“The newest Lincoln Penny was unveiled Thursday Feb. 11, 2010 at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum. The penny has a redesigned tails side, featuring a union shield, that will appear on one-cent coins from this year forward.”
—State Journal RegisterThis is the fifth redesign of the Lincoln one-cent coin since February of 2009.
(top image via Coin Update News)
I have to ask: Isn’t there a better way to memorialize Abraham Lincoln than creating five different designs for the lowest denomination of our coin system? I also can’t help but feel like there are more important duties at hand at the moment for our government.
