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One afternoon in March 2007, Jack Daws stepped up to a newsstand in Los Angeles International Airport with a handful of change, including a counterfeit penny made of 18-karat gold that Mr. Daws, a Seattle artist, had fashioned. He carefully put the counterfeit penny, dated 1970, down on the counter, counted out enough change to pay $11.90 for a ...
Full Article: Brooklyn Woman Finds Counterfeit Penny Made of Gold - NYTimes.com
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After a major lapse in time, I am again getting reports on major die crack varieties found on proof coins. The latest two are both on the Professional Life Lincoln cent reverse and were found in August.
Thomas Baalman of Kansas reported the first one to Numismatic News on Aug. 6. It features a major die crack that runs from center of the bushes at front right corner of the old Illinois capitol building into the field, through the "T" of CENT and the rim. He ordered two of the regular 18-coin proof sets from the Mint and found one in each set. I listed it in the Variety Coin Register for the date, Mint and type as VCR#1/DCR#1.
Full Article: Professional Life Cents Show Flaws -
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"So, is there a future for the Lincoln cent?" Our numismatist pulled at his newly grown beard and rolled his eyes upward as he replied. "Doesn't the numismatic community have this conversation every year? It's the same every year. Some folks get all steamed up and just about threaten to march on the Mint to picket in favor of keeping the cent. Others feel that the cent has outlived it usefulness. And then there are those who don't have a strong opinion either way."
Our numismatist's chum nodded, saying, "Yes, I hear you. On the other hand, the Lincoln cent has been working hard for us since 1909. Isn't it time to retire the poor old cent? Seriously, the coin has no purchasing power...
Full Article: Lincolns Turn 100 - NumisMaster
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While in office, President Abraham Lincoln placed his stamp on the nation. Since his being honored on coinage, the nation has placed its stamp on Lincoln. Or, more precisely, next to Lincoln.
In recent years, the Lincoln cent has become a venue for messages political, whimsical and conspiratorial. Various alterations of the Lincoln cent have been formed outside the Mint, and many of those pieces have found their way into circulation.
Full Article: Novelty cents in circulation don’t carry collector premiums - Coin World
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United States Mint Deputy Director Andy Brunhart will unveil the 2009 Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin designs on Wednesday, November 19, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. (ET), during the Dedication Day Ceremony at Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The ceremony and unveiling will take place on the 145th anniversary of the day that Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address. Surcharges from sales of the coins are authorized to be paid to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission to further its work.
A full agenda of events is planned to mark the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and the dedication of Soldiers' National Cemetery. Prior to the Dedication Day Program, there will be a wreath laying at 10:15 a.m (ET) at Soldiers' National Monument in Gettysburg National Cemetery. Following the wreath laying ceremony, attendees may walk to the Rostrum at Soldiers' National Cemetery to participate in the Dedication Day Ceremony, where Deputy Director Brunhart will unveil the designs for the new Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin. [click to continue…]
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The public got its first glimpse of the new Lincoln cent reverse designs on Sept. 22. U.S. Mint Director Ed Moy and Jim Rubin, an Abraham Lincoln look-alike, revealed them on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
The new designs are meant for four 2009 circulating cents in honor of the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth and the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln cent. They each mark a different phase in Lincoln's life:
Read article: Country Takes Notice of New Cent Designs - NumisMaster
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Every American is familiar with the penny. The little copper coin bearing a bust of President Lincoln resides in many a wallet and penny jar across the country.Most Americans use coins every day, but they probably don’t think about the process of designing and minting the coins. Richard Masters, an art professor at UW-Oshkosh, was the same way for a long time.
He said, “You know, when we were kids collecting coins, you never thought about the artist behind the design on there. You thought the coin gods are doing this, or somebody you never heard of. And when you see your own work on something like that it just seems to make the world smaller.”
Read article: Mastering the penny - The Advance Titan
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Earl Wallace Henderson doesn’t give up easily. As a fledgling architect, “Wally” Henderson designed the restoration of the Old State Capitol in the 1960s, when skeptics said it couldn’t be done.
Now, 40 years later, Henderson has triumphed again. Thanks to him, the building he saved will appear on millions of commemorative pennies due to be issued next year.
Read article: Architect urged mint to employ good cents - sj-r.com
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Virtually everyone in America has spare pennies accumulating someplace (unless you throw them in the trash regularly, like some folks claim to do.) Well, now we have something productive to do with all of those cast-off cents. An artist in Austin, Texas has developed a simple craft kit...
Read article: Got Some Extra Pennies Lying Around? - Susan's Coins Blog
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