What I found was this. Of the 1000 pennies:
1958 and prior: 13 1.3%
1981 and prior: 748 74.8%
1982 and newer: 230 23%
Canadian: 5 .5%
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Apr
4
Mar
Just for ha-has, I took the posted spot prices of Gold and Silver today, and figgured out the percentages.
One Year Returns:
Gold: 33.78%
Silver: 35.49%
So if 1 year ago today, you had invested 1000$ in gold, today you would have $1337.79, $1354.86 for silver.
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Jan
26
Sep
These undated handout artist renderings provided by the U.S. Mint shows four of the designs under consideration to replace the ‘tails’ side of the Abraham Lincoln penny. during the 2009 observance of the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth and 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Lincoln penny. To commemorate the event, the U.S. Mint, at the direction of Congress, will introduce four rotating designs on the one-cent coin for that year depicting different aspects of Lincoln’s life. The designs will replace the engraving of the Lincoln Memorial on the ‘tails’ side of the coin. The famous profile of Lincoln will remain on the ‘heads’ side of the coin. (AP Photo/US Mint)
I’ll still more interested in pre 1981s.