President Theodore Roosevelt was so impressed with the sculpture when he saw it, that he ordered the new one cent coin commemorating the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, to be based on Brenner's work.
It is common for the designer's initials to appear on United States coins, however they are usually very small and inconspicuous somewhere on the coin, usually going unnoticed by most people.
A simple wheat ears design was chosen for the reverse side of the coin. The first coins produced in 1909 contained Mr. Brenner's initials "VDB" near the bottom of the coin. |