On the US one-cent coin, which way does Lincoln face — and why is that unusual?

Q: On the US one-cent coin, which way does Lincoln face — and why is that unusual?

Right. Every other US president on a coin faces left.. Pull out a quarter, a nickel, a dime — every president looks left. Lincoln’s the lone rebel, just because the artist worked from a portrait that already faced right. A whole convention started after him; he never got the memo.

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Right. Every other US president on a coin faces left. — Pull out a quarter, a nickel, a dime — every president looks left. Lincoln’s the lone rebel, just because the artist worked from a portrait that already faced right. A whole convention started after him; he never got the memo.