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1909-S Lincoln 1C. VDB

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:900.00 USD Estimated At:1,800.00 - 2,000.00 USD
1909-S Lincoln 1C. VDB
<Our item number 127995><B>1909-S Lincoln Cent. VDB. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown.</B> Well struck with lots of mint red. A popular key date. According to the Breen encyclopedia, we owe the Lincoln design to a coincidence. The Lithuanian immigrant sculptor Victor David Brenner developed an obsession with the martyred President, and during the years just before Lincoln&#39;s birth centennial he modeled portrait medals and plaques. These came to the attention of Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, and probably played a part in Brenner&#39;s winning a commission to portray him on the Panama Canal service medal. During the sittings, Brenner became a close friend of Roosevelt. The President confided in Brenner about his &#34;pet crime&#39;&#39; &#40;improving all our coin designs, favoring domestic artists above Mint Engraver Barber&#39;s mediocrity&#41;, and invited him to submit cent models. The rest is history <B>&#40;PCGS # 2427&#41;</B>. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;1,800 - 2,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 127995<BR><IMAGES ><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/44jpegs/127995.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/44jpegs/127995N2.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/44jpegs/127995N3.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/44jpegs/127995N4.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>