Why are they called Wheat Cents? Were they like tokens for bread?

Question

Why are they called Wheat Cents? Were they like tokens for bread?

Answer 1

They are called Wheat Cents because the design on the reverse side is of 2 wheat sheaves. It was simply a design element taken from the design on the French franc at the time.

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

they were called wheat pennies because they have 2 sheaf's of wheat on the back around the words one cent