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2021-08-23 18:00:00

Frank Gasparro: The Man Who Memorialized Lincoln, Kennedy, and Eisenhower in American Coinage

As the tenth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint, Frank Gasparro was one of the most active designers of American currency during his time at the mint. Born August 26, 1909, coincidentally the same year that the Lincoln Cent was first struck, Gasparro was drawn to art and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. As a teen, Gasparro studied under the famous artist Giuseppe Donato, who once was a student of master sculptor Auguste Rodin, known for his iconic sculpture, “The Thinker”.

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2021-02-08 18:30:00

From Wheat to Monument: Anniversary of the Lincoln Memorial Reverse

On December 21st, 1958, President Eisenhower’s secretary James Hagerty announced to the nation that the Lincoln Cent would be receiving a new reverse design. This design change came as a complete surprise to the numismatic community, as no word of the new design had leaked from the U.S. Mint or the Eisenhower administration. The timing, however, could not have been better, since 1959 would mark the 150th year since Abraham Lincoln’s birth and the 50th year since the release of the Lincoln Cent series.