March 29, 2024 -
Image Library Download high-resolution images of circulating coins for use in publications. Read the Mint’s design use policies and other information regarding the use of these images. For more information about the coins, visit the Circulating Coins page. Email inquiries@usmint.treas.gov...
March 17, 2016 -
Washington, DC – The United States Mint announced today that it has recovered a 1974-D aluminum experimental one-cent specimen that was neither authorized to be struck nor authorized to leave the Mint. The Mint’s recovery follows an agreement to resolve...
April 2, 2010 -
WASHINGTON — The United States Mint will accept orders for the 2010 Lincoln Cent Two–Roll Set – “Preservation of the Union” beginning at noon Eastern Time (ET), on April 8, 2010. The set, priced at $8.95 each, is composed of...
November 5, 2009 -
WASHINGTON — On November 12, 2009, the United States Mint will release to the Federal Reserve Bank millions of one–cent coins bearing the fourth–and final–new reverse (tails side) design in the 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial One–Cent Program. The design is emblematic...
November 12, 2009 -
New Lincoln One–Cent Coin for 2010 and Beyond Also Unveiled
June 24, 2009 -
WASHINGTON — The United States Mint will offer two–roll sets of the third and fourth redesigned 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial One Cent Coins–featuring coins emblematic of Abraham Lincoln’s professional life in Illinois and presidency in Washington, D.C.–through its Online Subscription Program...
July 9, 1999 -
Demand for pennies has increased dramatically in 1999, which has led to instances of temporarily low local penny inventories at commercial banks and financial institutions in several regions of the nation. Demand for pennies is running 33 percent higher than...
March 8, 1999 -
According to the American Numismatic Association, the 1943 copper–alloy cent is one of the most idealized and potentially one of the most sought–after items in American numismatics. Nearly all circulating pennies at that time were struck in zinc–coated steel because...
March 30, 1999 -
Mint uses www.usmint.gov to set the record straight
April 28, 2022 -
How much does a dime weigh? What are pennies made of? Find out in the table below, which gives specifications for U.S. Mint legal tender coins presently in production for annual sets. Specifications for the American Innovation $1 Coins and...
