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Michigan City Public Library
Michigan City, Indiana

Lincolns for Lincoln
Penny Drive

April 14, 2007 - February 20, 2008

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   Collection Locations ~  Contact Us ~ Lincoln Exhibit(2008) ~ Penny Drive News
 Penny History ~ Schedule of Events 

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Our Friends of the Library group is sponsoring 
the Lincolns for Lincoln campaign.
The collected funds will purchase class sets of 
Giblin's Good Brother, Bad Brother
and Woodson's Show Way
Bring pennies in person or send them to 
Michigan City Public Library
100 E. Fourth St.
Michigan City, IN  46360

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Penny Drive News

Chicago Sun Times 2/21/07 ~ Edgewood Elementary 4/25/07

April 25, 2007

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Great Work!

In just one week, the students of Edgewood 
Elementary School in Michigan City, IN raised 
$1375 for the Lincolns For Lincoln Penny Campaign.

 

 

Chicago Sun-Times - Neil Steinberg Column
February 21, 2007

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Let's hear it for common cents
Pennies are a curse -- as I've said before -- dirty little slugs of copper and zinc that cost more to make than they're worth. A government that was halfway bold would have pitched them long ago -- or already decided to do so in 2009, the Lincoln cent's centennial, the perfect time to show the coin the gate.

Instead, pennies collect in bowls at store counters, not even worth carrying away. At home they congregate in coffee cans, slosh around sock drawers, ignored for years.

Sure, you can haul them to the bank, but that's a hassle. You might as well take them to the post office and mail them to the Lincolns 4 Lincoln project at the Michigan City Public Library. The library is rattling the cup so it can stock up on Lincoln books and classroom materials in preparation for next year, when it is hosting a traveling museum-quality exhibit, "Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation.''

Regular reader and library employee Robin Kohn says that, when the weather is right, people in Michigan City can see Chicago, shimmering like Oz across the lake. They know there are many pennies here. 
Ship those pesky pennies to Michigan City Public Library, 100 E. 4th St. in Michigan City, Ind. 46360. 

 

 

Penny History

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  • It was the first currency of any type authorized by the United States
  •  The U.S. Mint has made over 288.7 billion pennies - these pennies would circle the earth 137 times
  • The original was over five times heavier and almost 50% larger than the penny is today
  • About half of all coins made by the U.S. Mint are pennies
  • It was made legal tender by the Coinage Act of 1864
  • There have been 11 different designs featured on the penny
  • Abraham Lincoln was the first historical figure to be on an American coin
  • Abraham Lincoln was put on the penny to commemorate his 100th birthday
  • The Lincoln Memorial was added to the reverse of the penny to mark Lincoln's 150th birthday
  • It was made of  pure copper from 1793 to 1837 - now it is made of 97.5% zinc and 2.5 % copper
  • The picture of President Lincoln on the penny is an adaptation of a plaque 
    done by Victor David Brenner, a portraitist and sculptor. 
    President Theodore Roosevelt was so impressed with Mr. Brenner's design of a Lincoln plaque
     that he recommended to the Secretary of the Treasury 
    that the design be placed on a coin to be issued in the Lincoln Centennial Year, 1909.

 

Collection Locations in Michigan City

You can drop a penny or two or fifty in a
Lincolns for Lincoln container at any of the following locations

All Michigan City Public Library Departments

Al’s Supermarket - Karwick Plaza

  Gelsosomo’s Pizzeria - 5184 Franklin St. MC  Micky Gallas Properties - 2411 St. Lawrence, MC

All Star Cuts - 3301 Franklin, MC

  Golden Leaf - 232 W 4th, MC  Micky Gallas Properties - 222 W 4th St., MC
Antique Market - 3707 Frontage Rd, MC  Half/Full - 110 E 11th St., MC Nature’s Cupboard - 1806 E. US 20, MC

Balloons & More - 2101 Franklin, MC

 Hirsch Ford - 3930 Franklin St, MC   19th Hole Liquor Store - S Karwick Rd, MC    
Beachside Gardens - 3725 E. US Hwy 12, MC Holly's Family Pub - 3705 Franklin St, MC  Northwest Athletic Club - 301 W Kieffer, MC

Bergs Florist - 906 Franklin, MC

 Image House  - 916 Washington St. MC Pumps on 12 - 3085 W Dunes Hwy, MC

Bike Stop Cycling - 609 E US Rte 20, MC

  Jo-Ann Fabrics - Lake Front Dr, MC  Prince Gallery - 726 Franklin, MC

Book Store, Lighthouse Place, MC

  Kiwanis Club   Readers’ World  -Marquette Mall
BP Center 34 - 9998 N 400, MC  Kabelin Ace Hardware - 432 St John Rd, MC Rodini Restaurant  - 4125 Franklin St, MC
Brandt's - PO Box 9394, MC Lakeshore Coffee - 444 Wabash St, MC    Schoops - 4105 Franklin, MC

Café Elite - 231 W 7th St, MC

 Lakeshore Cleaners - 1722 Evergreen Plz, MC Shoreline Brewery - 208 Wabash St, MC.
City Hall - MC Lakeshore Cleaners - 2013 Michigan Blvd, MC

Solberg Florist - 731 Washington, MC

City Lanes Inc - 1901 S Woodland, MC

Lindo's Restaurant - 3940 Franklin St, MC  

Stop 50 Pizzeria - 500 S El Portal., MC  
 Clark’s Secret Garden - 504 Eastwood Rd, MC Lang’s Meat Market - 218 W. 7th St, MC Suburban Lanes VIP Pro Shop-2820 E. Michigan Blvd, MC
Concord Custom Cleaners - 1002&3231 Franklin, MC  Long Beach Fitness Cntr - 2501 Oriole Trail, MC       Swingbelly's - 100 Washington St.

Culver's - 3967 Frontage Rd, MC

Long Beach Salon - 2411 St. Lawrence Ave, MC

  Tobacco Valley - 225 W 5th, MC
Damon’s Grill - 5820 S. Franklin, MC   M & M Restaurant - 1608 E. Mich Blvd, MC Top Dog  - 701 Washington St., MC  
 East Side Meat - 4666 W Us Highway 20 LPT   Majerek’s Hallmark  - Marquette Mall Truffle’s - 909 Franklin, MC
 Eat at Moe's  - 3301 C Franklin St MC Interiors - 1102 Franklin St, MC  Tylisz Appliance & Serv - 1609 E. Coolspring, MC
El Nopal Restaurant - 110 W. 9th St, MC McGinnis Pub - 227 W 7th Street, MC Virk Discount Liquors - 3903 W Dunes Hwy, MC
Galveston Steakhouse -10 Commerce Sq. MC 

 Michigan City Sr. Center - Washington Park, MC

 Virk’s New-Mart - 3901 W Dunes Hwy, MC

 

For More Information, Contact

Robin Kohn (219) 873-3049 / rkohn@mclib.org
or
Lynne Blitstein (219) 873-3046 / lblit@mclib.org

Michigan City Public Library
100 E. Fourth St.
Michigan City, IN  46360

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