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Lincoln cent: Measurement, Wheat cent (1909–1958) & Lincoln Memorial design (1959–2008)

The Lincoln cent (sometimes called the Lincoln penny) is a one-cent coin that has been struck by the United States Mint every year since 1909. The obverse, or heads, side was designed by Victor David Brenner, as was the original reverse, depicting two stalks of wheat (thus "wheat pennies", struck 1909–1958). The coin has seen several reverse, or tails…

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Lincoln cent topic overview

The analysis highlights Measurement, Wheat cent (1909–1958) and Lincoln Memorial design (1959–2008) as prominent areas in the source structure around Lincoln cent.

Related topics
108
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
114
Extracted relationships
139
Concept neighborhoods
28
Bridge connections
114

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Wheat cent (1909–1958) · 48 topics
Overview · 17 topics
Lincoln Memorial design (1959–2008) · 14 topics
Lincoln Bicentennial cents (2009) · 13 topics
Union shield reverse "Shield cent" (2010–present) · 11 topics
Gallery · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Composition
1909–1942, 1944–1982: 95% copper, remainder tin or zinc 1943: zinc-plated steel 1982–present: copper-plated zinc (97.5% Zn, 2.5% Cu) 232 cents dated 2025 struck in gold
Design
Abraham Lincoln · Union shield
Design date
1909 (before 1918 omitting VDB on the cutoff of the bust; modified in 2010) · 2010
Designer
Victor D. Brenner · Lyndall Bass
Diameter
19.05 mm (0.750 in)
Edge
Plain

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Wheat cent (1909–1958)

Lincoln Memorial design (1959–2008)

Lincoln Bicentennial cents (2009)

Union shield reverse "Shield cent" (2010–present)

Gallery

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Lincoln cent connects Entity context

The extracted context around Lincoln cent shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Lincoln cent → Anderson, Approved, December, Eisenhower, February, Frank Gasparro, In, James Hagerty, January, Lincoln, Lincoln Memorial, Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, Lincoln's, Mint, Mint Chief Engraver Gilroy, On Sunday, President, President Eisenhower's, Republican, Roberts Another extracted example is Lincoln cent → American, As, At Roosevelt's, August, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Congress, February, In, In May, Indian, January, Leslie Mortier Shaw, Liberty, Lincoln, Mint, Native American, President Theodore Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Roosevelt's, Saint-Gaudens. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Lincoln cent

Top relations

related to Lincoln Memorial design (1959–2008) · 27
Lincoln cent → Anderson, Approved, December, Eisenhower, February, Frank Gasparro, In, James Hagerty, January, Lincoln, Lincoln Memorial, Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, Lincoln's, Mint, Mint Chief Engraver Gilroy, On Sunday, President, President Eisenhower's, Republican, Roberts
related to Inception · 25
Lincoln cent → American, As, At Roosevelt's, August, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Congress, February, In, In May, Indian, January, Leslie Mortier Shaw, Liberty, Lincoln, Mint, Native American, President Theodore Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Roosevelt's, Saint-Gaudens
related to Wartime cents · 23
Lincoln cent → Act, Another, As, Congress, December, Experiments, February, Flying Fortresses, July, Lincoln, Low-grade, Mint, Morgenthau, On December, Production, The, These, This, Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau, US
related to External links · 18
Lincoln cent → About, Archived May, Cent Archived, Curiosity Rover, Lincoln Cents, Mint, Mintage Errors And Price, Minting, Penny, Planet Mars, September, The Composition, Things You Didn't Know, Time MagazineDecember, United States Mint, United States MintLincoln Penny, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineUS Lincoln Penny
related to Production · 18
Lincoln cent → At, Barber, Barber's, Brenner's, Cents, Coins, Demand, Denver Mint, In, Indian Head, Lincoln, Lincoln's, Philadelphia, Philadelphia VDB, San Francisco, This, VDB, While
related to Gallery · 11
Lincoln cent → Brenner's, Curiosity, Experimental, Lincoln, Mars, October, September, Ten, US Lincoln Penny, VDB, VDB Lincoln Cent
see also · 4
Lincoln cent → Lincoln, Money, States, United StatesTake
Design · 2
Lincoln cent → Abraham Lincoln, Union shield
Design date · 2
Lincoln cent → 1909 (before 1918 omitting VDB on the cutoff of the bust; modified in 2010), 2010
Designer · 2
Lincoln cent → Lyndall Bass, Victor D. Brenner

