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1926 ONE CENT

PCGS Nos: 2567, 2568, 2569

Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 157,088,000
Proofs: 0

Designer: Victor David Brenner

Diameter: 19 millimeters

Metal content:
Copper - 95%
Tin and Zinc - 5%

Weight: 48 grains (3.11 grams)

Edge: Plain

Mintmark: None (for Philadelphia, PA) below the date

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Notes:
The finest Brown example graded by PCGS is a single MS-64BN.

The finest Red-Brown examples graded by PCGS is a single MS-66RB.

The finest Red examples graded by PCGS are 43 MS-67RD's.

Sources and/or recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The Professional Coin Grading Service
 

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