The 2009 penny features the image of the Lincoln Memorial on the reverse side, which has been a staple design for the penny since 1959. The Lincoln Memorial design commemorates the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. This design was part of the Lincoln Bicentennial One Cent Program, which featured four different reverse designs in 2009 to honor different aspects of Lincoln's life and legacy.
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It's Abe Lincoln in Kentucky. This from the US Mint website: The four designs to be featured on the reverse of the Lincoln pennies represent four major aspects of President Lincoln's life: his birth and childhood in Kentucky, his formative years in Indiana, his professional life in Illinois and his Presidency in Washington, D.C. The inscriptions on the reverse of the coins will be "United States of America," "E Pluribus Unum" and "One Cent."
It is worth one cent unless it is uncirculated?
Lincoln is pictured on usually pictured on the front of the penny. 2009 is the only date that he was on the back. These pennies are very common and worth only 1 cent.
Despite all the advertising claims of shortages and low mintages, the 2009 Lincoln Cent is worth but a cent.
The penny with the log cabin on the back (2009) is the bicentennial anniversary of President Lincoln's birthday hence the sudden release which wouldn't last long since the old design has returned.
vlue of a 1919 wheat back penny