Known as the 1974 small date, this is the last of the memorial obverse designs used during the bronze cent era. The next change would be to the 1982 small date design.
Design types · Obverse (ODT)
Final bronze obverse (ODT21)
Known as the 1974 small date, used through 1982.
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