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1960 Penny, Small Date Value

1960 Lincoln Cent, Small Date

The Mint changed the size of the date during 1960.

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How to identify it

• Small Date: the tops of the 1 and 9 are level, the 0 is small and round, and the 6 has a short tail

What to check

What a genuine 1960 Small Date shows:

• Small Date or Large Date (1960): SmallCompare the date with references: Small Date = the tops of 1 and 9 are level and the 0 is small and round; Large Date = the 1 sits lower and the 6 has a longer tail. Which is it?

To check yours, photograph

• Date close-up

Specs

Series

Lincoln Memorial Cent

Year

1960

Mint

Philadelphia (no mint mark)

Mint mark

Below the date, on the front

Metal

Bronze (95% copper, 5% tin and zinc)

Weight

3.11 g

Mintage

2 million (2,000,000)
Approximate: about two million Small Date cents were struck at Philadelphia (Bowers, via Wikipedia). Part of the 586,405,000 1960 total.
Source: Wikipedia

Designer

Victor David Brenner (obverse), Frank Gasparro (reverse)

Other varieties of this date

• 1960 Large Date

  Philadelphia · Most of the 586,405,000 1960 cents are Large Date; about two million are Small Date.

  4¢worn

Other 1960 pennies

• 1960-D Large Date

  Denver · Part of the 1,580,884,000 1960-D cents; the Small and Large Date split isn't published.

  4¢worn
• 1960 Proof

  Philadelphia · Proof · 1,691,602 made

  Proof

1960 penny values · Every Lincoln Memorial Cent · Penny value chart