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Abraham Lincoln would have turned 100 years old in 1909 when the one cent coin was redesigned in his honor. His appearance on the denomination has since become the longest running design in American numismatics.
During his tenure as President, Theodore Roosevelt turned his attention to the nation’s contemporary coinage and felt that there was a lack of artistry. Roosevelt asked for the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to be hired to create new designs for the denominations that qualified for such changes which at the time included the cent, quarter eagle, half eagle, eagle, and double eagle.
