{"id":18383,"date":"2023-05-18T15:51:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T19:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/?page_id=18383"},"modified":"2023-06-06T10:37:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T14:37:32","slug":"victor-david-brenner-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/exhibitions\/victor-david-brenner-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor David Brenner Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\">Victor David Brenner (Lithuanian, 1871-1924)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Brenner is best known as the designer of the US Lincoln cent. He moved to the US in 1890 and continued the trade of his family, gem and seal engraving, and then studied with famous French medalist Oscar Roty at the Acad\u00e9mie Julian. He exhibited at the Paris Exposition of 1900 and returned to the US where his career prospered. 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