New Penny Design

i believe there were some actual pics of what the coin would look like in one of the major coin publications...there was a big write up in january's issue (if I remember correctly). CoinWorld, coinvalues, etc...i can't seem to recall which one.

Very interesting...

"In addition, the Secretary of the Treasury has the authority to mint and issue numismatic one-cent coins in 2009 with the exact metallic content as contained in the 1909 one-cent coin (95% Copper, 5% Tin and Zinc)."

"At the conclusion of the 2009 Lincoln One-cent Redesign Program, the 2010 (and beyond) one-cent coin will feature a reverse design that will be emblematic of President Lincoln's preservation of the United States of America as a single and united country.

As far as coins go the Lincoln Cent has made it 100 years with only a change to the back in 1959, not counting the minor changes and the composition. I feel another back change will still make this by far the longest running face design. They will still be my favorite coin to collect.

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It might be just me, but I feel that the the glorification of Lincoln is quite disturbing.

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I used to feel a little that way myself, having grown up in Illinois where Honest Abe and his deeds are spoon fed to every school child ad nauseum, but having studied our history more thoroughly since then, I've come to think that Lincoln deserves what he gets. He did save the union, and it is the union that makes us what we are. It's certainly possible that whoever was at the helm when the ship of state needed saving might have done the same thing, but since it was Lincoln, let's let him have the glory.

Besides, I'd rather glorify Abe Lincoln than some recent presidents, whom history will judge correctly as extremely poor and maybe even dangerous leaders.

Jan

I think President Lincoln deserves all the credit he gets, I thinks he deserves more. I think as a President he was a very close second to Washington. If not for Lincoln some coin collectors would be collecting Jefferson Davis cents.

I like the new coin ideas, I agree with janknez the more the merrier.

G'day JHS: "Confederate currency is highly collectible." - indeed it is, but not a lot of it was minted after 1865.
It would be interesting to know what discussions preceded the introduction of the Lincoln Cent in 1909: there would have been plenty of survivors still alive, and feelings would still have been quite raw.
Peter in Oz
(born in a city visited by the C.S.S. Shenandoah)

One Red Cent, I am in complete agreement with you on the original reverse. I wrote the director of the mint about two years ago suggesting that option--naturally, no reply-- even if it was a coin for collectors only and not released for circulation. Another thing which should be done is to restore the portrait of Lincoln to the original concept. Whats this you say? Compare a 1909 high grade cent with a recent cent and the recent portrait is almost a caricature of the original.