1909 Wheat Penny

Notes:

The stats above are for the non VDB Version of the 1909 Wheat Penny, if you want the stats on the VDB Version Click Here. How can you tell if your 1909 Penny is VDB or non VDB? Look on the reverse, if it has the initials VDB on the bottom reverse it is, otherwise its not. Look at the attached photo to see an example. There were also some 2.6 thousand of these pennies issued as proofs this year at the P mint. The proofs are worth somewhere between $1,000 and $2,000 if you can find a collector. RD (Red) versions of this coin in MS65 condition are selling for somewhere between $225 and $325.

How much is a 1909 Wheat Penny worth?

In Average Circulated (AC) condition it's worth around $12.00, one in certified mint state (MS+) condition could bring as much as $72 at auction. This price does not reference any standard coin grading scale. So when we say Average Circulated, we mean in a similar condition to other coins circulated in 1909, and mint state meaning it is certified MS+ by one of the top coin grading companies. *** [?].

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Specs & Design

This coin has a total mass of 3.11 g, a diameter of 19.05 mm, and a thickness of 1.55 mm. It's edge is smooth, and the coins are composed of 95% copper and 5% tin and zinc..

Designer: Victor D. Brenner

Front (Obverse): The front or obverse of this coin contains the bust of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. If a mint mark is present it will be on the bottom right just under the year. If no mint mark is present the coin was minted in Philadelphia. With D standing for Denver, and S standing for San Francisco. The words IN GOD WE TRUST follow the top arch of the coin nicely framing Lincolns head, and the word LIBERTY sits just left of President Lincolns Colar.

Back (Reverse): The reverse of the Wheat Penny, also known as the Wheat Cent contains two wheat stalks, the words One Cent, and the Latin phrase E PLURIBUS UNUM which means Out of many, one. The reverse image would later change in 1959.