Designed by: Victor D. Brenner (obverse) and Various (reverse)
Issue Dates: 2009
Composition: planchet consisting of 99.2% zinc and 0.8% copper, with an external plating of pure copper
Diameter: 19 mm
Weight: 2.49 grams (38.58 grains)
Edge: Plain
Business Strike Mintage: 2,354,000,000
Proof Mintage: 6,276,912

To commemorate the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth (and the centennial of the Lincoln Cent) four special reverses were employed on the cents of 2009. Released quarterly throughout the year, they depicted various periods in the life of Abraham Lincoln.

Birth and Early Childhood: Designer: Richard Masters Sculptor: Jim Licaretz
Formative Years: Designer and Sculptor: Charles Vickers
Professional Life: Designer: Joel Iskowitz Sculptor: Don Everhart
Presidency: Designer: Susan Gamble Sculptor: Joseph Menna

Special strikings and sets were produced for collectors including a satin-finish set struck in 95% copper as well as the Abraham Lincoln Coin and Chronicles set consisting of the four cents in Proof (2009-S) and the Lincoln Commemorative Silver Dollar.