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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikjo0, post: 1488326, member: 3565&quot;]Wikipedia says maybe: &quot;There is a popular rumor about the design of this coin, which states that Mr. Longacre used his daughter as his model for the Indian likeness on the cent. Unfortunately, this information has not been authenticated in United States Mint files.&quot;</p><p>SCV History says yes: &quot;The designer, James B. Longacre, had designed the first of the small cents and in 1858 designed a pattern Indian head cent using his daughter, Sarah, as the model with a feathered headdress.&quot;</p><p>Coinfacts says no:&quot;The design on the front of the coin features Miss Liberty wearing an Indian headdress.&nbsp; Urban legends have it that Longacre&#039;s daughter, Penny, modeled the headpiece for her father and that she is the reason we call the One Cent piece a &quot;Penny.&quot;&nbsp; Sadly, neither legend is true.&quot;</p><p>Longacre himself said:&quot;Mr. Longacre, who was the Engraver at the Philadelphia Mint, once said that the model for the face was a Greek statue of Venus.&quot; (U.S.Mint site)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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