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D = Denver Mint. S = San Francisco Mint. W = West Point Mint. Lincoln Wheat reverse ... 1947–1958 (Bronze) Year Mint Mintage Comments 1947 (P) 190,555,000 D
The penny, also known as the cent, is a coin in the United States representing one-hundredth of a dollar.It has been the lowest face-value physical unit of U.S. currency since the abolition of the half-cent in 1857 (the abstract mill, which has never been minted, equal to a tenth of a cent, continues to see limited use in the fields of taxation and finance).
In addition to the 1943-D Lincoln Bronze Wheat Penny, here are nine other 1-cent pieces worth a pretty penny: 1944-S Steel Wheat Penny: $1.1 million 1793 Strawberry Leaf Cent: $862,500
The British pre-decimal penny was a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1 ⁄ 240 of one pound or 1 ⁄ 12 of one shilling. Its symbol was d, from the Roman denarius. It was a continuation of the earlier English penny, and in Scotland it had the same monetary value as one pre-1707 Scottish shilling. The penny was originally minted in silver ...
Though $60,000 is an awfully high price for a penny to sell for, antique pennies have sold for much more. Another 1909 Lincoln penny, also inked by Brenner, sold at an auction by Great Collections ...
The local salapi continued under Spanish rule as a half-peso coin. Additionally, Spanish gold onzas or eight-escudo coins were also introduced with identical weight to the Spanish dollar but valued at 16 silver pesos. Until the Manila mint was established in 1857 the Philippines had no money of its own. Gold and silver coins brought to it by ...
A "1955 doubled die Denver mint penny" is a plot device in the American movie UHF; when R. J. Fletcher cruelly gives a penny to a beggar, the beggar realizes its value and uses the money earned from trading it in to save a local TV station that Fletcher was hoping to buy out. Although the Denver mint did produce some doubled die pennies in 1955 ...
The Violet Seller, better known under its Spanish title La Violetera, is a 1958 Spanish–Italian historical jukebox musical film produced by Benito Perojo, directed by Luis César Amadori and starring Sara Montiel, Raf Vallone, Frank Villard, Tomás Blanco and Ana Mariscal.