E.B. 's Lincoln Cent Cheat Sheet

1 E.B. 's Lincoln Cent Cheat Sheet Contents Teens: 1909-1919.. 2 Twenties: 1920-1929... 3 Thirties: 1930-1939... 4 Forties: 1940-1949.... 5 Fifties: 1950-1959.... 6 Sixties: 1960-1969.. 7 Seventies: 1970-1979.. 8 Eighties: 1980-1989. 9 Nineties: 1990-1999.. 10 The Aughts: 2000-2009. 11 The Twenty Teens: 2010-2019. 12 In the following pages you will find a partial list of the major die varieties of the Lincoln Cent. This list is by no means exhaustive. I have left out many class 6 and class 9 double dies because they are just too difficult for the novice to identify. What you will find is a handy list of what years are known to have varieties and the areas to center your attention. To identify individual varieties, I suggest the following sites: www.coppercoins.com www.varietyvista.com www.lincolncentresource.com

2 1909 VDB RDV-1 DDO Date / Liberty / Lips 1909 VDB RDV-2 DDO Date 1909-S VDB 1909 RDV-3 DDR E Pluribus 1909 RDV-4 DDR E Pluribus 1909-S RDV-3 RPM 1909-S RDV-4 RPM 1910 1910-S RPM 1911 1911-D RPM 1911-S RPM 1912 1912-D 1912-S RPM 1913 1913-D 1913-S RPM 1914 1914-D 1914-S 1915 1915-D DDO RPM Liberty 1915-S 1916 1916-D 1916-S RPM 1917 DDO All Devices 1917-D 1917-S 1918 1918-D RPM 1918-S 1919 1919-D RPM 1919-S RPM 1909-1919 Bold Italics = Key Date Italics = Semi-Key Date Green = Popular Variety Bold = Rare RDV-1 = VDB Shallow N RDV-2 = VDB Deep N RDV-3 = Shallow N RDV-4 = Deep N

3 1920 1920-D 1920-S 1920-1929 1921 1921-S 1922 PLAIN 1922-D WEAK D 1922-D 1923 1923-S 1924 1924-D 1924-S RPM 1925 1925-D RPM 1925-S RPM 1926 DDO Eyelid 1926-D 1926-S 1927 DDO Liberty 1927-D DDO RPM Eyelid 1927-S 1928 DDO Eyelid 1928-D RPM 1928-S MMS-2 1928-S MMS-3 RPM 1929 DDO Liberty / Motto 1929-D 1929-S RPM Bold Italics = Key Date Italics = Semi-Key Date Green = Popular Variety Bold = Rare MMS-2 = Small MMS-3 = Large

4 1930 1930-D RPM 1930-S RPM 1931 1931-D RPM 1931-S 1932 1932-D 1933 1933-D RPM 1934 1934-D RPM 1930-1939 1935 DDO Date / Motto 1935-D RPM 1935-S RPM 1936 DDO Date / Motto / All Devices 1936-D DDO RPM Eyelid 1936-S RPM 1937 DDO DDR Eyelid / Date / Motto 1937-D DDO RPM Liberty / Motto 1937-S RPM 1938 DDO DDR O: Eyelid / Liberty R: E Pluribus 1938-D DDO RPM Eyelid 1938-S RPM 1939 DDO Liberty 1939-D RPM 1939-S DDO RPM Eyelid Bold Italics = Key Date Italics = Semi-Key Date Green = Popular Variety Bold = Rare

