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Until 1909 when the penny was changed to feature Lincoln, all US coins featured a personification of liberty (or a non-person design such as on the shield nickel and 2 cent piece). Because of this, the tradition stuck with putting Liberty on coins even though they don't feature a personification of liberty like the earlier coins.

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