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Incredibly, from 1909 by means of 2004, more than 400 billion pennies have been minted. Yes, that is more than 4 hundred billion, as in billion with a "B". That is roughly 1400 pennies per every single US Citizen. If you have a jar, can, piggy bank, no doubt you have your share. A lot more understandable cents are produced than any other denomination. The lifespan of the Lincoln cent has spanned two planet wars, several other wars, the very first industrial jet flight, trips to the moon, Y2K and the invention of practically every thing we use nowadays and take for granted. Yes, that little penny has been about for nearly 100 years and has noticed a few alterations such as changes in its design and alterations in the metal content.

How did this design and style, the staple of our pocket change come about? Way back in 1908, Victor D Brenner began designing a medal of Theodore Roosevelt marking the construction of the Panama Canal. Brenner had earlier created a plaque of Lincoln making use of a February 9th, 1864 photograph as the model. When Roosevelt saw the plaque of Lincoln, he was impressed. Brenner confided to the president that he was a great admirer of Lincoln and recommended that a portrait of Lincoln ought to be put on a U.S. coin. Even though George Washington and Lincoln had appeared on pattern concerns of the 1860s, as of 1908 no American president, or genuine person, had ever appeared on a coin produced for standard circulation. The timing was correct as Roosevelt had previously commissioned Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1907 to redesign all American coinage like the Indian Head penny which had been about for almost 50 years. Sadly Saint-Gaudens died that summer. Thus Roosevelt was open to ideas from other artists and was intrigued by the notion of employing Lincoln on the cent and also coincided with his wish to honor his fellow Republican (it was all politics back then also) and the one hundred year anniversary of his birth and consequently asked Brenner to submit a design and style. Brenner decide on the penny as the coin to honor Lincoln as he felt it was proper to honor the peoples president on the most frequent coin. Initially, the design and style for the reverse was the very same pattern as a French two-franc coin and had United States of America across the top of the reverse with his name BRENNER in modest letters across the bottom.

The style was quickly rejected by Mint officials as they did not like the use of a design identical to a French coin. They also did not like Brenners name getting prominently displayed on the coin. They advised him to use only his initials as was frequent on other coins. Brenner redesigned the reverse with two stalks of wheat, the words One particular CENT more than United States of America and his initials VDB on the bottom and the national motto, E PLURIBUS UNUM, which signifies "One out of Several" circling the prime. Brenners design did not originally contain the phrase In God We Trust despite the fact that the Congress passed the Act on March three, 1865, authorizing the use of this expression on our coins for the duration of Lincoln's tenure of workplace. William Taft succeeded Roosevelt as president ahead of the penny went into production and refused to approve the design without having it.

Even though no legislation was required for a new style, approval of the Treasury Secretary was necessary to make the modify. Franklin MacVeagh gave his approval July 14, 1909 and it was announced to the public that a new 1-cent coin would be offered in the middle of the year to commemorate the one hundred year anniversary of Lincolns birth. About 3 weeks later, on August 2nd, 1909, the new cent was released to the public with a lot controversy which will be covered in Component II