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Forum Mom
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You know, I never really thought about this before. I wonder if his portrait was done differently because he was assassinated, though Kennedy was assassinated and his portrait faces left like the rest.  |
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Maybe it's because Lincoln was a Republican- they have him looking right.
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I had never given it much thought, either. Funny how you can collect for so long and just accept something like this without much ado. I'd like to know, too, now that you brought it up. You look at the other cents, and they're all facing left, as well. Maybe this profile is just Lincoln's good side.  |
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Keep in my this is not my theory. However a common theory I have heard was that Lincoln was put on a dark coin and facing the opposite direction because he turned his back on the country when he freed the slaves.
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That is odd but not the only one like that. Notice the latest Jefferson nickel. Facing to the right. Flowing hair Half Dime facing right. Very famous Indian Head Nickel facing right yet Buffalo facing left. Here is a wierd one. Sitting Liberty Half Dollars has a lady sitting facing to the right but her head is facing left. Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea dollars too all face right. I find it really odd that so few have the person facing front like the latest Jefferson nickels. And none have the rear of the head on the rear of the coins. |
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And none have the rear of the head on the rear of the coins. I've learned of the obverse, the reverse, and the rims of a coin... Carl... Which part of the coin is the "rear"?  |
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Lincoln faces right because the bust was not specifically designed for the coin, the coin was based on a bas-relief plaque that Brenner had created in 1907. President Roosevelt had seen one of the plaques and liked it so much that he commissioned Brenner to convert it into coin format for the Lincoln centennial.  |
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When the Lincoln Penny was introduced, the only coin denominations with a left facing portrait were the nickel and gold coins. |
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Quote:When the Lincoln Penny was introduced, the only coin denominations with a left facing portrait were the nickel and gold coins. and the 1793 Half Cent came to mind but then more thought ....  You must have meant right facing. Edited by TNG
10/10/2011 12:40 am
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Posted 10/09/2011 08:38 am
