wheat penny
noun
variants: less commonly
wheat cent
Definition of wheat penny
: a U.S. one cent coin that has an image of Abraham Lincoln on the obverse and two stalks of wheat on the reverse and that was issued from 1909 to 1958
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First Known Use of wheat penny
1968
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