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1927 Lincoln Wheat Cent Bronze Penny 1c Coin Collectable

1927 Lincoln Wheat Cent Penny Coin. Worn condition brown coin encased in a plastic slab holder supplied by International Numismatic Bureau.

Lincoln cents with the original Wheat Ears reverse were introduced in 1909 on the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and were struck until 1958. These bronze cents were the first circulating U.S. coins to feature a portrait of a historical figure. Over its decades-long circulation, the Lincoln Wheat Cent only underwent one composition change. In 1943, the composition was changed from bronze to zinc-coated steel to save copper during the war.