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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dockwalliper, post: 134189, member: 392&quot;]Sorry guys but this has already been&nbsp; decided.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;(a) IN GENERAL.--During the year 2009, the Secretary of the</p><p>Treasury shall issue 1-cent coins in accordance with the following</p><p>design specifications:</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (1) OBVERSE.--The obverse of the 1-cent coin shall continue</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; to bear the Victor David Brenner likeness of President Abraham</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Lincoln.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (2) REVERSE.--The reverse of the coins shall bear 4 different</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; designs each representing a different aspect of the life of</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Abraham Lincoln, such as--</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (A) his birth and early childhood in Kentucky;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (B) his formative years in Indiana;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (C) his professional life in Illinois; and</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (D) his presidency, in Washington, D.C.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; (b) ISSUANCE OF REDESIGNED LINCOLN CENTS IN 2009.--</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (1) ORDER.--The 1-cent coins to which this section applies</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; shall be issued with 1 of the 4 designs referred to in subsection</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; (a)(2) beginning at the start of each calendar quarter of 2009.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (2) NUMBER.--The Secretary shall prescribe, on the basis</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; of such factors as the Secretary determines to be appropriate,</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; the number of 1-cent coins that shall be issued with each</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; of the designs selected for each calendar quarter of 2009.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; (c) DESIGN SELECTION.--The designs for the coins specified</p><p>in this section shall be chosen by the Secretary--</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (1) after consultation with the Abraham Lincoln Bicenten-</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; nial Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts; and</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (2) after review by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Com-</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; mittee.</p><p>SEC. 303. REDESIGN OF REVERSE OF 1-CENT COINS AFTER 2009.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The design on the reverse of the 1-cent coins issued after</p><p>December 31, 2009, shall bear an image emblematic of President</p><p>Lincoln&#039;s preservation of the United States of America as a single</p><p>and united country.</p><p>SEC. 304. NUMISMATIC PENNIES WITH THE SAME METALLIC CONTENT</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AS THE 1909 PENNY.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Secretary of the Treasury shall issue 1-cent coins in 2009</p><p>with the exact metallic content as the 1-cent coin contained in</p><p>1909 in such number as the Secretary determines to be appropriate</p><p>for numismatic purposes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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