Item number: A2669

Year: AD 1968

Material: Brass

Size: 18.8 x 18.8 x 1.3 mm

Weight: 3.05 g

Manufactured by: Denver Mint

Provenance: Da Chen Stamps and Coins Collection 2014

This is a one-cent coin issued in AD 1968 for circulation in the United States, commonly known as the “Lincoln Cent.” It holds the distinction of being both the smallest denomination in the U.S. currency system and the longest-running coin series in American history. The coin is struck in brass.

The obverse of the coin features a right-facing portrait of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, who led the Union during the American Civil War and was a central figure in the abolition of slavery. In AD 1909, to commemorate the centennial of Lincoln’s birth, the U.S. government chose to replace the previous Indian Head design on the one-cent coin with Lincoln’s likeness. To the left of the portrait are the inscriptions “LIBERTY” and “IN GOD WE TRUST”, while the right side bears the year of issue, “1968”, along with the mintmark “D”, indicating production at the Denver Mint.

From AD 1909 to AD 1958, the reverse of the coin featured a design of wheat ears, known as the “Wheat Cent.” Beginning in AD 1959, the design was changed to depict the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Above the memorial appears the United States national motto, “E PLURIBUS UNUM” (Out of many, one). Along the upper periphery is the country name, “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” while the denomination, “ONE CENT,” is inscribed along the lower edge.

Since the turn of the 21st century, the practical utility of the one-cent coin has steadily diminished in the face of rising prices. By AD 2008, the cost to produce a single cent had risen to 1.7 cents, and by AD 2024, that figure had escalated to 3.69 cents. In response to these increasing costs, in AD 2025, then-President Donald Trump directed the U.S. Department of the Treasury to cease production of the one-cent coin, ending nearly a century of continuous minting for the Lincoln cent.

物件編號: A2669

年代: 公元 1968 年

材質: 黃銅

尺寸: 18.8 x 18.8 x 1.3 mm

重量: 3.05 g

製造地: 丹佛造幣廠

來源: 大城郵幣社 2014

這是一枚發行於公元1968年，於美國流通使用的一美分，俗稱「林肯分」為全美國面額最小和發行時間最為漫長的硬幣，材質為黃銅。

錢幣正面是美國第十六任總統，即南北戰爭時期聯邦的領導人和推動廢奴的林肯右側肖像。公元1909年，時值林肯一百周年誕辰紀念，美國政府決定以林肯作為取代前一版的印第安人頭像作為一美分的主角。林肯左側鐫刻「LIBERTY」（自由）和「IN GOD WE TRUST」（我們信仰上帝），右側則是發行年份「1968」和負責鑄造的丹佛造幣廠戳記「D」。

錢幣背面在公元1909至1958年 以麥穗作為設計，公元1959年起，改以位於華盛頓的林肯紀念堂為設計。林肯紀念堂上方是美國國家格言「E PLURIBUS UNUM」(合眾為一)，上緣乃是國名「UNITED STATES OF AMERICA」(美利堅合眾國)，下緣則是面額「ONE CENT」(一美分)。

進入公元21世紀以來，一美分隨著物價的提升其實用性逐漸遞減。自公元2008年起，鑄造成本已達到1.7美分。公元2024年，鑄造成本則上漲到3.69美分。因此公元2005年，時任美國總統川普指示財政部停止鑄造一美分，結束鑄造林肯美分長達將近一世紀的歷史。