The 1909 Lincoln Wheat Cent was struck at the Philadelphia Mint with a recorded mintage of 72,702,618 coins — the 65th-lowest of the 140 circulation-strike issues in the lincoln wheat cent series, and 71% of the 103,006,618 lincoln wheat cents the Mint produced across all facilities in 1909.
The plain 1909, born the day the initials died: the removal that made the S VDB a legend made this coin by the tens of millions.
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.