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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