Although it is technically a Lincoln cent, because of the wheat stalks found on the coin’s reverse, most collectors refer to it as the Wheat Penny. These coins were made by the US Mint from 1909 to ...

The 1953 Lincoln Wheat Penny is made of 95 percent copper and 5 percent tin and zinc mixture. The pennies produced from 1909 to 1942 and 1944 to 1982 have the same metal composition. However, in ...