It was Theodore Roosevelt — a lifelong admirer of Abraham Lincoln — who ordered the U.S. Mint to introduce copper pennies ...

The penny’s design showed an image of Lincoln – the same one used today – but, from 1905-1958, the reverse side showed two sheaves of wheat. It’s those wheat pennies that have become ...

The image of the 16th president remains of the penny’s obverse, or heads, while the reverse, or tails side, has had a union shield with 13 vertical stripes and the national motto to represent ...