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The Lincoln cent, designed by Victor David Brenner, began production in 1909."
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1809 was the first year of production for the classic head type half cents."
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The large cent saw its last year of production in 1857. The new 'small cent' began regular production that year as well."
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The first year of the indian head cent saw a one-year reverse type. It is missing the shield present on all other years of the series."
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Two cent coins of 1873 came in two versions - open 3 and closed 3 (shown)."
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The Lincoln cents of 1943 were made of zinc plated steel creating a one-year type."
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This is the 'first' copper mint mark variety, 1908S-1MM-001 (Snow-1). It occurred the first year copper was struck at a branch mint."
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The Lincoln Memorial reverse was introduced in 1959 as a 50th anniversary of the Lincoln cent and the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth."
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The flying eagle cent was the first small cent, introduced in 1856 as a proof only issue. Regular production of these cents began the next year."
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The two cent coin was introduced in 1864. Two different motto sizes are known - a large motto (shown here) and a scarcer small motto."
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The composition of the cent changed to 'french bronze' in 1864. This is an alloy of copper, tin, and zinc."
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The 1972 doubled die cent is well known, but there are actually many different doubled dies for that year."
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