Starting in 1959, The Mint starting stamping the back of the penny with the image of the Lincoln Memorial. The year 1959 was the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. From 1959–1962 the penny ...
The 1959-D Repunched Mint Mark (RPM) represents the most common error variety. This occurred when workers manually punched the "D" mint mark multiple times in ...
WASHINGTON — You may have noticed a small change in your small change. More likely, you haven’t. Gone from the new Lincoln penny is the reproduction of the Lincoln Memorial, complete with a really ...