This penny holds historical importance, having been introduced in 1909 to commemorate President Abraham Lincoln's 100th birthday, featuring his profile on one side and wheat stalks on the other.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN was born in Hardin Countv ... Yet both classes were wrong in this -- they sunk out of view one side of Mr. LINCOLN. A third class knew him well, and always treated him with ...

MR. LINCOLN SITS FOR HIS PORTRAIT: The Story of a Photograph That Became an American Icon, by Leonard S. Marcus Abraham Lincoln ... depicts his loving and tender side, and evokes “the ...