5 1940-1949 1940 DDO Eyelid 1940-D DDO RPM Date / Motto 1940-S DDO RPM Liberty / Motto 1941 DDO All Devices 1941-D DDO RPM Motto 1941-S MMS-2 RPM 1941-S MMS-4 RPM 1942 DDO All Devices 1942-D DDO RPM Liberty / Date 1942-S DDO RPM Date / Motto 1943 DDO Eyelid / Date 1943-D DDO DDR RPM O: Date / Trust R: Motto 1943-D/D RPM 1943-S DDO RPM Date / Eyelid 1944 DDO DDR O: Liberty / Eyelid R: CENT 1944-D DDR RPM CENT 1944-D/S OMM 1944-S MMS-5 RPM 1944-S MMS-6 RPM 1945 DDO DDR O: Eyelid R: Of America 1945-D DDO RPM WE 1945-S MMS-4 RPM 1945-S MMS-6 RPM 1946 DDO DDR O: Date / Eyelid R: Motto 1946-D RPM 1946-S MMS-4 DDO DDR RPM OMM (S/D) O: Motto / Liberty R: Wheat Stalk 1946-S MMS-6 RPM 1946-S MMS-7 DDO RPM Date 1947 DDO Date / Motto / Liberty 1947-D RPM 1947-S MMS-4 RPM 1947-S MMS-7 DDO RPM Date 1948 1948-D RPM 1948-S DDO RPM Trust / Liberty 1949 DDO Eyelid 1949-D RPM 1949-S DDO RPM Date MMS-4 = Trumpet Tail MMS-5 = Straight Serif MMS-6 = Ball Serif MMS-7 = Sans Serif Bold = Rare

6 1950-1959 1950 DDO DDR O: Liberty R: CENT 1950-D DDO RPM Liberty / Date 1950-S DDO RPM Liberty 1951 DDO Motto / Liberty 1951-D DDO RPM OMM (D/S) Motto / Liberty 1951-S DDO RPM Liberty 1952 DDO Trust / Date 1952-D MMD-3 DDO RPM Eyelid / Trust 1952-D MMD-4 RPM 1952-D MMD-5 RPM 1952-S MMS-4 RPM 1952-S MMS-8 RPM 1953 DDO Date 1953-D MMD-3 DDO RPM Liberty 1953-D MMD-5 RPM 1953-D MMD-6 RPM 1953-S RPM 1954 DDO Eyelid 1954-D DDO RPM Date / Trust 1954-S DDO RPM Date / Liberty / Motto 1955 DDO DDR O: Motto / Date/ Eyelid R: Motto / Wheat ears 1955/55 DDO Date 1955-D RPM 1955-S RPM 1956 DDO Liberty 1956-D RPM 1957 DDO Liberty / Date 1957-D DDO RPM Liberty 1958 DDO Liberty 1958-D DDO RPM Date / Motto Lincoln Memorial Reverse 1959 DDO DDR O: Liberty / 59 R: FG / Outer Devices 1959-D DDR RPM ONE CENT / FG MMD-3 = Blunt Serifs MMD-4 = Pointed Serifs MMD-5 = Blunt Top Round Bottom Serifs MMS-6 = Round Serifs MMS-4 = Trumpet Tail MMS-8 = Tall Bold = Rare Green = Popular Variety

7 1960 ODV-22 DDO Date 1960 ODV-23 DDO DDR O: Large Date over Small R: FG / All Devices 1960-D ODV-22 DDO RPM Date / Liberty 1960-D ODV-23 DDO RPM Motto/ Date 1961 DDO Liberty / Date / Motto 1961-D DDR RPM United / CENT 1962 DDO DDR O: Motto R: United / CENT / FG 1962-D RPM 1963 DDO DDR O: Liberty R: Outside Devices 1963-D DDO DDR RPM O: Liberty / Date R: United / ONE CENT 1964 DDR All Reverse 1964-D DDR RPM Cent 1965 1960-1969 1966 DDO Motto 1967 DDO Liberty 1968 DDO In God We Trust 1968-D DDO DDR RPM O: Motto R: All upper devices 1969 DDO Date 1969-D RPM 1969-S DDO RPM Motto / Outer Devices ODV-22 = Small Date ODV-23 = Large Date Bold = Rare Green = Popular Variety

