The 1909 Lincoln Wheat Cent (VDB) was struck at the Philadelphia Mint with a recorded mintage of 27,995,000 coins — the 37th-lowest of the 140 circulation-strike issues in the lincoln wheat cent series, and 27% of the 103,006,618 lincoln wheat cents the Mint produced across all facilities in 1909.
The debut, with Victor David Brenner's initials on the reverse: struck for the first week of the series' life, before a public fight over three letters stopped the presses.
A full collector's note for this issue — survival, strike character, and what to check before buying — is on the writing schedule; the figures above are the permanent record.
| Issue | Mint | Mintage |
|---|---|---|
| 1909 Lincoln Wheat Cent | Philadelphia | 72,702,618 |
| 1909 Lincoln Wheat Cent (VDB) | Philadelphia | 27,995,000 |
| 1909-S Lincoln Wheat Cent | San Francisco | 1,825,000 |
| 1909-S Lincoln Wheat Cent (VDB) | San Francisco | 484,000 |
Mintage figures: United States Mint (Annual Report of the Director of the Mint), Royal Canadian Mint records, and — for the 1935 banknote issue — Bank of Canada printage records as published in the Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Government Paper Money, cross-checked across independent published references. Specifications: United States Mint coin specifications.