100th Anniversary of the Lincoln Penny
The third reverse design for 2009 Bicentennial Lincoln Cents depicts Lincoln’s professional life spent in Illinois (Buy on eBay). Chronologically, this covers the years of his life from 1830 to 1861. The reverse depicts a young professional Abraham Lincoln standing before the Illinois State Capitol building. Fittingly, this building was the site of the official […]
The second reverse design for the 2009 Lincoln Cent represents Lincoln’s formative years spent in Indiana (Buy on eBay). Chronologically, this covers the years of his life from 1816 to 1830. The reverse depicts a young Abraham Lincoln taking a break from rail splitting. He sits on a log to read a book and educate […]
The first reverse design of the four different 2009 Bicentennial Lincoln Cents is a representation of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and early childhood in Kentucky (Buy on eBay). Chronologically, this would cover the years of his life from 1809 to 1816. The reverse depicts a log cabin to symbolize Lincoln’s humble beginnings in Kentucky. The motto […]
The Lincoln Cent was introduced in 1909 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth. The coin’s designer was Victor D. Brenner. The obverse featured a bust of Lincoln based on an earlier bronze plaque, and the reverse featured a pair of wheat ears. In 1959, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth, the […]
Update: There has been no progress on this legislation, and the prices of base metals included in the current Lincoln Cent composition have declined. Although subsequent events have kept the potential for coin composition changes possible, nothing definitive has emerged. Yesterday, the US House of Representatives voted in favor of a bill that would require […]