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Lincoln Memorial Cent (Zinc) Coin Value by Year

Every date and mint mark of the Lincoln Memorial Cent (Zinc), struck 1982–2008, with how many of each were made. Face value except errors.


What a typical Lincoln Memorial Cent (Zinc) is worth

These are catalogue estimates for the most common date in the series (1982). Scarcer dates and mint marks in the table below are worth more.

Good (G-4)Very Fine (VF-20)Extremely Fine (EF-40)Uncirculated (MS-60+)
$0.01$0.16$0.16$0.74

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Lincoln Memorial Cent (Zinc) dates, mint marks and mintages

The series has 101 catalogued dates and varieties. The scarcest regular issue by mintage is the 2008, with 2,569,600,000 struck. The most common is the 2000-D, with 8,774,220,000.

DateMint markMintageNotes
1982None10,712,525,000Large Date; mintage combined with Copper cents
1982None—Small Date; mintage included in above
1982-DD6,012,979,368Large Date; mintage combined with Copper cents
1982-DD—Small Date; mintage included in above
1983None7,752,355,000
1983None—Doubled Die Reverse, mintage included with 1983
1983-DD6,467,199,428
1983-SS3,279,126Proof
1984None8,151,079,000
1984None—Doubled Die Obverse (Lincoln's ear), mintage included with 1984
1984-DD5,569,238,906
1984-SS3,065,110Proof
1985None5,648,489,887
1985-DD5,287,339,926
1985-SS3,362,821Proof
1986None4,491,395,493
1986-DD4,442,866,698
1986-SS3,010,497Proof
1987None4,682,466,931
1987-DD4,879,389,514
1987-SS4,227,728Proof
1988None6,092,810,000Two varieties exist: regular "G" and flared "G" (initials)
1988-DD5,253,740,443Two varieties exist: regular "G" and flared "G" (initials)
1988-SS3,262,948Proof
1989None7,261,535,000
1989-DD5,345,467,111
1989-SS3,220,194Proof
1990None6,851,765,000
1990None—Proof (San Francisco Proof without mintmark)
1990-DD4,922,894,533
1990-SS3,299,559Proof
1991None5,165,940,000
1991-DD4,158,446,076
1991-SS2,867,787Proof
1992None4,648,905,000Wide "AM" in "AMERICA"
1992None—Close "AM" in "AMERICA", mintage included with 1992 Wide "AM"
1992-DD4,448,673,300Wide "AM" in "AMERICA"
1992-DD—Close "AM" in "AMERICA", mintage included with 1992 Wide "AM"
1992-SS4,176,560Proof
1993None5,684,705,000
1993-DD6,426,650,571
1993-SS3,394,792Proof
1994None6,500,850,000
1994-DD7,131,765,000
1994-SS3,269,923Proof
1995None—Doubled Die Obverse, mintage included with 1995
1995None6,411,440,000
1995-DD7,128,560,000
1995-SS2,797,481Proof
1996None6,612,465,000
1996-DD6,510,795,000
1996-SS2,525,265Proof
1997None4,622,800,000
1997-DD4,576,555,000
1997-SS2,796,678Proof
1998None5,032,155,000Close "AM" in "AMERICA"
1998None—Wide "AM" in "AMERICA", mintage included with 1998 Close "AM"
1998-DD5,225,353,500
1998-SS2,086,507Proof (wide "AM" in "AMERICA")
1998-SS—Proof (close "AM" in "AMERICA"), mintage included with 1998 S Wide "AM"
1999None5,237,600,000Close "AM" in "AMERICA"
1999None—Wide "AM" in "AMERICA", mintage included with 1999 Close "AM"
1999-DD6,360,065,000
1999-SS—Proof (close "AM" in "AMERICA"), mintage included with 1999 S Wide "AM"
1999-SS3,347,966Proof (wide "AM" in "AMERICA")
2000None5,503,200,000Close "AM" in "AMERICA"
2000None—Wide "AM" in "AMERICA", mintage included with 2000 Close "AM"
2000-DD8,774,220,000
2000-SS4,047,993Proof
2001None4,959,600,000
2001-DD5,374,990,000
2001-SS3,184,606Proof
2002None3,260,800,000
2002-DD4,028,055,000
2002-SS3,211,995Proof
2003None3,300,000,000
2003-DD3,548,000,000
2003-SS3,298,439Proof
2004None3,379,600,000
2004-DD3,456,400,000
2004-SS2,965,522Proof
2005None3,935,600,000
2005None1,160,000Satin Finish
2005-DD3,764,450,500
2005-DD1,160,000Satin Finish
2005-SS3,344,679Proof
2006None4,290,000,000
2006None847,361Satin Finish
2006-DD3,944,000,000
2006-DD847,361Satin Finish
2006-SS3,054,436Proof
2007None3,613,000,600
2007None895,628Satin Finish
2007-DD3,524,000,400
2007-DD895,628Satin Finish
2007-SS2,062,793Proof
2008None2,569,600,000
2008None745,464Satin Finish
2008-DD2,849,600,000
2008-DD745,464Satin Finish
2008-SS2,169,561Proof

A dash means the catalogue lists no mintage figure.

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