Lincoln Penny Obverse Design - U.S. One-Cent Coin Featuring the Lincoln Memorial #86 (License: Personal Use)

This image depicts the obverse side of the U.S. Lincoln cent minted from 1959 to 2008, replacing the wheat ears design with the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. The coin features the memorial’s neoclassical facade in fine detail, surrounded by the national motto “E Pluribus Unum” and the denomination “One Cent”. Designed by Frank Gasparro, it remained in circulation for nearly five decades before the bicentennial redesign.

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