Hi, Today I'm gonna tell you about cents, my favorite type of coin. I'm going to tell you guys everything that I know about them. First I'm gonna talk about all the types of cents. The first cent authorized by the United States is the Fugio Cent in 1787. The second cent minted was in 1793 which makes it the first coin minted. Because the Half Disme wasn't minted until 1795. Ok. Now back to cents, Half cents were minted between 1793 and 1857 they were made of 100 percent copper. And if you were to spend one right now it would be worth half a cent. Lots of these half cents are over 5 dollars. There are also large cents minted from 1793 and 1857. There is also a cent called the flying eagle cent. It is worth lots of money today. Another cent is the coronet cent which is a large cent minted between 1816 and 1839. In my opinion they are the coolest large cents. The next cent is the indian head cent. Which has a indian head on it. Minted between 1859 and 1909. And there were Lincoln cents right after Indians were minted. Lincolns are my all time favorite because Lincoln is my favorite president and I love the wheat reverse. Wheat cents were minted between 1909 and 1958. People look out for these key dates 1909 s vdb, 1931 s, 1936 s, and 1943 copper cents. Even though 1943 copper cents are very rare there may be 1 or 2 in circulation. They were actually an error. This is because in 1943 there was war and needed copper to make bombs, so they used steel to make cents instead. People hated it because often they mistanked it as dimes or nickels. After that there are memorial and shield cents which still have Lincoln on them. From 1982 cents were made from zinc. Before that they were made of 90 percent copper. There are also centennial cents which have four designs and if you want to learn more about them check out my blog about them. Centennial cents are actually starting to disappear from circulation more and more now. But they are still very easy to find from the bank or in loose change. From 1982 and 2008 memorials were minted and after the centennial year they made shield cents. And centennial cents also had Lincoln's life on it from Indiana days to professional life. Also they can have satin finishes on them. Which means that they are not in circulation and only found in mint sets. There are also lots of errors to look out for like ddo's ddr's double ears, blank planchets, small dates and large dates. So go find some cents in your loose change or coin rolls.