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Why is president Lincoln facing opposite than the others on coins?
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∙ 14y ago
The direction he's facing isn't wrong, it's just different from other coins because the images were taken from famous portraits so each coin reflects the direction that the original artist chose. Look at the new nickels and dollars: Jefferson is facing forward on the nickel, Sacagawea is looking over her shoulder on the dollar, and Washington is looking forward on the Presidential dollar. It's all a matter of artistic choice.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoI was told that it was because he wanted to free the slave and he would never turn his back to the others. So there for he needs to face them to see what they are doing.
The above is not supported by any information from the US Mint (coins) or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (bills). Many of the images on US Coins and Paper Money are taken from famous portraits or photos of the people shown.
Which to use was a decision by each of the artists who designed the coins. There's no law, custom or reason other than artistic license.
In fact, that assertion isn't strictly the case anymore. The portraits on $1 coins face forward, as does the image of Jefferson on nickels minted since 2006 and the picture of Sacajawea on Native American dollars, so in fact the portraits on US Coins now face in all 3 possible directions.
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∙ 14y agoAccording to the Related link below, there are several theories about why Lincoln faces the opposite direction than Presidents on other coins, but it is most likely that it was just the choice of the designer.
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∙ 12y agoAccording to the US Mint web site, the designer of the coin fashioned the image of Lincoln after a portrait that also showed the former president facing right.
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∙ 14y agoTo commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth in 1909.
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