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The model for the Indian Head Cent was 8-year-old Sarah Longacre wearing a Native American headress. Her father was the sculptor who designed this coin.

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Why does Lincoln's face right on his coin?

The person who created that penny used a portrait for Lincoln for the penny and in that picture, Lincoln is seen facing the right so yeah.


Who was on the penny before Abraham?

Elvis Presley was on the before Abraham Lincoln of course.


What person is on the back of a penny?

Abe Lincoln is pictured on the American one cent ( penny) coin. He was our 16th President.


Is there a person other than the president on a penny?

NO- not since 1909. Abraham Lincoln has been honored on the penny since his birth centennial in 1909. Before 1909, the penny pictured the head of a generic American Indian wearing a feathered head dress.


Who is in the picture on the back of the penny?

One side of the penny pictures the Lincon Memorial in Washington D.C. The other side (the side with the person on it) pictures Abraham Lincoln. The penny is pretty much a tribute to Abraham Lincoln


How are famous people in penny roil?

only on famous person abarham lincoln


What was on the front of the penny prior?

Before the Lincoln penny (1909 - when he would have been 100 years old) it was a Native American.


How many different kinds of penney does US have?

The United States currently has five different types of pennies: the Lincoln Memorial penny, the Lincoln Bicentennial penny, the Shield penny, the Lincoln Union Shield penny, and the Lincoln Wheat penny.


What is on the tail side of an Abraham Lincoln penny?

Currently it is the Union Shield, in 2009 it was scenes from Abraham Lincoln's life, before that it was the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.


What coin and dollar bill is Lincoln on?

Technically, only pennies made before 2010 &made after 1940. The modern penny has a shield-like image with a banner saying "one cent". the penny made before the 1900s has an image of an indian & the ones from 1901-1940 has an image of wheat.


What year was the Lincoln penny introduced?

The Lincoln penny was first introduced in 1909.


Who was on the first penny?

The first real person to be on a circulating coin was A. Lincoln in 1909.