1 Cent, United States, 1909
date: label: Date made
content: 1909
name: label: mint
content: U.S. Mint, San Francisco
label: obverse designer
content: Brenner, Victor David
label: designer
content: Brenner, Victor David
notes: label: Description
content: This coin was the first one put into mass circulation bearing the portrait of an actual person, Abraham Lincoln. The coin was created to celebrate Lincoln's centennial birth anniversary by Victor David Brenner, a Lithuanian immigrant and noted sculptor, engraver and medalist. His portraits of the martyred Lincoln brought him to the attention of Theodore Roosevelt, who encouraged him to design coins. This version, with the wheat ears on the reverse, was struck through 1958. Brenner's initials "V.D.B." can be found at the bottom of the reverse between wheat ear stalks. Criticism over the distracting prominence of the initials forced their removal later in 1909, but they eventually returned to take a place of honor under Lincoln's shoulder in 1918.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0441.1319
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0441.1319
label: accession number
content: 1985.0441
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
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