Frank Gasparro
Fortunately the initials "SBA" are enough to identify your coin as a Susan B. Anthony dollar. "FG" is not a mint mark - it's the monogram of the designer, Frank Gasparro. Please see the Related Question for more information.
The abbreviation of FG on a U.S. penny stands for the name of the man who designed the back part of the coin. His name was Frank Gasparro.
In 1959, the US Treasury bgan minting Lincoln Cents that were 0.950% copper; also, a new reverse design of the Lincoln Memorial was composed by Frank Gasparro (FG)!
Those are the initials of Frank Gasparro, the US Mint engraver from the 1950s to the 1980s. He was responsible for the Lincoln Memorial reverse on the cent and the Eisenhower and Anthony dollar designs, among other coins.
FG stands for Frank Gasparro, the coin's designer. I assume you have a small dollar coin with a picture of Susan B. Anthony on the front and an image of the Apollo Mission eagle on the back. This was a standard-issue coin at the time and is worth only face value, unless it's a Proof coin in its original holder.
FG are the initials of Frank Gasparro, who designed the Lincoln Memorial reverse.
i think it means for godANSWER:The letters FG are the initials of the designer of the reverse of the coin, Frank Gasparro.
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.
Fortunately the initials "SBA" are enough to identify your coin as a Susan B. Anthony dollar. "FG" is not a mint mark - it's the monogram of the designer, Frank Gasparro. Please see the Related Question for more information.
FG are the initials for Frank Gasparro, who designed the Susan B. Anthony dollar.
No its not. The letters are the initials of Frank Gasparro the designer of the coin. The only mint marks used today on circulating coins are P & D
The abbreviation of FG on a U.S. penny stands for the name of the man who designed the back part of the coin. His name was Frank Gasparro.
The FG stands for Frank Gasparro the designer of the reverse of the coin.
FG stands for the designer of this coin, Frank Gasparro.
The letters "FG" to the right of the Lincoln Memorial on the reverse of US cents minted since 1959 are the initials of Frank Gasparro, the Chief Engraver of the US Mint and designer of the Lincoln Memorial reverse. He also designed numerous other faces of coins, including the Susan B. Anthony dollar (both obverse and reverse, if memory serves). On the front side the letters are VDB
Those aren't standard initials on any Lincoln Memorial cent, so they were almost certainly added later by someone with a metal punch. The only initials should be the designers' monograms - VDB on the front, for Victor David Brenner, and FG on the back, for Frank Gasparro.
FG are the initials of Frank Gasparro, he disigned the reverse of the coin. Gilroy Roberts did the obverse.