1960-D Lincoln Memorial

  • Category
    Lincoln Memorial
  • Design
    Copper Alloy Penny (1959-1982)
  • Year
    1960
  • Mint
    Denver
  • Mintage
    158,884,000
  • Designer
    Frank Gasparro
  • Composition
    95% Copper - 5% Tin and Zinc
  • Diameter
    19mm
  • Weight
    3.11g
Known variants:
Small Date

The 1960 Lincoln Memorial Cent (Penny) had two varieties and the one depicted in the image above is the small date variety. The date here appears smaller and the difference between sizes is subtle.

Large Date

The 1960 Lincoln Memorial Cent (Penny) had two varieties and the one depicted in the image above is the large date variety. The date here appears smaller and the difference between sizes is subtle.

D Over D - Small Date Over Large Date

There are a quite a few varieties of the 1960 Lincoln cent penny and this is one of the more major and valuable ones. The US Mint stamped the small date on top of the large date. The best way to identify this error is to note the small zero within a fainter larger zero. Sometimes you can notice a small doubling of the 6 as well. There is also a "ghostly" D mintmark stamped just above the solid D mint mark (D/D).