(2) the continued minting and issuance of the
so-called ‘‘Sacagawea-design’’ $1 coins will serve as
a lasting tribute to the role of women and Native
Americans in the history of the United States;
(3) while the American tradition of not issuing
a coin with the image of a living person has served
the country well and deserves to be continued as a
general practice, in a series of coins commemorating
former Presidents, all former Presidents should be
so honored notwithstanding such tradition;
(4) the full circulation potential and cost-sav-
ings benefit projections for the $1 coins are not like-
ly to be achieved unless the coins are delivered in
ways useful to ordinary commerce;
(5) in order for the circulation of $1 coins to
achieve maximum potential—
(A) the coins should be as attractive as
possible; and
(B) the Director of the United States Mint
should take all reasonable steps to ensure that
all $1 coins minted and issued remain tarnish-
free for as long as possible without incurring
undue expense;
(6) if the Secretary of the Treasury determines
to include on any $1 coin minted under section
5112(n) of title 31, United States Code (as added
by section 102 of this Act) a mark denoting the
United States Mint facility at which the coin was
struck, such mark should be edge-incused;
(7) at such time as the Secretary of Treasury
determines to be appropriate, and after consultation
with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System and the submission of notice to the Con-
gress, the Secretary should declare to be obsolete
any circulating $1 coin that bears the design of the
$1 coins being issued immediately before the
issuance of coins with the design referred to in sec-
tion 5112(n)(7) of title 31, United States Code;
(8) in connection with the introduction of the
$1 coins under the Presidential $1 Coin Program—
(A) the coins should not be introduced
with an overly expensive taxpayer-funded public
relations campaign; and
(B) the Director of the United States
Mint, a bureau in the Department of the Treas-
ury, should work with consumer groups, media
outlets, and schools to ensure an adequate
amount of news coverage about the start of the
coin program so consumers will know of the
availability of the coins;
(9) the Board of Governors of the Federal Re-
serve System and the Secretary of the Treasury
should take steps to ensure that an adequate supply
of $1 coins are available for commerce and collectors
at such places and in such quantities as are appro-
priate by—
(A) meeting, from time to time but no less
frequently than quarterly, with a coin users
group that includes representatives of mer-
chants who would benefit from the increased
usage of $1 coins, vending machine and other
coin acceptor manufacturers, vending machine
owners and operators, transit officials, munic-
ipal parking officials, depository institutions,
coin and currency handlers, armored-car opera-
tors, car wash operators, and coin collectors
and dealers to accurately gauge demand for
coins and to anticipate and eliminate obstacles
to the easy and efficient distribution and cir-
culation of $1 coins as well as all other circu-
lating coins;
(B) submitting a semiannual report to the
Congress containing an assessment of the re-
maining obstacles to the efficient and timely
circulation of coins, and particularly $1 coins,
together with such recommendations for legisla-
tive action the Board and the Secretary may
determine to be appropriate;
(C) consulting with industry representa-
tives to encourage operators of vending ma-
chines and other automated coin-accepting de-
vices in the United States to accept coins issued
under the Presidential $1 Coin Program and
the so-called ‘‘Sacagawea-design’’ $1 coins, and
to include notices on the machines and devices
of such acceptability;
(D) ensuring that during an introductory
period, all institutions that want unmixed sup-
plies of each newly-issued design of $1 coins are
able to obtain such unmixed supplies; and
(E) consulting with representatives of de-
pository institutions and armored-car operators
to support the availability of $1 coins in pack-
aging of sizes and types appropriate for and
useful to ordinary commerce, including rolled
coins; and
(10) the Director of the United States Mint
should take all steps necessary to expand the mar-
ketplace for bullion coins, and reduce barriers to the
sale of bullion coins, by ensuring that—
(A) the greatest number possible of rep-
utable, reliable, and responsible dealers are
qualified to offer for sale all bullion coins struck
and issued by the United States Mint; and
(B) all such dealers and their customers
have equal and timely access to all new issues
of such bullion coins.
TITLE 
II—ABRAHAM 
LINCOLN
BICENTENNIAL 1-CENT COIN
REDESIGN
SEC. 201. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President, was
one of the Nation’s greatest leaders, demonstrating
true courage during the Civil War, one of the great-
est crises in the Nation’s history.
