![]() ![]() designed by United States Mint AIP Master Designer Susan Gamble and sculptured by United States Sculptor-Engraver Joseph Menna. ![]() The reverse designs include: Childhood in Kentucky designed by United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program Master Designer Richard Masters and sculptured by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Jim Licaretz Formative Years in Indiana designed and sculptured by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Charles Vickers Professional Life in Illinois designed by United States Mint AIP Master Designer Joel Iskowitz and sculptured by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Don Everhart Presidency in D.C. At the conclusion of the bicentennial year, beginning in 2010, the Lincoln cent coin will feature a reverse design emblematic of Lincoln's preservation of the union.Įach of the four 2009 reverses include the inscription 1809, the year Lincoln was born. The reverse designs are emblematic of four periods, or themes, in Lincoln’s life: His birth and early childhood in Kentucky his formative years in Indiana his professional life in Illinois and his presidency in Washington, D.C. Brenner’s likeness of Lincoln continues on the obverse. The Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-145) authorized the United States Mint to issue four different Lincoln cent reverses throughout 2009 to recognize the bicentennial anniversary of Lincoln's birth and the 100th anniversary of the production of the Lincoln cent. Again, steel planchets were mixed with the copper alloy planchets, resulting in the error. coins after 1943, it did use them to strike foreign coins in 1944. Although the Mint did not use the steel planchets for U.S. Likewise, there are 1944 zinc-coated steel cent errors. The few genuine specimens apparently were made by accident when some copper-alloy planchets used for 1942 cents became mixed with steel planchets. At the time the 1943 cent was issued, the public complained the coin was being confused with dimes in use.Īn almost legendary error from this period is the 1943 copper composition cent. The zinc-coated steel cents are magnetic and will not work in most vending machines. ![]() The 1943 issue during World War II is probably one of the best known failures in the U.S. Sixteen type coins by design and composition can be collected to complete a type set of Lincoln cents: the 1909 with reverse initials v.d.b., 1910-17 without initials, 1918-58 Wheat reverse with obverse initials v.d.b., 1943 (zinc-coated steel), 1944-46 (95 percent copper and 5 percent zinc), 1959-62 Lincoln Memorial reverse (with 95 percent copper, 5 percent zinc and tin composition), 1962-82 (95 percent copper, 5 percent zinc) 1982 to 2008 Lincoln Memorial reverse (99.2 percent zinc, 0.8 percent copper) and the four new reverses produced honoring the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth and centennial of the coin design produced both in 99.2 percent zinc, 0.8 percent copper and the original 95 percent copper, 5 percent zinc and tin. Mint release at the time, "features a union shield with a scroll draped across and the inscription ONE CENT. In 2010, the Shield reverse was introduced, which according to a U.S. coin struck for circulation to depict the same person on both the obverse and reverse, since a statue of Lincoln can be seen inside the memorial on the reverse. The Memorial reverse made the Lincoln cent the first U.S. The Lincoln Memorial reverse designed by Frank Gasparro was introduced in 1959 to mark the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth. The initials were restored to the coin in 1918, but were placed on the obverse at the left lower part of the truncation, where they appear on all Lincoln cents after that date. cent being a key coin in the series.ĬOIN VALUES: See how much Lincoln cents are worth today The coins with the initials are scarcer, with the 1909-S Lincoln, V.D.B. That action resulted in the 19-S varieties, both with and without V.D.B. The initials on the reverse were believed to be too conspicuous by some and due to negative newspaper coverage were removed from coins struck later during 1909 by order of the secretary of the Treasury. 5 depict the initials V.D.B. at six o'clock on the reverse. The Lincoln cent was introduced to honor the nation's 16th president on the 100th anniversary of his birth.īoth sides of the coin introduced in 1909 were designed by Victor D. ![]()
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