1960 Penny Value: Price Chart by Grade & Mint Mark

In 1960 the U.S. Mint struck about 2.17 billion Lincoln cents for circulation: Philadelphia 586.4 million, Denver 1.58 billion. That is 15% more than 1959. Among the 117 years from 1909 to 2025, 1960 ranks number 64 by total mintage (1 = most coins made), so it is a mid-range date for availability. The scarcest 1960 issue by mintage is Philadelphia (586,405,000); the most common is Denver (1,580,884,000). Within the 1960s, 1960 ranks 9 of 10 years for mintage; the decade's high was 1964 (6.45 billion) and its low was 1965 (1.50 billion). Mint by mint: Philadelphia fell 4% from 1959; Denver rose 24% from 1959. Proof cents for collectors: 1,691,602 from Philadelphia.

The mint mark, if any, sits under the date on the front of the coin. A 1960 cent with no mint mark was struck at Philadelphia and is the normal, common form for that mint. The letters you can find on 1960 circulation cents are D (Denver). Proof cents for 1960 were struck at Philadelphia with no mint mark; they have mirror-like fields and came from collector sets, not from circulation.

• 1960 comes in a small date and a large date. On the small date the top of the 9 sits level with the top of the 1 and the 6 has a short tail; the Philadelphia small date is the scarcer of the four combinations.
• Cents from this era are 95% copper and weigh 3.11 g. A coin with this date that weighs about 2.5 g is a plated or altered piece, not a transitional error (zinc cents only begin in 1982). Small raised blobs or lines between letters, especially between the B and E of LIBERTY, are die breaks (collectors call them BIE cents); they are common and carry little premium.
• Rule out cleaning (unnatural brightness, fine parallel scratches) and flat machine doubling before you call anything a variety; see how to read dates and mint marks.

PCGS Price Guide values for 1960 cents (updated September 24, 2026, U.S. dollars, for coins certified by PCGS):

The 1960 coins that bring real money are the varieties and errors:

• 1960-D/D Small/Large Date (RD): $80 in MS60 up to $675 in MS66.
• 1960 Small Date (RD): $3 in MS60 up to $525 in MS67.
• 1960-D Large Date (RD): $8 in MS63 up to $475 in MS67.
• 1960 Large Date (RD): $4 in MS63 up to $375 in MS67.

Philadelphia is the lowest-mintage 1960 issue (586,405,000 struck), so it is the mint collectors check first. Guide prices assume a certified coin; an uncertified, worn 1960 cent usually sells for less than the lowest figure above, often little more than face value. RD means full original red copper, RB red-brown, BN brown; the color grade can multiply the price. How grade and variety turn into a number is explained in what makes a coin valuable.