Dates on coins are, beyond its use for quality control purposes, markers of time and important persons and events. E.g. regnal years - years of reign - were used on some coins to show the progress of a reign.

What are the key dates for wheat pennies?

The major Lincoln Wheat cent key dates include: 1909-S. 1909-S VDB. 1914-D .Heres a glance at the most widely collected, most popular errors and varieties and what theyre worth:1909-S S Over Horizontal S.1917 Doubled Die.1922 No D.1922 Weak D.1943 Bronze.1943-D Doubled Mintmark.1944 Steel.1955 Doubled Die.Aug 18, 2020