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2018
| Weight | 2.5 g |
| Diameter | 19.05 mm |
| Mint | Philadelphia |
| Strike | Circulation strike |
| Mintage | 4,220,800,000 |
| Edge | Plain |
| Alignment | ↑↓ Coin |
| Composition | Copper-plated Zinc (97.5% Zinc, 2.5% Copper) |
| Melt value | — |
| Designer | Victor D. Brenner |
| Collector's Key ID | CK-842 |
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The 2018 Lincoln Shield cent from the Philadelphia Mint had a mintage of approximately 4.22 billion pieces. Production remained in the multi-billion range that had characterized the mid-2010s, though the total was slightly lower than the peaks of 2015 and 2016. The Philadelphia Mint continued to produce cents without a mintmark on circulation issues, reserving the "P" identifier for special collector products.
The 2018 cent entered circulation during a period of relative stability for the denomination. Congressional debate about the cent's future had quieted, and the Mint continued to fill Federal Reserve orders for billions of one-cent coins annually. The copper-plated zinc composition, adopted in 1982, kept the coin's intrinsic metal value well below its face value, avoiding the hoarding problems that had plagued copper cents in the early 1980s when rising copper prices made melting pennies profitable.
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| Grade | Description | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| G-4 | Good (G) | $0.01 | $0.01 |
| VG-8 | Very Good (VG) | $0.01 | $0.01 |
| F-12 | Fine (F) | $0.01 | $0.01 |
| VF-20 | Very Fine (VF) | $0.01 | $0.01 |
| EF-40 | Extremely Fine (EF) | $0.01 | $0.01 |
| AU-50 | About Uncirculated (AU) | $0.01 | $0.01 |
| MS-60 | Uncirculated (MS) | — | — |
| MS-63 | Choice Uncirculated (MS) | — | — |
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