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Lincoln Wheat Ears Cent Values


The Lincoln Cent has been in production by the United States government since 1909. It was originally made as a commemorative coin to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. Because it proved so popular, the government elected to continue with the design, and the Lincoln cent is now the longest running US coin design. From 1909 to 1958 the reverse of the coin pictured two ears of wheat and those coins are often refered to as wheat pennies. In 1959 the reverse of the coin was changed to the Lincoln Memorial. A "D" below the date means the coin was minted at the Denver United States government mint. "S" means it was minted at the San Francisco mint. No letter below the date means it was minted at the Philadelphia US mint. Although they have not been produced for many decades, observant collectors will still find the occassional wheat penny in their pocket change.



Date and MintGVGFVFXFUNCBU
1909$1.10$1.45$2.00$2.20$4.50$10.25$13.25
1909 VDB $6.25$6.50$7.00$7.50$10.25$13.50$16.25
1909 S $72.50$78.25$95.00$150.00$200.00$220.00$265.00
1909 S VDB $605.00$730.00$900.00$1,100.00$1,300.00$1,400.00$1,550.00
1910$0.15$0.25$0.40$0.80$3.50$9.25$16.75
1910 S $7.25$9.50$10.50$13.75$31.00$63.50$75.50
1911$0.25$0.40$1.25$1.75$5.75$10.50$19.25
1911 D $4.50$5.50$9.00$15.00$40.00$67.00$91.00
1911 S $16.50$18.50$23.00$30.00$50.00$85.00$160.00
1912$1.15$1.25$2.00$5.25$10.50$23.00$33.00
1912 D $6.00$7.50$9.75$20.00$52.00$90.00$145.00
1912 S $12.50$15.00$17.25$22.00$55.00$85.00$125.00
1913$0.60$0.75$1.40$3.15$15.00$23.00$32.50
1913 D $2.25$2.75$4.00$9.25$32.50$60.00$95.00
1913 S $6.25$7.50$9.00$14.50$34.50$74.00$125.00
1914$0.35$0.65$2.00$4.50$15.50$33.50$43.00
1914 D $200.00$250.00$375.00$450.00$750.00$1,400.00$1,900.00
1914 S $10.00$13.25$14.50$24.00$61.00$145.00$245.00
1915$1.10$1.50$5.50$11.50$41.50$67.00$80.00




Date and MintGVGFVFXFUNCBU
1915 D $1.50$2.00$3.50$5.75$20.75$43.00$67.00
1915 S $8.25$9.50$11.75$15.00$45.00$74.00$138.00
1916$0.15$0.20$0.60$1.80$6.00$11.50$15.50
1916 D $0.60$1.50$2.00$4.25$13.75$21.00$59.00
1916 S $1.25$2.75$3.75$5.00$16.75$34.50$67.00
1917$0.15$0.20$0.30$1.50$3.75$11.50$15.50
1917 D $0.50$0.75$1.25$4.25$20.00$33.50$61.00
1917 S $0.40$0.65$1.00$2.00$9.25$31.25$61.00
1918$0.20$0.25$0.35$1.00$4.00$9.25$13.25
1918 D $0.60$1.00$1.50$3.50$15.00$30.00$61.00
1918 S $0.35$0.65$1.10$3.00$8.00$30.00$65.00
1919$0.15$0.25$0.35$1.15$2.60$5.75$10.75
1919 D $0.60$0.75$1.00$2.50$10.00$30.00$52.00
1919 S $0.25$0.35$1.15$2.25$5.25$16.00$40.00
1920$0.15$0.25$0.40$0.85$2.25$7.00$12.00
1920 D $0.50$0.75$1.50$2.50$15.00$31.00$61.00
1920 S $0.25$0.50$1.25$2.25$9.00$32.25$84.00


