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Learning The History Of Wheat Coins

In 1909 to 1959, the wheat coin circulated in the US. It was a commemorative coin made by Victor David Brenner that featured Abraham Lincoln on the front of the coin with two stalks of wheat at the rear. If you are coin collector, the wheat coins should never leave your collection.

In the past, wheat coin was deemed offensive in America since it featured a person in the coin. But, because the late Abraham Lincoln was very much revered and an iconic figure in the American history next to the Statue of Liberty, the circulation of wheat penny has been allowed in the market.

In 1943, the US Mint started designing steel pennies by means of zinc glaze. These coins rusted quickly and the zinc coating has worn out quickly. In 1944, copper was then again used to produce wheat pennies using recycle gun shell casings.

In the year 1955, the US Mint designed an error with creating 24,000 wheat pennies just before it was make public. Even though there were errors in the newly manufactured wheat pennies, the US Mint had determined to release the coins in the circulation with view that the mistake on the coin will not be found. These errors have increased the interest in coin collection across America.

In addition in 1959, in order to credit the 100th Abraham Lincoln’s memorial, it was redesigned by Frank Gasparo. The type of Gasparo brought about new adjustments together with the replacement of two wheat stalks present in the back of the coin with the picture of Lincoln Memorial.

The Mint had evolve into various alloy kinds in 1982 and brought about seven major forms of the Lincoln Memorial Penny. Many of the wheat pennies today are held in treasure by many private coin collectors. It was said that the US Mint deemed stopping the production of Lincoln wheat cent after 100 years in circulation because of the high cost in producing them as opposed to their exact worth.

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