1975 United States Cent Value

A 1975 United States Cent is worth roughly its melt value to well into four figures depending on its condition. The figures below break the range down grade by grade.

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Illustrative rendering. Photographs of this date are being added.

1975 United States Cent value by grade

1975 United States Cent value by grade
GradeEstimated value

Estimated retail range. Estimates are modeled from mintage rarity and metal content, not auction records. Actual sale prices vary with certification, eye appeal and market timing.

Current 1975 United States Cent value

The market for the 1975 United States Cent is driven by condition above all.

1975 United States Cent specifications

Series
United States Coinage
Year
1975
Mint mark
None (Philadelphia)
Mintage
Not recorded
Composition
Brass

Why there is no letter on this coin

The 1975 United States Cent was struck at the Philadelphia Mint, which used no mint mark in this era. If you find no letter where branch-mint coins carry one (check the usual position for this series), you are holding a Philadelphia issue.

What makes the 1975 United States Cent valuable

For the 1975 United States Cent, surviving examples tell the story that mint records do not. Museum-documented specimens define the issue for collectors.

There is history in a 1975 United States Coinage as well. Documented United States coin types preserved in museum collections, with measured specifications for each date, denomination and mint. That backdrop keeps the series among the most actively collected in American numismatics.

1975 United States Cent inscriptions & design

Obverse

IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY / (date)

Lincoln bust r., motto top, date l.

Reverse

E PLURIBUS UNUM / ONE CENT / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lincoln Memorial

Measured 1975 United States Cent specimens

2 physically measured 1975 United States Cent examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, mm minting standard.

Measured 1975 United States Cent specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1975 United States Cent #1---Breen.2276
1975 United States Cent #2---Breen.2277

Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.