Date and MintGVGFVFXFUNCBU
1921$0.25$0.45$0.65$2.00$9.00$20.75$38.50
1921 S $1.40$1.75$2.15$4.00$23.00$70.00$98.00
1922$650.00$800.00$1,250.00$1,750.00$3,450.00$7,200.00$13,000.00
1922 D $10.95$12.00$13.00$15.50$25.00$50.00$78.00
1923$0.25$0.30$0.45$1.00$5.25$9.25$15.50
1923 S $1.75$2.15$3.25$6.25$33.50$85.00$200.00
1924$0.15$0.20$0.30$0.85$5.25$11.50$20.50
1924 D $20.00$23.00$27.50$30.00$85.00$160.00$240.00
1924 S $0.95$1.10$2.25$3.75$25.00$65.00$110.00
1925$0.10$0.15$0.20$0.65$2.00$7.00$11.00
1925 D $0.50$1.00$1.50$4.25$14.50$27.50$55.00
1925 S $0.50$0.65$1.25$2.25$10.00$30.00$65.00
1926$0.10$0.15$0.20$0.65$1.75$5.75$9.50
1926 D $0.25$0.35$0.65$2.75$11.50$30.00$55.00
1926 S $2.00$2.30$3.00$5.75$18.50$60.00$115.00
1927$0.10$0.15$0.20$0.80$2.00$4.50$9.00
1927 D $0.20$0.30$0.50$1.50$6.25$25.00$55.00
1927 S $0.45$0.80$1.10$1.90$7.50$28.00$60.00
1928$0.10$0.15$0.20$0.60$1.50$3.75$9.50
1928 D $0.20$0.30$0.45$1.40$5.25$13.75$30.00
1928 S $0.45$0.55$0.65$2.25$7.50$22.00$65.00


Date and MintGVGFVFXFUNCBU
1929$0.10$0.15$0.20$0.60$1.75$4.25$7.25
1929 D $0.20$0.25$0.35$0.65$1.75$11.00$19.00
1929 S $0.15$0.25$0.40$0.85$6.25$12.50$25.00
1930$0.10$0.15$0.20$0.50$1.50$2.75$5.25
1930 D $0.15$0.25$0.40$0.80$1.85$5.00$13.25
1930 S $0.20$0.25$0.40$0.70$1.30$5.75$9.50
1931$0.50$0.60$0.70$1.25$2.50$8.50$19.00
1931 D $2.25$3.00$3.50$4.50$11.25$35.00$55.00
1931 S $65.00$70.00$75.00$80.00$88.00$95.00$110.00
1932$1.15$1.50$2.00$2.50$5.00$12.00$18.00
1932 D $1.00$1.15$1.40$1.75$3.75$9.50$17.00
1933$1.00$1.25$1.50$2.00$3.75$10.25$18.00
1933 D $2.00$2.25$2.50$3.50$8.00$13.75$21.50
1934$0.10$0.15$0.25$0.40$0.75$1.50$3.00
1934 D $0.15$0.20$0.40$0.60$5.00$8.00$11.50
1935$0.10$0.15$0.20$0.35$0.60$0.90$1.25
1935 D $0.10$0.15$0.35$0.45$0.85$1.75$3.50
1935 S $0.10$0.25$0.50$1.25$2.00$3.25$11.50
1936$0.10$0.15$0.20$0.35$0.60$0.90$1.25
1936 D $0.10$0.20$0.30$0.40$0.75$1.10$4.50
1936 S $0.10$0.20$0.30$0.45$1.15$2.00$4.50


Date and MintGVGFVFXFUNCBU
1937$0.10$0.15$0.20$0.25$0.75$0.85$1.25
1937 D $0.10$0.15$0.20$0.35$0.75$1.50$2.25
1937 S $0.10$0.15$0.25$0.40$0.75$1.40$1.60
1938$0.05$0.10$0.15$0.25$0.60$1.15$3.25
1938 D $0.15$0.25$0.40$0.75$0.85$1.15$5.00
1938 S $0.25$0.30$0.40$0.55$0.80$1.10$3.25
1939$0.05$0.10$0.15$0.25$0.30$1.00$1.25
1939 D $0.30$0.35$0.40$0.75$1.00$1.25$2.25
1939 S $0.10$0.15$0.25$0.40$0.75$1.15$2.00
1940$0.05$0.07$0.15$0.25$0.35$0.50$1.50
1940 D $0.07$0.10$0.25$0.40$0.50$0.80$1.75
1940 S $0.07$0.10$0.25$0.40$0.50$0.90$1.85
1941$0.05$0.10$0.15$0.30$0.40$0.50$1.15
1941 D $0.06$0.10$0.30$0.50$0.80$1.25$2.00
1941 S $0.06$0.15$0.40$0.65$0.75$1.25$2.50
1942$0.07$0.10$0.15$0.25$0.35$0.50$1.00
1942 D $0.06$0.07$0.15$0.30$0.40$0.50$0.80
1942 S $0.08$0.15$0.35$0.70$0.90$1.50$4.00
1943 Zinc$0.06$0.10$0.15$0.25$0.35$0.70$1.00
1943 D Zinc$0.07$0.15$0.25$0.40$0.55$0.80$1.50
1943 S Zinc$0.08$0.15$0.30$0.45$0.65$1.15$3.50


