2008 Set in Progress
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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: CENTS - LINCOLN, MEMORIAL REVERSE, PROOF
Item Description: 1C 2008 S
Full Grade: NGC PF 70 RDU
Owner: Eason_Collection

Set Details

Custom Sets: This coin is not in any custom sets.
Competitive Sets: 2008 Set in Progress   Score: 320
2008 Silver Proof Set in Progress   Score: 320
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for Lincoln Cents, Memorial Reverse (1959-2008)

Owner Comments:

Obverse: The bust of Abraham Lincoln, designed by Victor D. Brenner, has been on the penny since 1909 which was the 100th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth. The Lincoln cent was the first U.S. circulating coin to bear a president's image. Why does the portrait of Abraham Lincoln face to the right when all of the other presidents' portraits face to the left? Lincoln faces right not because of a law, but simply because Lincoln happened to face right in the image Brenner used to design the coin.

Reverse: Since 1959, the reverse on the penny has been an image of the Lincoln Memorial designed by Frank Gasparro. It commemorated the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth.

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