For more than two centuries, the American penny quietly moved through the daily life of a nation. It passed across store counters, rested in jars on kitchen shelves, and jingled through the pockets of generations. Though small in denomination, the one-cent coin became one of the most recognizable and widely handled objects in American history.
The Penny: A Brief Illustrated History tells the story of this familiar coin from its first striking in 1793 to the final year of its production in 2025. Along the way, the penny evolved through a remarkable series of designs that reflect the changing identity of the United States, from the early cents of the young republic to the Flying Eagle and Indian Head designs of the nineteenth century, and finally to the Lincoln cent that circulated for more than a century.
Through clear historical narrative and carefully rendered line engravings, this illustrated book presents each major design in sequence while exploring the artistry, technology, and historical moments that shaped the coin's long life. Readers encounter the first hand-struck cents of the early U.S. Mint, the wartime steel pennies of World War II, and the modern designs that carried the coin into the twenty-first century.
More than a simple coin, the penny became a quiet witness to American history. This book preserves the story of a small denomination that passed through countless hands while leaving a lasting imprint on the nation itself.
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