The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 26, June 28, 2004, Article 14

WHAT TO DO WITH THE LINCOLN CENT IN 2009?

  Dick Johnson writes: "The Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
  in Washington met on June 7th and announced last week they
  would like the Mint to do something special with the Lincoln
  Cent in 2009 -- Lincoln's 200th birth anniversary (and
  centennial of the Lincoln Cent, don't forget).

  They would like a special reverse change, even several designs
  made for the anniversary year (retaining Victor Brenner's
  obverse!). Michael F. Bishop, spokesman, said this "could
  include three or four different designs .. reflecting different
  significant themes or locations in Lincoln's life."

  The commission also said it would like to see the color of the
  cent changed for that year.  [That's easy! Instead of copper
  clad zinc, used at present, formulate the two metals into
  yellow-brass using the same two metals. The composition,
  weight, diameter, specific gravity would all be the same.
  Only color and surface resistively would be different!  It
  should present NO problems of rolling the strip stock,
  blanking, upsetting or striking, because of the similarity of
  the two alloys. The same suppliers of blanks could be used
  and the cost should be nearly the same in the quantity
  needed.]

  The commission meets next on September 20th.  Any ideas,
  E-Sylum readers?  Email the Commission at:
  ALincBi-Comm at loc.gov.  Their website:
  http://www.lincolnbicentennial.gov

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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