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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dockwalliper, post: 136167, member: 392&quot;]The US Congress has decided that the American 1 cent coin IS a penny.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is from the Presidential $1 act of 2005....</p><p><br /></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><span style="color: Red">SEC. 304. NUMISMATIC PENNIES WITH THE SAME METALLIC CONTENT</span></p><p><span style="color: Red">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AS THE 1909 PENNY.</span></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><br /></p><p>1909 in such number as the Secretary determines to be appropriate</p><p>for numismatic purposes.</p><p>SEC. 305. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; It is the sense of the Congress that the original Victor David</p><p>Brenner design for the 1-cent coin was a dramatic departure from</p><p>previous American coinage that should be reproduced, using the</p><p>original form and relief of the likeness of Abraham Lincoln, on</p><p>the 1-cent coins issued in 2009.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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