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2009 Professional Life Lincoln Cent

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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 […]

2009 Formative Years Lincoln Cent

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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 […]