Type 8, Shield Cent Type 8, Shield Cent

Type 8, Shield Cent

Designed by: Victor D. Brenner (obverse); Lyndall Bass (reverse)
Issue Dates: 2010-date
Composition: planchet consisting of 99.2% zinc and 0.8% copper, with an external plating of pure copper
Diameter: 19 mm
Weight: 2.49 grams (38.58 grains)
Edge: Plain
Business Strike Mintage: 93,530,856,117 (Through 2022)
Proof Mintage: 15,877,145 (Through 2022)

Following the special Bicentennial issue in 2009, a new (third) reverse appeared on the Lincoln Cent. It featured a large shield, with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA at the top rim, E PLURIBUS UNUM at the top of the shield and the denomination ONE CENT on a scroll near the bottom of the shield.

The design was described as “an image emblematic of President Lincoln’s preservation of the United States of America as a single and united country.

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