The pennies were issued dated 1806 or 1807; they weigh 18.9 grams (2⁄3 ounces) and measure 34 millimetres (one-and-a-third inches) in diameter. These were more conventionally designed, also by Küchler, with a right-facing bust of the King and the same inscription as on the obverse of 1797 pennies.
What are the mint marks on a US cent?
Below are the mintage figures for the United States cent . The following mint marks indicate which mint the coin was made at (parentheses indicate a lack of a mint mark): ? ? ? ? Struck in copper for collectors. About a dozen are known to exist. Struck in nickel for collectors. Only 7 are known to exist.
When did the last penny go out of circulation?
The officials who planned to introduce decimalisation in the 1960s did not favour keeping the large bronze penny, the value of which had been eroded by inflation. The last pennies which went into circulation were dated 1967—a final proof set was dated 1970.
