• 5 Lincoln “Wheat Ears” Pennies, struck in copper from 1954 to 1958.
• The Lincoln Penny was first minted in 1909 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth.
• It was the first circulating coin to feature a real person instead of Lady Liberty.
• The obverse features a portrait of Lincoln by sculptor Victor D. Brenner.
• The reverse of the coin until 1958 was the legendary “wheat ears” design.
• The “wheat ears” design was replaced with the Lincoln Memorial on the reverse in 1959.
• These key coins are a great way to start or add to a collection of Lincoln Pennies.
• No specific mint marks are guarantee.
