Would you take that in 70 trillion pennies, Mr. Paulson?

For a guy who can turn out a three-page demand for $700 billion (make that a trillion) on a dime, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has shown he hasn’t forgotten about pennies. And neither has his U.S. Mint, which this week announced four new designs from the life of Lincoln for the one cent coin’s flipside, which next year will join new series of coins honoring U.S. Presidents and their wives — all meant to delight Americans in their daily transactions.