Editing Penny (United States coin) (section)

==Designs==
The coin has gone through several designs over its two-hundred-year time frame. Until 1857 it was about the size of the current U.S. dollar coins ([[Susan B. Anthony dollar|Susan B. Anthony]] through present dollars). Shown below are the different cent designs that have been produced; mintage figures can be found at [[United States cent mintage figures]].

'''[[Large cent (United States coin)|Large cents:]]'''
* [[Chain cent|Flowing Hair Chain]] 1793
* [[Wreath cent|Flowing Hair Wreath]] 1793
* [[Liberty Cap Large Cent|Liberty Cap]] 1793–1796
* [[Draped Bust]] 1796–1807
* [[Classic Head]] 1808–1814
* [[Matron Head|Coronet]] 1816–1839
* [[Braided Hair]] 1839–1857, 1868 (not a regular issue)
'''Small cents:'''
* [[Flying Eagle cent]] (1856–1858)
* [[Indian Head cent]] (1859–1909)
* [[Lincoln cent]] (1909–present)
** Lincoln Wheat (1909–1958)
** Lincoln Memorial (1959–2008)
** Lincoln Bicentennial 4 reverse designs (2009)
** Lincoln Union Shield<ref>{{Cite web |title=The United States Mint Coins and Medals Program |url=http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/lincolnRedesign/?action=2010Penny |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304205911/http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/lincolnredesign/?action=2010Penny |archive-date=March 4, 2010 |access-date=December 27, 2010 |publisher=USMint.gov}}</ref> (2010–present)

No cent coins were stamped with the year 1815. Shipments of copper [[planchet]]s from the United Kingdom were embargoed during the [[War of 1812]], and the Mint's supply was exhausted in October 1814. Cent coins resumed minting in December 1815, though it is not clear whether these were stamped 1814 or 1816.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.numismaticnews.net/collecting-101/in-what-year-were-no-cents-produced |title=In What Year Were No Cents Produced? |date=November 30, 2022 |first=E.B. |last=Robinson |work=Numismatic News |publisher=The Arena Group}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/coin-world-numismatics-coin-collecting-hobby-1815-cents-philadelphia-mint-bill-eckberg-war-of-1812-american-history-us-coins.html |title= 1815 the only date since 1793 for which no cents can be found |first=Bill |last=Eckberg |date=January 21, 2015 |work=Coin World |publisher=Amos Media}}</ref>

Throughout its history, the Lincoln cent has featured several [[typeface]]s for the date, but most of the digits have been [[text figures|old-style numerals]], except with the 4 and 8 neither ascending nor descending. The only significant divergence is that the small 3 was non-descending (the same size as a 0, 1, or 2) in the early history, before switching to a descending, large 3 for the year 1934 and then permanently ({{As of|2014|lc=on}}) in 1943. Similarly, the digit 5 was small and non-descending up to 1945.

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File:1794_1C_%27Venus_Marina%27_(S-32)_(obv).jpg|Liberty Cap cent, 1794
File:1811_cent_obv.jpg|Classic Head cent, 1811
File:1850_large_cent_obverse.jpg|Braided Hair large cent, 1850
File:NNC-US-1858-1C-Flying_Eagle_Cent.jpg|Flying Eagle small cent, 1858
File:NNC-US-1859-1C-Indian_Head_Cent_(wreath).jpg|Indian Head cent, 1859
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