Victor Brenner

Victor David Brenner was the designer of the Lincoln Cent of United States (1909-____). His initials first appeared on the cent in 1909, at the bottom of the back side of the cent, and was removed in the second half of 1909. His initials returned to the shoulder of Lincoln in 1918.

Victor Brenner was born in Lithuana in 1871 and became a noted sculptor and engraver. Brenner studied at the Academie Julian in Paris and emigrated to the United States in 1890. He lived mostly in the New York area. Victor David Brenner died in 1924.