Washington – To celebrate Lincoln’s 200th birthday in style, the U.S. Mint is releasing four new pennies at three-month intervals throughout the year.
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The first went into circulation, so be on the lookout for it over the next few weeks as you dig into your pockets for spare change.
The bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln will be honored in 2009 on four new pennies depicting the life of the nation’s 16th president.
The four new designs celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth as well as the 100th anniversary of the production of the Lincoln cent (penny):
The first shows his childhood in Kentucky.
The second is school-age years in Indiana.
The third, his professional life in the Senate in Illinois.
And the fourth, his presidency in D.C.
These designs represent the first change in the Lincoln cent in half a century.
i thought we were in a recession!! doesnt it cost more to make a penny, than a penny is worth??
ya; and Goerge Washington?
Who cares its not worth more then a penney…
What a waste of money
It costs a little more than a penny to produce a penny and unlike stamps which may be bought and saved instead of being used this is not generating any profit, but adding to the deficit.