In 2009, on the occasion of the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, four different one cent coins were released. These coins track the journey of Lincoln's life, with his being elected as president as the culmination of his journey.They depict the four crucial phases of the life of Lincoln: his birth, formative years, professional life and finally as the president of the United States.
Lincoln one cent: birth, Kentucky
This one cent depicts the small hut in which Abraham Lincoln was born in a Kentucky farm in 1709.Lincoln one cent: formative years, Indiana
The Lincoln one cent of Indiana of his formative years shows the desire of a young Lincoln to read and to learn as he reads a book while working as a rail splitter.Lincoln one cent: Professional life, Iliinois
This design features a young professional Lincoln standing before the Springfield Illinois State Capitol.After an unsuccessful run in 1832, Lincoln was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1834. He received the highest amount of votes cast for any candidate. He served in the Illinois Legislature until 1840 serving four terms.
Elected as a Whig on August 4 to Illinois House of Representatives. He took his seat on December 1 at capital in Vandalia.
Lincoln one cent: presidential life, DC
The fourth one cent in the Lincoln one cent series of 2009 is based on the last stage of his life as the president in Washington DC. The picture depicts the half completed dome of the white house which was under construction at that time.Note: After the cost of copper went up in the 1970's so much that one penny contained more than one cent worth of copper, subsequent production like these coins shown above have a Zinc base and are coated with copper. They contain about 2.5% copper and 97.5% Zinc.
Lincoln cent(Lincoln memorial), 2007
This one cent coin shows the Lincoln head on the obverse and the Lincoln memorial on the reverse. The Lincoln Memorial is an American memorial built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and was dedicated on May 30, 1922. The architect was Henry Bacon, the sculptor of the main statue (Abraham Lincoln, 1920) was Daniel Chester French, and the painter of the interior murals was Jules Guerin.he building is in the form of a Greek Doric temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions of two well-known speeches by Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address and his Second Inaugural Address. The memorial has been the site of many famous speeches, including Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on August 28, 1963 during the rally at the end of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Lincoln cent wheat ears, 1955D
The Lincoln Wheat Cent (sometimes referred to as a Strawpenny, Wheat penny, Wheatback, Wheat Head, or Wheatie) was a United States one-cent coin produced from 1909 to 1958.Both the obverse and the reverse were designed by Victor David Brenner, a New York sculptor. Brenner's initials, V.D.B., were included on the reverse of the coin below the two stylized wheat stalks on a limited number of the coins until public controversy forced their removal. Brenner's initials were restored to the obverse, below Lincoln's shoulder, in 1918.
One of the more valuable coins to collectors is the 1909 San Francisco, California-minted VDB cent, so-named because the designer's initials were included between the stalks of wheat on the lower reverse side; only 484,000 were produced before the public outcry at the designer's initials being so prominently displayed.Even poor-quality examples of the 1909-S VDB coin bring hundreds of dollars and a high-grade mint condition example can sell for $6,000 to $12,000 or more. By contrast, the Philadelphia mint produced nearly 28 million examples of the 1909 VDB cent and such coins are far less valuable.
Indian head cent, 1907
The obverse of the Indian head cent shows "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," the head of Liberty wearing a feather head dress of a Native American and the year of production. The word "LIBERTY" appears on the band of the head dress as is required on all United States coins. From 1859 to 1864 the design did not feature any mark of the designer.Two reverse designs were used for the series. In 1859 the reverse featured "ONE CENT" within a wreath of laurel (or properly olive). From 1860 until the end of the series the reverse featured "ONE CENT" within a wreath of oak and olive tied at the base with a ribbon with a Federal shield above.
