2022 Penny Value: Price Chart by Grade & Mint Mark

In 2022 the U.S. Mint struck about 6.36 billion Lincoln cents for circulation: Philadelphia 3.13 billion, Denver 3.23 billion. That is 20% fewer than 2021. Among the 117 years from 1909 to 2025, 2022 ranks number 46 by total mintage (1 = most coins made), so it is a mid-range date for availability. The scarcest 2022 issue by mintage is Philadelphia (3,129,200,000); the most common is Denver (3,230,400,000). Within the 2020s, 2022 ranks 3 of 6 years for mintage; the decade's high was 2021 (7.91 billion) and its low was 2025 (1.30 billion). Mint by mint: Philadelphia fell 20% from 2021; Denver fell 19% from 2021. Proof cents for collectors: 649,365 from San Francisco.

The mint mark, if any, sits under the date on the front of the coin. A 2022 cent with no mint mark was struck at Philadelphia and is the normal, common form for that mint. The letters you can find on 2022 circulation cents are D (Denver). Proof cents carry an S and have mirror-like fields; they came from collector sets, not from circulation.

• Cents from 1983 onward are copper-plated zinc (about 2.5 g). The plating is thin, so these coins corrode easily: bubbles, pitting or grey spots on a bright coin are damage, not a variety.
• From 2010 the reverse shows the Union Shield. Circulation coins are copper-plated zinc; the only way to get a different alloy is a collector set, so a 2010-or-later cent that weighs about 3.1 g is worth a second look but is almost always a plated or altered piece.
• Before anything else, confirm the date and mint mark are fully readable and that the surfaces have not been cleaned; the dates and mint marks guide shows what cleaning and machine doubling look like.

PCGS Price Guide values for 2022 cents (updated September 24, 2026, U.S. dollars, for coins certified by PCGS):

The 2022 coins that bring real money are the varieties and errors:

• 2022 Shield (RD): $10 in MS65 up to $2,000 in MS68.

Philadelphia is the lowest-mintage 2022 issue (3,129,200,000 struck), so it is the mint collectors check first. Guide prices assume a certified coin; an uncertified, worn 2022 cent usually sells for less than the lowest figure above, and most circulated zinc cents are worth 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.