The face of President Abraham Lincoln is on the US penny.
Abraham Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln.
The first president to be pictured on a US coin was Abraham Lincoln in 1909 on the penny. Prior to 1909, all US coins featured a personification of Liberty or a design emblematic of the US such as a flying eagle.
President Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Franklin half dollar and an Indian head penny.
Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States.
Abraham Lincoln is the only president to appear on the US cent (a/k/a penny)
The 2012 US penny features Lincoln on the front. There are no official US coins with a likeness of President Obama, yet. In addition to that, no U.S. coins or currency feature a living person.
Theodore Roosevelt. He was the force behind changing US coinage at the turn of the century.
The Lincoln penny of 1909 was the first US coin with a president's face on it.