20070925 New designs to commemorate Lincoln cent in 2009

New designs to commemorate Lincoln cent in 2009

The Kansas City Star is carrying an Associated Press article on the designs under consideration for a remake of the Lincoln cent in 2009. For numismatists and presidential history buffs – especially those who are particularly fascinated with President Abraham Lincoln; this is fun stuff.

Hat Tip: Don Surber.

The Associated Press

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To commemorate the event (the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Lincoln cent,) the U.S. Mint, at the direction of Congress, will introduce four rotating designs on the 1-cent coin for that year depicting different aspects of Lincoln’s life.

Those designs will replace the engraving of the Lincoln Memorial on the “tails” side of the coin. The famous profile of the 16th president will remain on the “heads” side.

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, which provides recommendations on such matters, met Tuesday and got into a lively debate over what those rotating images should be.

The panel chose a log cabin depicting where Lincoln was born in 1809 for the first image. Lincoln as a young man reading a book and taking notes with a quill pen was the panel’s choice for Lincoln’s early years, and Lincoln on the floor of the Illinois Legislature won out for the best design of Lincoln in early adulthood.

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