Honestly Abe, what’s up with the penny? Today we wish a happy 206th birthday to President Abraham Lincoln! From an Academy Award winning bio-pic and a … slightly less influential Vampire ...

Abe Lincoln and the penny Posted May 31, 2025 2:45 pm. By Marc Munroe Dion. The penny, which costs more to make than it's worth, will be going away. That's a shocking reversal of ...

The first Lincoln penny had Abe’s face on the front and two stalks of wheat on the back. That was replaced 50 years ago with the ubiquitous image of the Lincoln Memorial.

SPRINGFIELD -- Abraham Lincoln got a present Thursday for his 200th birthday -- or, technically, 319 million presents. The U.S. Mint released a redesigned penny to mark the bicentennial of Lincoln ...

If you’ve ever held a penny, ... time to discover the grandson that Abe Lincoln never met. E-Edition ... forerunner of today’s Secretary of Defense) in 1881. In early 1889, ...

The U.S. Mint is releasing millions of new pennies today with a special design in a nod to Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial; he was born Feb. 12, 1809.

"Abraham Lincoln in Two Miles a Penny," presented by Wind Chimes Productions and the Los Angeles Repertory Company at the Robert Pickering Studio Theatre, 6560 Hollywood. Blvd., ...

The current penny design, complete with former President Abraham Lincoln's profile, turned 113 years old Tuesday. "On August 2, 1909, the Lincoln cent is issued, featuring Abraham Lincoln in ...

The penny’s design was changed last year when the mint issued four commemorative designs to celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s birth. But before that, the penny hadn’t had a makeover since 1959.

It was Theodore Roosevelt — a lifelong admirer of Abraham Lincoln — who ordered the U.S. Mint to introduce copper pennies bearing Lincoln’s likeness in time for his centennial in 1909. It ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Abraham Lincoln got a present for his 200th birthday—a brand-new penny. Officials with the U.S. Mint plan revealed the new penny Thursday. On the front is the classic Lincoln ...