Happy 70th Birthday Card with 1956 Birth Year Lucky Lincoln Wheat Penny Unique Keepsake

      For a 70th birthday happening in 2026. 

  • Genuine copper circulated Lincoln Wheat Penny in very fine to extremely fine condition
  • Each coin is cleaned and polished by hand to obtain the highest quality appearance possible.  
  • Coins in the photos are the date this cards Lincoln Wheat Penny will contain.
  • A protective archival single pocket plastic coin sleeve will be included for optional use by recipient.
  • Due to their age, coins may have wear, minor dents, defects, discoloration, and toning
  • Interesting facts about the Lucky Lincoln Wheat Penny are on the back of the card. 
  • Shipped First Class USPS with tracking.
  • Flat card dimensions: 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" 
  • Standard white envelope (5 3/4" x 4 3/8") included
  • Card is printed high quality, full-color, full-bleed black, gold,
  • Paper Type: Matte, 12.5 pt thickness/110 lb weight bright white
  • This card can be inserted into another card, wrapped in an additional present or mailed in the envelope.
  • Made and printed in the USA


CARD FRONT PANEL COPY

Look Who's Seventy

Happy 70th Birthday

To You & Your Lucky Lincoln

Birth Year Wheat Penny!


CARD BACK PANEL COPY


Facts About Your Lucky Lincoln Birth Year Wheat Penny 


Lincoln Wheat Pennies were minted from 1909 to 1958 and are among the longest-running United States coin series in history.


Much of the country admired President Lincoln and President Roosevelt wanted to honor Lincoln. Roosevelt selected the bronze plaque sculpture of Lincoln by Victor David Brenner to become the new image on the United States one-cent coin. This image of Lincoln replaced the Indian Head and became the first United States coin utilizing a real person’s image. 


Brenner designed the coin’s reverse with wheat stalks on either side of the words “ONE CENT.”  As a result of this redesign, the public began referring to the pennies as “Wheaties”. 


Before the first minting of the new penny, Brenner decided to put his initials, VDB, on the back of the coin. As he was not authorized to do so, the initials were removed midway through production. This change created the rarest coin in the Lincoln penny series, a 1909 S VDB.


From 1909 to 1981, most Lincoln Pennies were made of copper. However, the 1943 penny was made from zinc-coated steel. World War II put a huge strain on America’s resources, causing the 1944, 1945, and 1946 pennies to be made of shell casings. 


The Lincoln wheat penny turned 50 in 1959, so the U.S. Mint redesigned the coin in honor of what would have been President Lincoln’s 150th birthday. Frank Gasparro's new design replaced the wheat stalks with the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. 


The odds of finding a wheat penny in circulation today are about 1:200.  


May your birth year penny bring you good luck for this birthday and every birthday to come!

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     SHIPPING INFORMATION


Each card is sealed in a waterproof, tear-resistant clear poly card sleeve for protection.  The sleeved card and a protection card are placed in a 6 x 9 mailing envelope.  USPS tracking is included on all Lucky Lincoln Birth Year Wheat Pennies.  Please do not bid or buy any item unless you will be paying for the item.  Non-paying bidders will be blocked permanently from my future items.