New Lincoln Cents Spur Impossible Dream

You know you are getting old when you remember the last time the Lincoln cent had a design change. It's almost like reaching an age where you get your first AARP solicitation in the mail as every 50 years we seem to have a Lincoln design change and that looks like it will happen again.

Of course, the legislation involving the Lincoln cent that was part of the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 does leave the door open to keeping the current design in 2010 after the commemorative designs in 2009, but in fact if you read that legislation, a change seems more likely.

Regarding the Lincoln cent reverse the law states, "The design on the reverse of the 1-cent coins issued after Dec. 31, 2009, shall bear an image emblematic of President Lincoln's preservation of the United States of America as a single and united country."

Obviously that wording leaves the issue wide open, but many would be hard-pressed to see how the Lincoln Memorial in Washington fits into the spirit of the new law.

In fact, there are other elements to the new law that are interesting and potentially a great deal of fun if officials truly get into the spirit of the anniversary. Already we are sure that there will be four reverses on the Lincoln cents of 2009, with one featuring his birth and early childhood in Kentucky. Another has his formative years in Indiana. A third features his professional career in Illinois and the final one will depict his presidency in Washington, D.C. with all lasting just one year for 2009.

Certainly supplies produced will be sufficient to make them a . . .

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