Lincoln Cents 1909 – 1933
$0.50 – $750.00The Lincoln Cent was designed by Victor D. Brenner. The first year of issue, 1909, the designers initials, VDB, were located on the reverse near the rim at the bottom. The public objected to the VDB siting the illegality of defacing coins for personal gain or reputation. The initials were removed the same year creating multiple varieties of 1909 Lincoln Cents. Realizing, years later, the ridiculous nature of the change, the VDB was restored to the coin in 1918 at the base of Lincoln’s shoulder on the obverse…were it remains to this day.