2009 Lincoln Bicentennial Cent / Formative Years Penny MS66 First Day Ceremony

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"First Day Ceremony"
2009 Lincoln Bicentennial Cent
"Formative Years"
Official Release Date: May 14, 2009
Lincoln Amphitheater - Lincoln State Park
Lincoln City, IN  47552
Philadelphia Mint / "no Mint Mark"
NGC Certified - MS66
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The difference between "First Day Ceremony" (FDC) and "First Day of Issue" (FDI)
To qualify for
First Day of Issue:
- Coins must be purchased within one day of the first day that a mint makes a new coin issue available for sale and must be received by NGC or an NGC-approved depository within one week of the release date. NGC will require that the submitter provide adequate evidence (including purchase receipt to demonstrate the date when the coins were purchased to demonstrate the date when the coins were purchased.
To qualify for
First Day Ceremony:
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Occasionally, a US coin is officially released at a ceremony or event organized by the US Mint or government body overseeing the coin’s release. NGC will designate coins from such ceremonies as First Day Ceremony. To qualify, submitters must notify NGC in advance of the ceremony and the coins that they wish to submit for the First Day Ceremony designation. Additional supporting documentation may be required for eligibility. In all cases coins must be sent by overnight courier from the U.S.Mint location of the ceremony and arrive at NGC on the day immediately following the ceremony.
The launch ceremony for the 2009 Lincoln "Formative Years" Cent design took place on May 14, 2009 at 10:00 AM CDT.
It was held at the Lincoln Amphitheater, located at Lincoln State Park in Lincoln City, Indiana
The Lincoln Bicentennial Cents from the Philadelphia Mint are available with the
First Day Ceremony designation,
(the Lincoln Bicentennial Cents from the Denver Mint are not)
2009 Lincoln Bicentennial Cent -
First Day Ceremony (FDC)
"Formative Years"
Total Mintage for the circulating version of these coins (2.5% copper / 97.5% zinc)
Philadelphia Mint: 376,000,000 / Only 8,585 graded in MS66 FDC
This is what the U.S. Mint has to say:
In 2009, the United States Mint issued four different pennies in recognition not only of the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, but also the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln cent, first appearing in 1909. The themes on the reverses represent the four major aspects of Lincoln’s life:
Birth and Early Childhood in Kentucky (1809-1816)
Formative Years in Indiana (1816-1830)
Professional Life in Illinois (1830-1861)
Presidency in Washington, D.C. (1861-1865)
Abe grew into a skilled plowman and woodcutter at his new home in southern Indiana. For a frontier farm boy in those days, there wasn’t much time for learning from books or going to school. Yet his parents loved to read and passed that love on to their son.
He often carried a book along with his axe. By the age of 11, he had read The Life of Washington, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Robinson Crusoe, and A Thousand and One Arabian Nights. The design on this coin captures this part of Lincoln’s life by showing him reading while he takes a break from his work as a rail splitter.
While in Indiana, his mother Nancy died. This was a terrible loss for 9-year-old Abraham. But his father later married Sarah Bush Johnston, who proved to be a kind and caring stepmother. The next time the family moved, Abraham was 21.
Obverse (heads): Shows the familiar Victor David Brenner likeness of President Lincoln featured since 1909.
Reverse (tails): Depicts a young Lincoln educating himself while working as a rail splitter in Indiana.
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