.I want to go to Book-A-Million to get the others

  4. I have this like collection of coins and i keep different types of money from different countrys and the oldest penny i have iz from 1957. ;( I wish i had older pennys.

  5. It’s really cool how you can see some pennies with the Indian face on them before they made the pennies with the wheat on them.

    1. My Granpa has a whole bunch of Indian Head cents. It’s really neat to hold something that’s over a hundred years old.

  8. I think I might have one if those pennies. I have one that looks like it, at least!

    1. I just looked it up. If your penny is 1911-S (San Francisco), it’s really valuable. And if it’s a D (Denver) it’s worth a lot, too.

  13. Check out how much they cost!!!!:://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=1909+s+vdb&tbm=shop

  17. That’s cool. Steve Cotter came to my school and signed Cheesie Mack Is Cool In A Duel

    Awsome

  19. Hi if Mr.cotler sees this give him this message.
    When you went to Lincoln school i was the one who won the series I love your books and the presentation the story was halareous bye
    fiona wiese

    2. will you come to our school again please
      i have a 1874 quarter they do not make them anymore i looked it up

  23. I have a faceless penny on both sides 😀
    I found it in my dad’s old jar of pennies he saved.

    1. Lucky you! If it has a letter under the 1936, it’s from San Francisco or Denver. If it is blank, it’s from Philadelphia.

  25. I know another great rodent joke I’ll tell it to you right now:
    Knock Knock
    Who’s there?
    Mice
    Mice who?
    Mice to see you!!!!!!!

    1. Good question. I looked it up, and here’s what I found.
      The oldest coin ever found was discovered in Efesos, an ancient city (now part of Turkey) and prosperous trading center on the coast of the Mediterrean Sea. The coin is more than 2,700 years old and is made from electrum, a natural occurring alloy of gold and silver.

  34. How is the 1909 penny with NO ‘s’ or ‘vdb’ so shiny? Did u polish it or something?

    1. It’s not mine. I just used this image. So I don’t know why it’s so shiny. But I do know you are NOT supposed to polish old coins.

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