National Lost Penny Day      Tweet

When Celebrated

Always on February 12th

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About the Holiday

The first US penny was minted in 1787 and was made of pure copper and was designed by Benjamin Franklin. On February 12th, 1909, marking the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, the first Lincoln penny was issued. It was the first regular issue US coin to honor an actual person. On Lost Penny Day, gather all those pennies you have been collecting and cash them in.

Gift Guidelines

• For a coin collector, a rare penny
• For the penny collector, a coin rolling machine
• A piggy bank or other coin bank to help keep pennies from getting lost
• A book on coin valuation

Related Holidays

• Lucky Penny Day
• Flip a Coin Day

Resources

• For more information on the Lincoln Cent, see CoinResource.com