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Ask Melissa Miller on the eve of the launch of the new “Indiana” Lincoln penny and she’ll say, “It’s crazy!”
According to Miller, who heads the Spencer County Visitors Bureau, the U.S. Mint predicts a crowd of 3,000 will show up Thursday morning for the first issue of the coin during a ceremony at Lincoln State Park Amphitheatre.
“They’re calling it Woodstock for Coins,” she said, noting coin collectors from outside the area have been contacting local residents offering to pay them to stand in line to buy new Lincoln pennies for them.
The new coin, whose “tails side” depicts Lincoln as a young Hoosier reading a book during a break from rail splitting, will be introduced during a 10 a.m. ceremony at the covered amphitheater.
The front side continues to bear Lincoln’s likeness.
Miller said a Brinks truck from Philadelphia will arrive Thursday morning with an unspecified number of Indiana pennies.
During the ceremony hundreds of shiny, new one-cent coins will be distributed to children ages 18 and under in attendance. Also, rolls of never-circulated pennies featuring the new design will be exchanged after the ceremony (for dollar bills only).
Visitors will be able to purchase several rolls.
Miller noted while some in Thursday’s turnout will be avid collectors, others will sell the coins on eBay for a profit.
The redesign of the penny is the first in 50 years, with four versions coming out this year to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and mark different stages of his life.
A Kentucky penny was issued in February to honor his birth there. Later this year, coins representing Illinois and Washington, D.C., will go into circulation.
Ask Melissa Miller on the eve of the launch of the new “Indiana” Lincoln penny and she’ll say, “It’s crazy!”
According to Miller, who heads the Spencer County Visitors Bureau, the U.S. Mint predicts a crowd of 3,000 will show up Thursday morning for the first issue of the coin during a ceremony at Lincoln State Park Amphitheatre.
“They’re calling it Woodstock for Coins,” she said, noting coin collectors from outside the area have been contacting local residents offering to pay them to stand in line to buy new Lincoln pennies for them.
The new coin, whose “tails side” depicts Lincoln as a young Hoosier reading a book during a break from rail splitting, will be introduced during a 10 a.m. ceremony at the covered amphitheater.
The front side continues to bear Lincoln’s likeness.
Miller said a Brinks truck from Philadelphia will arrive Thursday morning with an unspecified number of Indiana pennies.
During the ceremony hundreds of shiny, new one-cent coins will be distributed to children ages 18 and under in attendance. Also, rolls of never-circulated pennies featuring the new design will be exchanged after the ceremony (for dollar bills only).
Visitors will be able to purchase several rolls.
Miller noted while some in Thursday’s turnout will be avid collectors, others will sell the coins on eBay for a profit.
The redesign of the penny is the first in 50 years, with four versions coming out this year to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and mark different stages of his life.
A Kentucky penny was issued in February to honor his birth there. Later this year, coins representing Illinois and Washington, D.C., will go into circulation.
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