![]() *The federal government has issued a one-cent piece since 1793. *The 2010 Lincoln penny will feature a reverse design symbolizing Lincoln’s preservation of the union. Treasury also will mint one-cent coins with the metallic content of 1909 pennies, which are composed of 95 percent copper and 5 percent tin and zinc. *The 2009 Lincoln pennies are mostly zinc, but are also 2.5 percent copper - the same as pennies currently in circulation. *The front of the coins will use the image of Lincoln created by Victor David Brenner that has appeared on the penny since 1909. *Roughly 614 million and 695 million of the first and second pennies have been put in circulation. ![]() On the back of each is portrayed a different aspect of Lincoln’s life - his Kentucky birth, Indiana boyhood, career as a Springfield attorney, and as president. *The four commemorative Lincoln bicentennial pennies will be made in 2009 only. (He will not be able to sign coins or coin rolls). for autographs at the Old State Capitol, where he’ll deliver a presentation and answer questions. *The penny’s designer, Joel Iskowitz, will be available at 3 p.m. ![]() *At 2 p.m., Lincoln portrayer Fritz Klein will greet visitors and make speeches. *At 12:30 p.m., musician Chris Vallillo will perform selections from his new CD “Lincoln in Song.” The fourth Lincoln penny, honoring Lincoln as president, will be unveiled in November at a location still to be determined. WICS-TV anchor Jerry Lambert will be master of ceremonies. The Lincoln Troubadours also are scheduled to perform. Singer Debbie Ross will perform the National Anthem a cappella. Mayor Tim Davlin and various government officials also are expected to attend. The ceremony is expected to last about 30 minutes. But our Web site requires us to process orders and have an ordering infrastructure that is customer-service based,” Prewitt said. “At the events, we do exchanges for the public. Each two-roll pack - 100 pennies - will sell for $8.95 plus $4.95 for shipping and handling. The Mint also will sell the pennies online, but at a steeper price. The exchange will be dollar for dollar, Prewitt said. An exchange will be held afterward, when the public will be able to purchase up to three two-roll packs of the new pennies. “(The line) was snaked around the park, down the sidewalks and roads leading to the amphitheater and parking lots.”Įach child 18 and younger in attendance Thursday will receive a free Springfield penny. “In Indiana, there were many, many, many people,” said Mint spokeswoman Jana Prewitt. ![]() The penny unveiled on Thursday represents Lincoln’s professional life as an attorney in Springfield and portrays Lincoln standing in front of the Old State Capitol.īased on the estimated 3,000 to 4,000 who attended the May unveiling of the second penny in Lincoln City, Ind., Thursday’s ceremony could be packed. The first two recall Lincoln’s birth in Kentucky and his boyhood in Indiana. The four pennies, introduced this year in honor of Lincoln’s bicentennial, depict different aspects of Lincoln’s life on their backsides. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., will front a 30-minute ceremony beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday’s unveiling of the third of four 2009 commemorative Abraham Lincoln pennies is expected to attract large crowds to the Old State Capitol, where U.S. GET YOUR PENNY: An out-of-towners guide for those coming to get a penny on Thursday ![]()
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