United States 1916 cent

PCGS MS66 RB

This date is plentiful in all grades including choice and gem Mint State. Sharply struck coins with original mint red-orange and no flecks or spots are scarce, however. Many are found with exquisite sharpness from the strengthened hub this year. Full details coins await your discovery. There are also, however, many from dies spaced too widely apart or which were overly worn.

Proof Mintage: 131,833,677.

Specification: 3.11 g, bronze, 19 mm diameter.

Catalog number: KM 132.

Source:

• Taylor, Sol, The Standard Guide to the Lincoln Cent, N. Hollywood, CA, 1983.
• Harper, David C., ed., North American Coins & Prices: A Guide to U. S., Canadian and Mexican Coins, 17th Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2007.
• Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.

Link to:

• 1915 cent
• 1916-D cent
• 1916 Mercury dime
• 1916-D Mercury dime
• 1916 Barber quarter
• 1916 Standing Liberty quarter
• 1916-D Barber quarter
• 1916-S half dollar
• 1916 gold dollar, McKinley Memorial
• 1917 cent
• Coins and currency dated 1916
• return to United States Lincoln Wheat Ear Cents (1909-1958)