To celebrate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first Penny, the United States Mint unveiled 4 new backside designs for the Penny. The 4 new designs indicate important moments in Lincoln’s life, beginning with his birth in a log cabin, his education in Indiana, his political life in Illinois, and finally his inauguration underneath the unfinished US Capitol building.
This is the first time any sort of change has come to the Penny in over 50 years. The four different designs will be rolled out in 3-month periods throughout 2009. Look out for them, collect them, and then spend them!
If you ask me though, I think its time to get rid of the idea of a 1-cent coin altogether. Does anybody actually like carrying a couple of cents around? I sure don’t.
i agree! no more pennies!
Why does the Lincoln in the top-right penny look so much like Bill Nye? And how come Lincoln isn’t wearing his stovepipe hat? I just hope that these new pennies won’t jam those machines where you put in a penny and it morphs it into a souvenier penny with a picture of wherever it is you are.
wgere can i get a new 2009 penny