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S. 2817 108th Congress Senate

Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 1-Cent Coin Redesign Act

Official title: A bill to provide for the redesign of the reverse of the Lincoln 1-cent coin in 2009 in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln.

Introduced: September 21, 2004 Introduced by: Richard J. Durbin Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sep 21, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9443)
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 1-Cent Coin Redesign Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue 1-cent coins during 2009, in accordance with the following design specifications: (1) the obverse of the 1-cent coin shall continue to bear the Victor David Brenner likeness of President Abraham Lincoln; and (2) the reverse of the coins shall bear four different designs each representing a different aspect of the life of Abraham Lincoln..

Mandates that: (1) beginning at the start of each calendar quarter of 2009, the redesigned Lincoln cents bear one of such four designs; and (2) the design on the reverse of the 1-cent coins issued after 2009, bear an image emblematic of President Lincoln's preservation of the United States of America as a single and united country.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the original Victor David Brenner design for the 1-cent coin was a dramatic departure from previous American coinage that should be reproduced, using the original form and relief of the likeness of Abraham Lincoln, on the 1-cent coins issued in 2009.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2817: Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 1-Cent Coin Redesign Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2817/
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"S. 2817: Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 1-Cent Coin Redesign Act." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2817/.
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S. 2817, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2817/.
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