Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States.
the smallest value of a coin is a penny.
Abraham Lincoln
Take any penny minted in 1959 or later. Look closely inside the Lincoln Memorial. A very strong magnifying glass may help.
The coin is brass not gold, the names are on the front of the coin.
President Coin
Lincoln Penny
Abe Lincoln is pictured on the American one cent ( penny) coin. He was our 16th President.
The Penny
The Lincoln penny of 1909 was the first US coin with a president's face on it.
President Theodore Roosevelt wanted a coin to honor Lincoln's centennial.
A Coin?
No Lincoln is on the penny and the $5 bill and Jefferson is on the nickel and the $2 bill.
The penny features a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, to honor his contributions to the nation. Other coins feature different historical figures or symbols. The design of each coin is chosen to reflect the significance of the figure or symbol it represents.
Penny - British decimal coin - was created in 1971.
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.
The face value of an Eire 1 penny coin is 1 penny. It was equal to 1/100 of an Irish pound before the euro.
Since 1909, the image of Abraham Lincoln (16th President of the United States) has appeared on the obverse of the US one-cent coin.