# CNS01P10 - 2010 1c Lincoln Penny, P Mint
2010 Shield Penny
Philadelphia Mint
As part of the Presidential $1 Coin Act, beginning in 2010, the U.S. penny "shall bear an image emblematic of President Lincoln's preservation of the United States of America as a single and united country." The resulting penny pictures the Union shield, whose 13 stripes "represent the states joined in one compact union to support the Federal government, represented by the horizontal bar above."
2010 Shield Penny
Philadelphia Mint
As part of the Presidential $1 Coin Act, beginning in 2010, the U.S. penny "shall bear an image emblematic of President Lincoln's preservation of the United States of America as a single and united country." The resulting penny pictures the Union shield, whose 13 stripes "represent the states joined in one compact union to support the Federal government, represented by the horizontal bar above."