The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 39, September 26, 2004, Article 18

FOUR IDEAS FOR THE 2009 LINCOLN CENT

  Dick Johnson writes: "Two Senators from Illinois have
  expressed four ideas for the 2009 Lincoln cent ? the cent that
  will honor the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln?s birth and the
  centennial of the introduction of the Lincoln Cent with Victor
  David Brenner?s designs.

  On Tuesday September 21, 2004, they announced they would
  like to see the U.S. Mint create four separate designs for the
  reverse of the 2009 cents: (1) Lincoln?s birth in Kentucky;
  (2) his youth in Indiana; (3) a professional life in Illinois (where
  he was lawyer and state lawmaker); and (4) the presidency in
  Washington DC.

  Senators Dick Durbin and Peter Fitzgerald made the
  announcement which has the backing of the Lincoln Bicentennial
  Commission. Durbin serves as the co-chairman of the commission.

  I have written about this upcoming numismatic event previously
  in The E-Sylum (latest: vol 7, no 28, July 11, 2004).  I hope all
  this is not just political talk, that Congress will authorize the U.S.
  Mint to do something really interesting for collectors."

  This week's story: Lincoln Story

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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