Tuesday, September 26, 2006

VDB

Victor David Brenner (June 12, 1871 – April 5, 1924) was the designer of the United States Lincoln Wheat Ears Cent. He was born to Jewish parents in Shavli, Lithuania in 1871 and became a noted sculptor, engraver, and medalist. He studied at the Académie Julian in Paris and emigrated to the United States in 1890, living mostly in the New York area.