{"product_id":"1955-lincoln-wheat-penny-ngc-pf68-rd","title":"1955 Lincoln Wheat Penny  NGC PF68 ★ RD","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNGC graded a PF68★! \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMintage: Proof\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1,707,880,970\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e NGC Population: 2,522\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeautiful example of the red luster of this coin!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLincoln cent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (called the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLincoln penny\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) is a one-cent coin that has been struck by the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Mint\" title=\"United States Mint\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Mint\"\u003eUnited States Mint\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e since 1909. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Obverse_and_reverse\" title=\"Obverse and reverse\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Obverse_and_reverse\"\u003eobverse\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edesigned by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victor_David_Brenner\" title=\"Victor David Brenner\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victor_David_Brenner\"\u003eVictor David Brenner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, depicting two stalks of wheat (thus 'wheat pennies', struck 1909–1958). In \u003cspan class=\"nowrap\"\u003eJanuary 1909\u003c\/span\u003e, the Mint engaged Brenner to design a cent depicting the late president, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln\" title=\"Abraham Lincoln\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abraham_Lincoln\"\u003eAbraham Lincoln\u003c\/a\u003e. The year 1909 marked the 100-year anniversary of when Lincoln was born. It was the first time a coin had the design of a U.S. president. Originally struck in 95% copper, the cent coin was changed for one year \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1943_steel_cent\" title=\"1943 steel cent\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1943_steel_cent\"\u003eto zinc-coated steel in 1943\u003c\/a\u003e because copper was needed during that time to aid war efforts. The mint then reverted to 95% copper until 1982 as inflation caused copper to be too expensive and the composition was changed to zinc with the outer layer being copper.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"CoinsTv","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45262045348129,"sku":"CTV002253","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9891\/7153\/products\/19551CPF68RDNGCOBVERSE.png?v=1685050134","url":"https:\/\/dev-coinstv.myshopify.com\/products\/1955-lincoln-wheat-penny-ngc-pf68-rd","provider":"dev-coinstv","version":"1.0","type":"link"}