The Lincoln Penny has been struck by the US Mint since 1909. The coin was originally designed by Victor David Brenner, featuring US President Abraham Lincoln on the obverse w/"One Cent - United States Of America" text flanked by two wheat stalks on the reverse. 1922 saw a lower than usual demand for coins in commerce, and few cents were coined. At the time, dies were only made at Philadelphia; the Denver Mint had outstanding orders for cents that year. In 1922 only the Denver Mint was responsible for producing Lincoln Cents. Both Mints were busy producing millions of Silver Dollars. When Denver applied to the Philadelphia Mint for more dies, it was told that Philadelphia could supply no more cent dies, as it was fully engaged in preparing dies for the Peace Dollar. Denver filled its orders by striking w/a worn-out obverse die, which impressed the design fainter than usual. On many strikes, the mint mark on the die filled w/oil and dirt, producing coins on which the mint mark does not appear, or appears only faintly. The example offered here has no Denver mint mark. The 1922 plain piece is another relatively rare one in the Lincoln cent series. From the Robert M. Overstreet Collection and comes with COA.