Lincoln Memorial Cents 1959-2008

About This Series

Introduced for Lincoln's 150th birthday, Frank Gasparro's Lincoln Memorial reverse replaced the wheat ears design. This fifty-year run produced billions of cents across Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco. The 1960 Small Date and Large Date varieties, the 1972 doubled die obverse, and the 1982 composition change from bronze to copper-plated zinc are major collecting focal points.