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1909-S V.D.B. ONE CENT PCGS Nos: 2426, 2427, 2428
Designer: Victor David Brenner Diameter: 19 millimeters Metal content: Weight: 48 grains (3.11 grams) Edge: Plain Mintmark: "S" (for San Francisco) below the date
In 1905, President
Theodore Roosevelt commissioned the famous American sculptor and artist,
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, to prepare designs for a new Small Cent.
Initially, Saint-Gaudens’ design for the obverse featured a Flying Eagle
motif similar to James Barton Longacre's designs on the Small Cents of
1856-1858. However, this design was scrapped in favor of a head of
Victory in profile wearing an Indian headdress. Saint-Gaudens and
Roosevelt liked this design so much that they used it on the 1907 $10
instead of on the Cent. Saint-Gaudens died of cancer before making any
more progress on the Cent design so it was not until 1909 that Victor
David Brenner created the famous bust of Abraham Lincoln with which we
are all so familiar today. |
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