Date and MintGVGFVFXFUNCBU
1944$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.10$0.15$0.30$0.45
1944 D $0.06$0.07$0.15$0.20$0.25$0.35$0.45
1944 D/S ----$80.00$145.00$175.00$215.00$330.00
1944 S $0.06$0.06$0.07$0.10$0.15$0.25$0.35
1945$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.07$0.10$0.15$0.45
1945 D $0.05$0.06$0.07$0.08$0.10$0.15$0.50
1945 S $0.05$0.06$0.07$0.10$0.15$0.25$0.35
1946$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.07$0.10$0.15$0.35
1946 D $0.05$0.06$0.07$0.08$0.10$0.15$0.35
1946 S $0.05$0.08$0.09$0.10$0.15$0.20$0.35
1947$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.07$0.09$0.12$1.15
1947 D $0.05$0.06$0.07$0.09$0.10$0.15$0.35
1947 S $0.05$0.06$0.08$0.10$0.15$0.20$0.40
1948$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.07$0.10$0.15$0.46
1948 D $0.05$0.06$0.07$0.08$0.10$0.15$0.50


Date and MintGVGFVFXFUNCBU
1948 S $0.06$0.07$0.08$0.09$0.13$0.15$0.85
1949$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.07$0.10$0.15$0.75
1949 D $0.05$0.06$0.08$0.09$0.12$0.15$0.45
1949 S $0.06$0.07$0.09$0.10$0.15$0.20$1.15
1950$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.07$0.10$0.15$0.40
1950 D $0.05$0.05$0.06$0.08$0.10$0.15$0.35
1950 S $0.05$0.05$0.07$0.09$0.12$0.15$0.40
1951$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.07$0.10$0.15$0.50
1951 D $0.05$0.05$0.06$0.08$0.10$0.15$0.35
1951 S $0.05$0.05$0.07$0.09$0.12$0.15$0.50
1952$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.07$0.09$0.15$0.85
1952 D $0.05$0.05$0.06$0.08$0.09$0.15$0.30
1952 S $0.05$0.05$0.06$0.08$0.10$0.15$1.15
1953$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.07$0.09$0.15$0.30
1953 D $0.05$0.05$0.06$0.08$0.09$0.15$0.30
1953 S $0.05$0.05$0.06$0.09$0.12$0.15$0.35
1954$0.05$0.05$0.08$0.09$0.10$0.15$0.30
1954 D $0.05$0.05$0.08$0.09$0.10$0.15$0.30
1954 S $0.05$0.05$0.08$0.09$0.10$0.15$0.30
1955$0.05$0.05$0.08$0.09$0.10$0.15$0.30
1955/55 $850.00$900.00$1,000.00$1,150.00$1,250.00$1,650.00$2,000.00
1955 D $0.05$0.05$0.06$0.07$0.09$0.15$0.30
1955 S $0.05$0.05$0.06$0.08$0.12$0.15$0.35
1956$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.07$0.09$0.15$0.30
1956 D $0.05$0.05$0.06$0.07$0.09$0.15$0.30
1957$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.07$0.09$0.15$0.30
1957 D $0.05$0.05$0.06$0.07$0.09$0.15$0.30
1958$0.05$0.05$0.06$0.07$0.09$0.15$0.30
1958 D $0.05$0.05$0.06$0.07$0.09$0.15$0.30


These prices for wheat pennies are provided as a service to Hobbizine readers. They are derived from numerous sources such as dealer price lists, advertisements in numismatic publications, and public auction results. Use these values as a guideline for evaluating the reasonableness of dealer prices, setting up trades with other collectors, and estimating the worth of your collection.


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