(2) Born of humble roots in Hardin County
(present-day LaRue County), Kentucky, on Feb-
ruary 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln rose to the Presi-
dency through a combination of honesty, integrity,
intelligence, and commitment to the United States.
(3) With the belief that all men are created
equal, Abraham Lincoln led the effort to free all
slaves in the United States.
(4) Abraham Lincoln had a generous heart,
with malice toward none and with charity for all.
(5) Abraham Lincoln gave the ultimate sacrifice
for the country he loved, dying from an assassin’s
bullet on April 15, 1865.
(6) All Americans could benefit from studying
the life of Abraham Lincoln, for Lincoln’s life is a
model for accomplishing the ‘‘American dream’’
through honesty, integrity, loyalty, and a lifetime of
education.
(7) The year 2009 will be the bicentennial anni-
versary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
(8) Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky,
grew to adulthood in Indiana, achieved fame in Illi-
nois, and led the nation in Washington, D.C.
(9) The so-called ‘‘Lincoln cent’’ was introduced
in 1909 on the 100th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth,
making the obverse design the most enduring on the
nation’s coinage.
(10) President Theodore Roosevelt was so im-
pressed by the talent of Victor David Brenner that
the sculptor was chosen to design the likeness of
President Lincoln for the coin, adapting a design
from a plaque Brenner had prepared earlier.
(11) In the nearly 100 years of production of
the ‘‘Lincoln cent’’, there have been only 2 designs
on the reverse: the original, featuring 2 wheat-heads
in memorial style enclosing mottoes, and the current
representation of the Lincoln Memorial in Wash-
ington, D.C.
(12) On the occasion of the bicentennial of
President Lincoln’s birth and the 100th anniversary
of the production of the Lincoln cent, it is entirely
fitting to issue a series of 1-cent coins with designs
on the reverse that are emblematic of the 4 major
periods of President Lincoln’s life.
SEC. 202. REDESIGN OF LINCOLN CENT FOR 2009.
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the year 2009, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall issue 1-cent coins in accord-
ance with the following design specifications:
(1) OBVERSE.—The obverse of the 1-cent coin
shall continue to bear the Victor David Brenner like-
ness of President Abraham Lincoln.
(2) REVERSE.—The reverse of the coins shall
bear 4 different designs each representing a dif-
ferent aspect of the life of Abraham Lincoln, such
as—
(A) his birth and early childhood in Ken-
tucky;
(B) his formative years in Indiana;
(C) his professional life in Illinois; and
(D) his presidency, in Washington, D.C.
(b) ISSUANCE OF REDESIGNED LINCOLN CENTS IN
2009.—
(1) ORDER.—The 1-cent coins to which this
section applies shall be issued with 1 of the 4 de-
signs referred to in subsection (a)(2) beginning at
the start of each calendar quarter of 2009.
(2) NUMBER.—The Secretary shall prescribe,
on the basis of such factors as the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate, the number of 1-cent coins
that shall be issued with each of the designs selected
for each calendar quarter of 2009.
(c) DESIGN SELECTION.—The designs for the coins
specified in this section shall be chosen by the Secretary—
(1) after consultation with the Abraham Lin-
coln Bicentennial Commission and the Commission
of Fine Arts; and
(2) after review by the Citizens Coinage Advi-
sory Committee.
SEC. 203. REDESIGN OF REVERSE OF 1-CENT COINS AFTER
2009.
The design on the reverse of the 1-cent coins issued
after December 31, 2009, shall bear an image emblematic
of President Lincoln’s preservation of the United States
of America as a single and united country.
SEC. 204. NUMISMATIC PENNIES WITH THE SAME METAL-
LIC CONTENT AS THE 1909 PENNY.
The Secretary of the Treasury shall issue 1-cent coins
in 2009 with the exact metallic content as the 1-cent coin
contained in 1909 in such number as the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate for numismatic purposes.
SEC. 205. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that the original Victor
David Brenner design for the 1-cent coin was a dramatic
departure from previous American coinage that should be
reproduced, using the original form and relief of the like-
ness of Abraham Lincoln, on the 1-cent coins issued in
2009.
Passed the House of Representatives April 27, 2005.
Attest:
Clerk.