2010 Lincoln Cent Coin Production
The United States Mint will produce the newly designed 2010 Lincoln Cents in quantities necessary to meet the needs of commerce. The one cent coin has typically been minted in greater quantities than any other denomination with final mintages ranging into the billions. Although production has declined in recent years, there still should be plenty of the new pennies to go around.
The 2010 Lincoln Penny will be struck for circulation at the Philadelphia and Denver Mint facilities. The coins struck in Philadelphia do not include a mint mark, while the coins struck in Denver have the “D” mint mark placed on the obverse of the coin below the date.
After a slow start, the US Mint has steadily increased the number of one cent coins produced each month. In January 2010, there were just over 115 million cents produced for circulation. By June 2010, the monthly production had swelled to more than 585 million coins. For the first half of the year, the US Mint produced more than 1.8 billion of the new 2010 Lincoln Cents for circulation.
The table below presents the monthly production figures for the 2010 Lincoln Cent by month. Note that the figures represent the production of circulating coins and do not include the 2010 Proof Lincoln Cent or satin finish versions of the coins included in US Mint issued annual sets.
2010 Lincoln Cent Mintage
| Philadelphia | Denver | Total | |
| January | 65,230,000 | 50,000,000 | 115,230,000 |
| February | 84,000,000 | 78,800,000 | 162,800,000 |
| March | 128,800,000 | 165,200,000 | 294,000,000 |
| April | 149,600,000 | 135,200,000 | 284,800,000 |
| May | 222,800,000 | 186,400,000 | 409,200,000 |
| June | 289,200,000 | 296,000,000 | 585,200,000 |
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| December | |||
| Total | 939,630,000 | 911,600,000 | 1,851,230,000 |
