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I don't recall any specific reasons for not changing the cent, nickel, and dime reverses. I suspect likely reasons were:

1. There is not as much room on the smaller coins for commemerative designs and a dual date

2. They did not want to "overdo" the bicentennial coins

3. They were able to sell 1975 and 1976 mint and proof sets, because there were 1975 dated cents, nickels, and dimes.