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 The Question:
Line up the nickel, the dime, the quarter, and the penny. Why
are the other presidents turning their backs on Abraham
Lincoln?
The Answer:
According to the U.S.
Mint, The likeness of President Abraham Lincoln on
the penny is an adaption of a plaque executed by portraitist and
sculptor Victor David Brenner. 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.
The direction that Lincoln faces on the cent was not
mandated—this was simply the choice of the designer.
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