1975 ONE CENT
PCGS No: 2977
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 5,451,476,142
Proofs: 0
Designer: Obverse
by Victor David Brenner; reverse by Frank Gasparro
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:
In 1996, Coin World
revealed that 66 1975 Cents had been struck in Aluminum.
The finest Uncirculated Red
examples graded by PCGS are 33 MS-67RD's.
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
Coin World, March 5, 2001, p. 85
"The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The Professional Coin
Grading Service
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