James B. Longacre

James Barton Longacre was an American portraitist and engraver, and the fourth chief engraver of the United States Mint from 1844 until his death. Longacre is best known for designing the Indian Head cent, which entered commerce in 1859, and for the designs of the Shield nickel, Flying Eagle cent and other coins of the mid-19th century.

11 August 1794

Born on the same birth day (11 August): Andre Dubus • Angus Wilson • Asher Roth • Brad Binder • Brian Azzarello • Hermann Wlach • Jonathan D. Spence • Joseph Schuster (composer) • Mike Hugg • Pervez Musharraf • Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg • Robert G. Ingersoll • Sadi Carnot (statesman) • Stuart Rosenberg • Ted à Beckett