2009 LINCOLN BICENTENNIAL CENT P & D MINT MS63

 

One cent coins issued in during 2009 are a unique tribute to president Abraham Lincoln, recognizing the bicentennial of his birth and the 100th anniversary of the first issuance of the Lincoln cent. 4 new designs will be released during 2009 each coin will cover a major aspect of President Lincoln’s life. The first coin released in this series is called “Birth and early childhood”. We offer a two coin set featuring a coin struck at the Philadelphia mint and a coin struck at the Denver mint. These coins have been certified MS63. Due to the extreme high demand for these coins they have already been nicknamed “Log Cabin” reverse cents by collectors.

 

Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin near Nolin Creek, three miles south of present-day Hodgenville in Hardin (now Larue) County, Kentucky, on February 12, 1809, the second child of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. He was named after his paternal grandfather.

The Lincoln family lived on 30 acres of the 228-acre Knob Creek Farm near Hodgenville from the time Abraham was two-and-a-half until he was nearly eight years old. It was here that he grew big enough to carry water and gather firewood.

The approved reverse design for aspect one of Abraham Lincoln's life features a log cabin that represents his humble beginnings in Kentucky with the inscriptions, "United States of America," "E Pluribus Unum," "One Cent" and "1809." It was designed by United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) Master Designer Richard Masters and sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Jim Licaretz.