The illustration was placed on the penny as a result of President Theodore Roosevelt's love for Brenner's work. Roosevelt recommended to have the illustration placed on the penny during Lincoln's centennial year of The penny differs from the nickel, dime and quarter in two distinct ways: First, Lincoln faces to the right on the penny, while the presidents depicted on the other coins face right. Second, the penny is a different color and comprised of copper. Despite his own distress, he rarely revealed his doubts and fears to anyone other than his closest confidants.
He knew that if the president displayed such anxiety, it would quickly spread to his generals, his advisors, and the American people, and this contagion would damage his mission to save the Union. Throughout his presidency, Lincoln relied heavily on such emotional awareness and control. Meade decided not to pursue the retreating Confederate General Robert E. Lee, allowing the southern commander and his army to escape safely back into Virginia.
He believed that if Meade had followed Lee, Union forces would have crushed the Confederate army, effectively ending the war. Lost in his anger, the president drafted a scathing letter to Meade. But then he paused, thought some, and decided not to let his rage out.
He recognized that at the time, , he could not afford to alienate Meade or other Union military leaders. So instead of sending that letter, Lincoln chose to fold it up and slip it into a drawer, where it was found after his assassination. There is another important question raised by the brief interchange between Clinton and Trump about Lincoln. As the 16 th president understood, leaders must always aim high when the forces around them are heading downward.
This is the profile Brenner chose for the penny. President Theodore Roosevelt approved his choice. The reverse design of the Lincoln cent has been unveiled by United States Mint. This is not a commercial website. None of the photographs and artwork exhibited herein are being sold by the webmaster.
Some photographs and artwork are believed to be in the public domain. Any copyrighted photographs and artwork are used in the context of this website strictly for educational, research and historical purposes only, under the "Fair Use" provisions of the Copyright Act, US CODE: Title 17, The original reverse of the penny had the words "One Cent" and "United States of America" surrounded by two stalks of wheat, with "E Pluribus Unum" around the top. This design was changed in to remove the wheat and add the Lincoln Memorial as the center, with the words surrounding it.
In , the Lincoln Memorial was removed and a Union shield was added.
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