From the looks of the letter stamp and double struck on the top one. It is the letter O from a normal stamp set. I don't know if what I was told a number of years ago, holds true. But it supposed to have to do with him freeing the slaves back in the day.
Being a modern counter stamper myself. I don't really do it to make any kind of statement political or other wise. But for fun as there are collectors and it is a fun reaction when somebody finds them. I slip them into the coin stream in change when buying items.
What I really find interesting is that more people getting the change some times as many as all 4 pennies will be stamped. Don't notice them.

Here are a couple of mine will have to take pic's of some others next stamping time.
They have no particular meaning
Here are a couple of others ones including a Masonic one


This is the Kennedy looking @ Lincoln one.
