100th Anniversary of the Lincoln Penny
The launch ceremony for the final 2009 Lincoln Cent design was be held on November 12, 2009 at 10:00 AM ET. The ceremony took place in Washington, D.C. at the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial at the base of the west side of the U.S. Capitol. The fourth 2009 Lincoln Penny design represents Lincoln’s Presidency in […]
The Lincoln Coin and Chronicles Set (Buy on eBay) was created by the United States Mint for the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. The set includes proof versions of the four different 2009 Lincoln Cents and the 2009 Lincoln Silver Dollar, as well as additional materials related to Lincoln. The set was limited to production […]
The launch ceremony for the third design for the 2009 Lincoln Cent was held on August 13, 2009 at 10:00 AM CT at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. The site for the release ceremony was a fitting one, since the building is depicted on the reverse design of the coin. Abraham Lincoln is […]
Special versions of the four different 2009 Lincoln Cents were produced by the United States Mint. These coins use the exact composition that was originally used when the first Lincoln Cents were issued in 1909, consisting of 95% copper and 5% tin and zinc. The same legislation that authorized the four new reverse designs also […]
The 2009 Lincoln Cents had some surprisingly low mintages compared to prior years of the Lincoln Cent series. The low mintages were the result of two primary factors. First, the slower economy caused many people to cash in old hoards of coins. This drove old coins back into circulation and diminished the need to produce […]