[Dan in Wichita]

The cent has been issued by the US Mint every year since 1793, with the sole exception of 1815.

That happened because the US Mint got its cent planchets (i.e. blank coin discs) from a company in England, but the War of 1812 interrupted the flow of planchets.

The Battle of New Orleans in January 1815 was the final battle of the War of 1812. Eventually, trade between Great Britain and the US resumed, but not in time to get cent planchets to the Mint to strike 1815 cents.

[ABN 505]

My kid found a 1812 penny with his metal detector,it was the size of a 1/2 dollar coin.