Redesigns tagged “currency”
“The newest Lincoln Penny was unveiled Thursday Feb. 11, 2010 at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum. The penny has a redesigned tails side, featuring a union shield, that will appear on one-cent coins from this year forward.” —State Journal Register
This is the fifth redesign of the Lincoln one-cent coin since February of 2009.
(top image via Coin Update News)
On President’s Day we found it fitting to take another look at the upcoming redesign of the Abraham Lincoln One-Cent coin.
In 2009, the United States Mint is minting and issuing four different one-cent coins in recognition of the bicentennial of President Abraham Lincoln’s birth and the 100th anniversary of the first issuance of the Lincoln cent. The themes for the reverse designs represent the four major aspects of President Lincoln’s life… —The US Mint
(this is an update to an earlier post on the Lincoln penny redesign)
After 50 years, the penny gets a redesign.
Four new versions will be coming next year to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth.
New Lincoln penny designs unveiled
The New Designs Revealed for the Royal Mint. The classic, but modernized coins, were designed by 26-year old Matthew Dent.
