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This is a clip from an article in the Fall 2004 "Young Numismitist" news letter.
What's interesting to me is that we all applaud Roosevelt's influence in getting some beautiful coin designs done, but on the other hand he is responsible for breaking the ice with the "Dead Presidents" designs, kicked off by the Lincoln birth Centennial Cent!!!Mike

Initially, a commemorative coin was to be made for Lincoln, but Roosevelt was so impressed by a plaquette of Lincoln made by a young Victor D. Brenner, that he decided it would make for an excellent cent design.
That Lincoln should grace the cent was a daring move for President Roosevelt and potentially risky for any artist who accepted the challenge. Never before had a U.S. coin borne a portrait of a real individual. It wasn't illegal per se, but tradition and respect had kept U.S. coinage strictly symbolic First President George Washington had balked at the suggestion of placing his or any living person's image on the nation's money, and the Mint had up to then honored those wishes.
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