Lincoln Memorial One Cent Coin Sketch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 1958
Lincoln Memorial One Cent Coin Sketch, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 1958
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- Description (Brief)
- Gasparro drew and redrew his ideas until he produced that one image chosen to grace a coin. Here, on a refined view of the reverse for the Lincoln Memorial cent, is a mark where eventually the coin will display the second image of President Lincoln. The first image is Victor David Brenner's famous 1909 portrait on the obverse. The Lincoln Memorial cent was the first coin to have a portrait of the same person on both sides.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sketch
- date made
- ca 1958
- artist
- Gasparro, Frank
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 26.3 cm x 19.9 cm; 10 3/8 in x 7 13/16 in
- image: 15.3 cm; 6 in
- ID Number
- 2009.0005.012
- catalog number
- 2009.0005.012
- accession number
- 2009.0005
- Credit Line
- Christina Gasparro Hansen
- subject
- Art - Currency
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- Art of Gasparro
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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