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

cent lincoln design mint coins cents coin struck new brenner 1909 would reverse treasury philadelphia obverse pieces brenner's president initials

Lincoln cent relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 139 structured relationships around Lincoln cent. Examples in this analysis include Lincoln cent → Composition → 1909–1942, 1944–1982: 95% copper, remainder tin or zinc 1943: zinc-plated steel 1982–present: copper-plated zinc (97.5% Zn, 2.5% Cu) 232 cents dated 2025 struck in gold and Lincoln cent → Design → Abraham Lincoln. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Lincoln centComposition1909–1942, 1944–1982: 95% copper, remainder tin or zinc 1943: zinc-plated steel 1982–present: copper-plated zinc (97.5% Zn, 2.5% Cu) 232 cents dated 2025 struck in gold1.00infobox
Lincoln centDesignAbraham Lincoln1.00infobox
Lincoln centDesignUnion shield1.00infobox
Lincoln centDesign date1909 (before 1918 omitting VDB on the cutoff of the bust; modified in 2010)1.00infobox
Lincoln centDesign date20101.00infobox
Lincoln centDesignerVictor D. Brenner1.00infobox
Lincoln centDesignerLyndall Bass1.00infobox
Lincoln centDiameter19.05 mm (0.750 in)1.00infobox
Lincoln centEdgePlain1.00infobox
Lincoln centMass2.5 g (latest composition). Bronze cents from 1909 to 1982 are 3.11 g; wartime steel cents are 2.7 g1.00infobox
Lincoln centMint marksP (2017 only), D, S, W (2019 only). Under date on obverse. No mint marks used from 1965 to 1967, in any year except 2017 at the Philadelphia Mint, or in any year except 2019 at…1.00infobox
Lincoln centValue1 cent (.01 US dollars)1.00infobox
Lincoln centYears of minting1909–present1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Lincoln cent bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Design, Lincoln and Brenner. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Lincoln cent
    • Design
    • Lincoln
    • Brenner
    • Coin
    • Penny
    • Brenner's
    • Reverse
    • New
    • Mint
    • United
    • States
    • Designs
  • lincoln cent
    • Design
    • Lincoln
    • Brenner
    • Coin
    • Penny
    • Struck
    • Brenner's
    • Reverse
    • Mint
    • Cents
    • One
    • New
  • united states mint
    • United
    • Philadelphia
    • Cents
    • Would
    • New
    • Pieces
    • Year
    • Struck
    • Composition
    • August
    • Coins
    • Penny
  • victor david brenner
    • Lincoln
    • Reverse
    • Obverse
    • President
    • Design
    • Coin
    • Barber
    • Coinage
    • New
    • Mint
    • Would
    • Designs
  • abraham lincoln
    • Design
    • Brenner
    • Coin
    • Penny
    • Brenner's
    • Reverse
    • New
    • Mint
    • United
    • States
    • Designs
    • Obverse
  • lincoln memorial
    • Design
    • Brenner
    • Coin
    • Penny
    • Brenner's
    • Reverse
    • New
    • Mint
    • United
    • States
    • Designs
    • Obverse
  • barber coinage
    • New
    • Designs
    • Would
    • Barber
    • Brenner
    • Coinage
    • Penny
    • One
    • Initials
    • Struck
    • Coins
    • Year
  • coin world
    • Lincoln
    • Treasury
    • New
    • Brenner
    • Mint
    • Would
    • President
    • August
    • Copper
    • Lincoln's
    • United
    • Coinage

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Lincoln cent, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Lincoln cent with Wheat cent (1909–1958). Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Lincoln centWheat cent (1909–1958) · splits 66 ⟂ 49
Lincoln centOverview · splits 97 ⟂ 18
Lincoln centLincoln Memorial design (1959–2008) · splits 100 ⟂ 15
Lincoln centLincoln Bicentennial cents (2009) · splits 101 ⟂ 14
Lincoln centUnion shield reverse "Shield cent" (2010–present) · splits 103 ⟂ 12
Lincoln centGallery · splits 109 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

Lincoln cent

Nodes115
Edges114
Triples139
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017391
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Lincoln cent to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Measurement, Wheat cent (1909–1958) & Lincoln Memorial design (1959–2008), including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Lincoln cent · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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