Slavery, and Lincoln facing towards the right on the penny while all the rest are facing the left..?

Question

I heard someone suggesting the argument that Lincoln is the only president whose image on the penny faces the right whereas all the rest presidents on dime, nickel, and quarter face the left. And, one of the answers was relating it to that Lincoln is the one who ended the slavery. So, it's kind of "Punishment"...?? How do you perceive it? How could it be 'punished' that he ended the slavery?

Answer 1

His wife told him it was his 'good side'.

Answer 2

Here is the TRUE story as to WHY the Lincoln penny faces RIGHT and not left.

The Lincoln Penny was first issued in 1909 to commemorate Abraham Lincoln's 100th birthday. It was the first American coin to bear a president's image on its face. Lincoln is facing to the right because that was the direction he was facing in the photograph Victor David Brenner used to make his bas-relief for the penny.

No hidden agenda. Sorry.

For a view of the photo used, please see site below.

Answer 3

well i have heard that he is facing the right bc he was the only president that stood up for what is right and that was ending slavery.

i think all of that is a load of c**p, ending slavery was just a bi product that he had to accept in order to fufill his bigger plans... Good Ole Abe owned slaves himself, so that shows how much he cared about slaves.

Answer 4

Not true -- the newest nickels have Thomas Jefferson facing to the right -- and he WAS a slave owner.  It's just a device of the Mint to help people distinguish one coin from another.  There are many images at the Mint's website that have the "Face" side facing left, center and right.  

Anyway -- why would someone view this as a "punishment" -- because Lincoln was "in the Right" wasn't he when he abolished slavery??!!  



http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/

EDIT -- To TCOOP88 -- are you sure? -- I can find no proof of this.  What are your sources??

http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/wh...