On the left side of the shield is LB for Lyndall Bass the designer, the right side is JFM for Joseph F. Menna the US Mint sculptor-engraver.
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Those are the initials of the engravers who designed each side. VDB stands for Victor David Brenner, who designed the obverse (heads) side, and FG stands for Frank Gasparro, who designed the Lincoln Memorial reverse (tails) side.
"VDB" are the initials of Victor David Brenner, who designed the cent's obverse, as well as the famous wheat-ear reverse used from 1909 to 1958. They're in microscopic letters under the fold of Lincoln's coat, by the coin's edge.
From their beginning in 1859, the Indian Head penny did not have any mint marks at all until 1908 and 1909 when the mint mark for San Francisco, California, "S", was placed on the reverse [tails] side of the coin beneath the wreath for the coins minted there.
One side of the penny pictures the Lincon Memorial in Washington D.C. The other side (the side with the person on it) pictures Abraham Lincoln. The penny is pretty much a tribute to Abraham Lincoln
Your answer depends on the date on the penny.
On a penny on the tails side on the right side of the Lincon Memorial the are 2 letters which are FG. It stands for frank Gasparro. Frank Gasparro designed the Lincon Memorial so his initials are on the right hand side of the Lincon Memorial.
Actually those initials appear on many Canadian denominations and older Australian Coins as well. KG is the initials of the designer (George Kruger Gray) of the reverse (tails) side of the coin.
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If you find a penny on the heads side it is good luck if you find a penny on the tails side and pick it up it is bad luck
Side-facing bust of Abraham Lincoln on the "heads" side, and Lincoln Memorial on the "tails" side.
HP is the initials of the designer (Thomas Humphrey Paget) of the obverse (heads) side of the coin. This will appear on all Australian Pennies from 1937 to 1952. KG is the initials of the designer (George Kruger Gray) of the reverse (tails) side of the coin. This will appear on all Australian Pennies from 1937 to 1964. PL is a mintmark and indicates that coin was minted at the Royal Mint London. The 1951 Penny was the only Penny of this design to be minted in London. A dot after the "Y" in PENNY (PENNY.) is the mintmark indicating that the coin was minted at the Perth Mint. No mintmark indicates that the coin was minted at the Melbourne Mint.
There are multiple designs for the first penny but generally it had lady Liberty on the obverse (heads side of the coin) and the denomination on the reverse (tails side of the coin).
The two sides of a coin are referred to as "Heads" and "Tails" because, the obverse usually has somebody's "head" on it, like a King, Queen or President, etc. The reverse side is therefore referred to as "tails". Heads and tails.
The 1912 penny was the second year King George was on the penny. 5,107,642 were minted. The designer was Sir Edward B. Mckennal for the heads side and W.H.J. Blakemore designed the tails side. It was made in Ottawa.
Those are the initials of the engravers who designed each side. VDB stands for Victor David Brenner, who designed the obverse (heads) side, and FG stands for Frank Gasparro, who designed the Lincoln Memorial reverse (tails) side.