Week # 103 - Where has the week gone?

[Danielle C.]

QUESTION: What feature was deleted from Frank Gasparro's reverse design for the Lincoln Memorial cent before it went into production?

 

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[reid1836]

the words Lincoln Memorial and stars

[airplanenut]

Bushes around the memorial?

[jonathanb-migration]

From his obituary:

"When he presented his design to his superiors, they told him to remove the words 'Lincoln Memorial' from below the relief of the building and 13 stars that ran around the outer edge of the coin."

[Elbesaar]

I believe the first Lincoln Memorial cents lacked the statue inside the monument when they were first released in 1959.

[chrisfuccione]

Liberty was one scetch that VDB did and a branch was another one that VDB did both copied from the French two-franc piece.(Durst The U.S. Mint and Coinage pg.332)

[spiny]

"Lincoln Memorial" and the stars.

[DDDANGEROUSDAN]

An arc of stars around the bulding

 

DAN

[Beijim]

On the recommendation of the Commission of Fine Arts, Gasparro removed thirteen stars and the words "Lincoln Memorial" from the reverse design.

 

Beijim

[Danielle C.]

QUESTION: What feature was deleted from Frank Gasparro's reverse design for the Lincoln Memorial cent before it went into production?

 

ANSWER: 13 stars and Lincoln Memorial

 

The winner is: Reid1836!! Your prize is a display box.

 

The runner up winner is: Spiny!! Your prize is a copy of The U.S. Rare Coin Handbook.

 

Congratulations and thanks for playing!!

[reid1836]

Thank you ! I look forward to receiving it.