Lincoln Penny Is Changing Amid Craze

Friday, Aug. 6, 1909(use this link to access today’s entire issue)Two days into the issuance of the Lincoln penny, a change of dies has been ordered, while the Sub-Treasury in Manhattan is besieged with buyers. The decision has been made to remove the initials of the designer, Victor D. Brenner, “substituting a single initial ‘B.’ in an obscure part of the design.… None of the cents issued so far will be called in, but the minting will be stopped because a sufficient supply is on hand.… With the

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