Christopher C. Newton, the fiercely private chief executive officer of California-based Work Life Benefits, was due at a budget meeting there Tuesday afternoon and caught American Airlines Flight 77 that morning.is wife, Amy, had already moved to Ashburn with their son, Michael, 10, and daughter, Sarah, 7. Colleagues said Newton, 38, viewed the move as strategically advantageous and jokingly said it would put him three time zones closer for telephone calls from the Paris headquarters of Accor, the firm's parent.
Single Proof coins were available from the Mint, at a premium over their face value, in the years in which they were minted. In 1936 the Mint started offering Proof coins in complete sets, cent, nickel, dime, quarter and half dollar. These sets originally sold for $1.87 each. In 1942 there were some Proof sets issued with two nickels. The regular composition as well as the silver.
Most Indian cents minted during the Civil War went primarily to pay Union soldiers. After the Civil War, in 1864, the composition of the one-cent coin was changed to 95% copper and 5% zinc. The one-cent coin was made legal tender by the Coinage Act of 1864.In 1909, Abraham Lincoln was the first historical figure to grace a U.S. coin when he was portrayed on the one-cent coin to commemorate his 100th birthday.The Lincoln penny was also the first U.S. cent to include the words In God We Trust..he word penny is derived from the original British coin of the same name. Over 300 billion one-cent coins, with 11 different designs, have been minted since 1787. The first one-cent coin was struck in 1787 by a private mint.