VICTOR D. BRENNER DESIGNED THIS COIN. IT WAS ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF LINCILN'S BIRTH. THE INITIALS V.D.B. APPEAR ON THE REVERSE ON A LIMITED QUANITY OF COINS OF 1909. THE LINCOLN TYPE WAS THE FIRST CENT TO HAVE THE MOTTO " IN GOD WE TRUST ". A LIST FOLLOWS OF THE KEY DATE AND SEMI-KEY DATE COINS. 1909 VDB , 1909 S , 1909 S VDB , 1910 S , 1911 D , 1911 S , 1913 S , 1914 D , 1922 NO D, 1922 WEAK D , 1931 S , 1955 DOUBLE DIE OBV. A LOT OF COIN COLLECTORS STARTED OUT COLLECTING WHEATIES. THEY CAN STILL BE FOUND IN CIRCULATION TODAY. I WILL ON OCCASION ( COLD WINTER NIGHTS) STOP BY MY LOCAL BANK AND PICK UP A $25.00 BOX AND SEARCH THREW THEM YOU WOULD BE SUPRISED OF THE FINDS I HAVE FOUND INDIAN HEAD PENNIES AND MERCURY DIMES. HAVE FUN COLLECTING !!!!