1919 Wheat Penny

What makes a 1919 wheat penny rare? The wheat pennies from 1919 are rare to find; the mints struck millions of these coins and you can easily find them in circulation. That said, there are some rare 1919 Lincoln wheat pennies and these are the ones with notable errors such as broad strike and doubled-die errors. Both the obverse and reverse of the coin were designed by Victor David Brenner. The wheat penny was first struck in 1909 to commemorate Abraham Lincoln’s 100^th year birth anniversary. This was the first, widely circulating coin to feature a U.S. president on the obverse. The reverse of the penny featured two prominent wheat leaves, thus the name Wheat Penny or Wheaties.