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1956 D Lincoln Wheat CentLINCOLN MEMORIAL COLLECTION
WHEAT ERA - 1909 - 1958
TITLE
1956 Lincoln Wheat Penny • Vintage Wheat Cent • 95% Copper U.S. Coin
DESCRIPTION
A classic 1956 Lincoln Wheat cent from the final years of America's Wheat Penny era.
First introduced in 1909, the Lincoln cent carried the familiar wheat-ear reverse for fifty years. By 1956, only three years remained before the Lincoln Memorial replaced the Wheat design in 1959.
Coin Details:
Date: 1956
Denomination: 1 Cent
Composition: 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc
Weight when issued: 3.11 g
Obverse Designer: Victor David Brenner
Reverse: Wheat ears
Museum Spotlight:
Only three years after this coin was struck, the Wheat Cent design that Americans had carried through two World Wars and the Great Depression would disappear from circulation.
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