The Lincoln cent (sometimes called the Lincoln penny) has been struck by the United States Mint since 1909. The obverse or heads side was designed by Victor David Brenner, as was the original reverse, depicting two stalks of wheat (thus "wheat pennies", struck 1909–1958).

This 1937 Wheat penny is a fantastic piece of history (as they all are). The 28th year of production, the coin is a necessary addition to a collection, and makes a great gift.

What happened in 1937?

- Amelia Mary Earhart mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during a circumnavigation flight
- Walt Disney premieres "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" on December 21st at the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles, California.
- The popular Looney Tunes character Daffy Duck appears for the first time during April in the animated short “Porky’s Duck Hunt.”
- The German airship Hindenburg bursts into flames while attempting to moor at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
- Aviator Howard Hughes breaks his own transcontinental flight speed record when he flies from Los Angeles to Newark.
- British author J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel “The Hobbit” was published on September 21st.
- The first hospital blood bank system in the United States is established by Dr. Bernard Fantus during March.
- The British Duke of Windsor and American Wallis Warfield Simpson are married in a small ceremony in France on June 3rd . The Duke of Windsor was formerly known as King Edward VIII of Great Britain but had abdicated in 1936 in order to marry American socialite Wallis Simpson.
- Actor and future U.S. President Ronald Reagan makes his film debut in "Love Is on the Air."
- San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge officially opens during May . Construction on the bridge began in 1933 and cost about $35 million to complete.
- First total solar eclipse to exceed 7 minutes of totality in over 800 years; visible in the Pacific and Peru


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