8 1970 DDO Liberty 1970-D DDO RPM Date 1970-S ODV-25 DDO RPM Strong All Devices 1970-S ODV-26 1971 ODV-27 RDV-2 1971 ODV-27 RDV-8 1971 ODV-28 RDV-2 DDO Liberty / Date 1971 ODV-28 RDV-8 DDO Liberty / Date 1971-D ODV-27 RDV-2 RPM 1971-D ODV-27 RDV-8 RPM 1971-D ODV-28 RDV-2 RPM 1971-D ODV-28 RDV-8 RPM 1971-S ODV-27 RDV-2 RPM 1971-S ODV-27 RDV-8 RPM 1971-S ODV-28 RDV-2 DDO RPM Date / Liberty / Motto 1971-S ODV-28 RDV-8 DDO RPM Date / Liberty / Motto 1972 DDO DATE / Motto 1972-D DDO RPM Motto / All Devices 1972-S DDO DATE / Motto 1973 DDR America 1973-D RPM 1973-S 1974 ODV-30 1974 ODV-31 1974-D ODV-30 RPM 1974-D ODV-31 RPM 1974-S MMS-8 ODV-30 1974-S MMS-9 ODV-31 1975 1975-D RPM 1976 1976-D RPM 1977 1977-D RPM 1978 1978-D 1979 1979-D RPM 1970-1979 ODV-25 = Lg. Date ODV-26 = Sm. Date ODV-27 = Strong Throat ODV-28 = Re-engraved Tie ODV-30 = Thick Date ODV-31 = Thin Date RDV-2 = Weak FG RDV-8 = Strong Rt. Steps MMS-8 = Tall MMS-9 = Blob

9 1980 DDO Date / Liberty / Outer Devices 1980-D RPM 1981 1981-D RPM 1982 COP ODV-31 DDO Liberty / Motto 1982 COP ODV-32 1982 ZINC ODV-31 1982 ZINC ODV-32 DDR All Reverse Devices 1982-D COP ODV-31 RPM 1982-D ZINC ODV-31 1982-D ZINC ODV-32 1983 DDO DDR O: Date / Trust R: All Devices 1983-D RPM 1984 DDO Double Ear / Date 1984-D RPM 1985 DDO Date 1985-D RPM 1986 DDO Date / Motto 1986-D RPM 1987 1987-D RPM 1988 RDV-5 1988 RDV-6 1988-D RDV-5 RPM 1988-D RDV-6 RPM 1980-1989 Zinc 1989 DDR America 1989-D RPM ODV-31 = Large Date ODV-32 = Small Date RDV-5 = Wide AM + FG Sans Serif RDV-6 = Wide AM + FG Serif

10 1990 1990-D 1990-1999 1991 1991-D 1992 RDV-6 DDO Eyelid 1992 RDV-7 1992-D RDV-6 1992-D RDV-7 1993 1993-D 1994 DDR Columns 1994-D 1995 DDO Liberty 1995-D DDO In God We Trust 1996 DDO Date 1996-D 1997 DDO Ear 1997-D 1998 RDV-6 1998 RDV-7 1998-D 1999 RDV-6 1999 RDV-7 1999-D RDV-6 = Wide AM + FG Serif RDV-7 = Close AM + FG Sans Serif

11 2000 RDV-6 2000 RDV-7 2000-D 2000-2009 2001 DDO Liberty 2001-D 2002 2002-D DDR Motto 2003 2003-D DDR Motto 2004 2004-D DDR Motto 2005 2005-D 2006 DDO Earlobe / Liberty 2006-D 2007 2007-D 2008 2008-D Lincoln Bicentennial Reverse 2009 Childhood DDO Logs 2009 Form Years DDO Hand 2009 Professional DDO Windows 2009 Presidency 2009-D Childhood DDO Logs 2009-D Form Years DDO Hand 2009-D Professional 2009-D Presidency RDV-6 = Wide AM + FG Serif RDV-7 = Close AM + FG Sans Serif

12 2010 DDO Liberty 2010-D 2011 2011-D 2010-2019 Union Shield Reverse