Editing Penny (United States coin) (section)

===Union shield cent (2010–present)===
[[File:US union shield penny reverse.png|thumb|Reverse of a Union Shield penny]]
The 2005 act that authorized the redesign for the Bicentennial stated that another redesigned reverse for the Lincoln cent will be minted which "shall bear an image emblematic of President Lincoln's preservation of the United States of America as a single and united country".<ref name="redesignlaw">{{USStatute|109|145|119|2674|2005|12|22}} – Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005, Title VI, §303. "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 United States of America as a single and united country." Retrieved November 30, 2009.</ref> Eighteen designs were proposed for the reverse of the 2010 cent.<ref name="designs">{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=June 9, 2009 |title=2010 Lincoln Cent Design Proposals |url=http://2010lincolncents.com/2010-lincoln-cent-design-proposals/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125204203/http://2010lincolncents.com/2010-lincoln-cent-design-proposals/ |archive-date=November 25, 2009 |access-date=November 30, 2009 |publisher=2010 Lincoln Cents |quote=There were initially 18 design proposals for the 2010 Lincoln Cent reverse.}}</ref> On April 16, 2009, the [[United States Commission of Fine Arts|Commission of Fine Arts]] (CFA) met and selected a design that showed 13 wheat sheaves bound together with a ring symbolizing American unity as one nation.<ref name="cfa">{{Cite journal |last=McAllister |first=Bill |date=May 4, 2009 |title=Wheat Design may appear on the 2010 cent |journal=Coin World |volume=50 |issue=2560 |page=1}}</ref> Later this design was withdrawn because it was similar to coinage issued in Germany in the 1920s.<ref name="ccac">{{Cite journal |last=McAllister |first=Bill |date=May 18, 2009 |title=Mint withdraws 2010 'Wheat' cent design |journal=Coin World |volume=50 |issue=2562 |page=1}}</ref> The [[Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee]] later met and chose a design showing a Union shield with {{Small|ONE CENT}} superimposed in a scroll; [[E pluribus unum|E Pluribus Unum]] was also depicted in the upper portion of the shield.<ref name="ccac" /> In June 2009 the CFA met again and chose a design featuring a modern rendition of the [[American flag]].<ref name="ccac/">{{Cite journal |last=McAllister |first=Bill |date=May 18, 2009 |title=Commission votes for U.S. flag on 2010 1¢ |journal=Coin World |volume=50 |issue=2565 |page=1}}</ref> As a part of the release ceremony for the last of the 2009 cents on November 12, the design for the 2010 cent was announced.<ref name="designchose">{{Cite journal |last=Gilkes |first=Paul |date=November 30, 2009 |title=Cent to bear Union Shield design in 2010 |journal=Coin World |volume=50 |issue=2590 |pages=1, 68}}</ref> The design chosen was the one that was chosen earlier by the CCAC.<ref name=designchose/> According to the Mint, the 13 stripes on the shield "represent the states joined in one compact union to support the Federal government, represented by the horizontal bar above".<ref name="mintpr">{{Cite press release |title=United States Mint Releases Fourth 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial One-Cent Coin |date=November 12, 2009 |publisher=United States Mint |url=http://usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=press_release&ID=1080 |access-date=November 30, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106054936/http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=press_release&ID=1080 |archive-date=January 6, 2010}}</ref> The Mint also noted that a shield was commonly used in paintings in the Capitol hallways painted by [[Constantino Brumidi]], an artist in the Capitol active during the Lincoln Presidency.<ref name=mintpr/> 

The obverse of the cent was also changed to a modern rendition of Brenner's design.<ref name="designchose" /><ref name="headsmod">{{Cite journal |last=Gilkes |first=Paul |date=February 15, 2010 |title=Mint Returns to 1909 Galvano for Portrait |journal=Coin World |volume=51 |issue=2601 |pages=1, 24}}</ref> The new Union Shield design replaces the Lincoln memorial in use since 1959.<ref name="designchose" /> The coin was designed by artist [[Lyndall Bass]] and sculpted by U.S. Mint sculptor-engraver [[Joseph Menna]].<ref name="designer">{{Cite press release |title=United States Mint Launches 2010 Lincoln One-Cent Coin |date=February 11, 2010 |publisher=United States Mint |url=http://usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=press_release&ID=1101 |quote=The reverse of the 2010 and beyond Lincoln cent was designed by United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program Associate Designer Lyndall Bass and executed by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Joseph Menna. |access-date=February 11, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216092737/http://usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=press_release&ID=1101 |archive-date=February 16, 2010}}</ref> In January 2010, the coins were released early in [[Puerto Rico]];<ref name="rico">{{Cite journal |last=Gilkes |first=Paul |date=February 8, 2010 |title=First Circulation Reports of 2010 Cents From Puerto Rico |journal=Coin World |volume=51 |issue=2600 |page=5}}</ref> this was caused by a shortage of 2009-dated pennies on the island.<ref name="headsmod" /> The new design was released at a ceremony at the [[Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library]] in [[Springfield, Illinois]] on February 11, 2010.<ref name="ceremony">{{Cite news |last=Ruston, Bruce |date=February 11, 2010 |title=Collectors seek to turn profit on pennies |url=http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x228082611/New-Lincoln-penny-design-unveiled-in-Springfield |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214113853/http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x228082611/New-Lincoln-penny-design-unveiled-in-Springfield |archive-date=February 14, 2010 |access-date=February 11, 2010 |work=State Journal-Register |quote=The newest—and for now permanent—version of the Lincoln penny was unveiled this morning at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum...}}</ref> In 2017, cents minted in Philadelphia were struck with a "P" mintmark to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the U.S. Mint. 2017 is the only year that Philadelphia cents have had a mintmark.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McMorrow-Hernandez |first=Joshua |date=January 16, 2017 |title=Philadelphia Mint Quietly Releases 2017-P Lincoln Cent |url=https://coinweek.com/us-mint-news/philadelphia-mint-quietly-releases-2017-p-lincoln-cent/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607134356/https://coinweek.com/us-mint-news/philadelphia-mint-quietly-releases-2017-p-lincoln-cent/ |archive-date=June 7, 2019 |access-date=June 4, 2018 |website=coinweek.com}}</ref> In 2019, the [[West Point Mint]] minted pennies marked with a "W" mintmark for the first time, which were only available with their annual sets, wrapped separately in their own plastic wrap.<ref>{{Cite web |title=United States Mint Proof Set {{!}} U.S. Mint |url=https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/2019-united-states-mint-proof-set-now-available |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331171800/https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/2019-united-states-mint-proof-set-now-available |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |access-date=March 31, 2022 |website=www.usmint.gov}}</ref> An uncirculated cent was included with the uncirculated mint set, a proof cent with the proof set, and a reverse proof with the silver proof set.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gilkes |first1=Paul |title=2019-W Lincoln cents available only as premiums |url=https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2019-w-lincoln-cents-only-available-as-premiums.html |website=coinworld.com |publisher=Amos Media Company |access-date=8 December 2024}}</ref>