Victor David Brenner (wheat ears)
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Victor David Brenner was a Lithuanian-American sculptor and medalist best known for designing the original Lincoln cent, including its iconic wheat ears reverse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Victor David Brenner (wheat ears) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7485057 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Victor David Brenner (wheat ears) Context triple: [Lincoln cent, reverseDesigner, Victor David Brenner (wheat ears)]
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A.
Victor Feldbrill
Victor Feldbrill was a prominent Canadian conductor known for championing Canadian composers and leading major orchestras across the country.
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B.
Victor Grinich
Victor Grinich was an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur best known as one of the Traitorous Eight who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor, helping launch Silicon Valley’s semiconductor industry.
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C.
Victor Hammer
Victor Hammer is a cinematographer best known for his work on the comedy film "Billy Madison."
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D.
Victor Arnold
Victor Arnold was an American character actor known for his tough, streetwise roles in crime and action films and television from the 1960s through the 1990s.
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E.
Van Brunt
Van Brunt is the surname of Brom Bones, the boisterous rival of Ichabod Crane in Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Victor David Brenner (wheat ears) Target entity description: Victor David Brenner was a Lithuanian-American sculptor and medalist best known for designing the original Lincoln cent, including its iconic wheat ears reverse.
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A.
Victor Feldbrill
Victor Feldbrill was a prominent Canadian conductor known for championing Canadian composers and leading major orchestras across the country.
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B.
Victor Grinich
Victor Grinich was an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur best known as one of the Traitorous Eight who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor, helping launch Silicon Valley’s semiconductor industry.
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C.
Victor Hammer
Victor Hammer is a cinematographer best known for his work on the comedy film "Billy Madison."
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D.
Victor Arnold
Victor Arnold was an American character actor known for his tough, streetwise roles in crime and action films and television from the 1960s through the 1990s.
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E.
Van Brunt
Van Brunt is the surname of Brom Bones, the boisterous rival of Ichabod Crane in Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
engraver
ⓘ
medalist ⓘ person ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1920s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1890s ⓘ |
| birthName | Avigdor David Brenner ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1871-06-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1924-04-05 ⓘ |
| designed |
Lincoln cent obverse portrait of Abraham Lincoln
ⓘ
linked to:
Lincoln cent
Lincoln cent reverse with wheat ears (1909–1958) ⓘ United States one-cent coin (Lincoln cent) ⓘ
linked to:
Lincoln cent
|
| educatedAt |
Académie Julian
ⓘ
École des Beaux-Arts ⓘ |
| emigratedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Lithuanian ⓘ |
| familyName | Brenner ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
coin design
ⓘ
medallic art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| genre |
commemorative medals
ⓘ
portrait medals ⓘ |
| givenName | Victor ⓘ |
| hasSignature | V.D.B. ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Lithuanian ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ |
| name | Victor David Brenner ⓘ |
| notableFor | creating the first U.S. circulating coin to feature a real person (Lincoln cent) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
design of the Lincoln cent obverse
ⓘ
design of the Lincoln cent wheat ears reverse ⓘ |
| occupation |
engraver
ⓘ
medalist ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Russian Empire
ⓘ
present-day Lithuania ⓘ Šiauliai ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| signatureLaterModified | initials V.D.B. removed from reverse ⓘ |
| signatureLocation | reverse of 1909 Lincoln cent near rim ⓘ |
| signatureUsedOn |
1909 Lincoln cent
ⓘ
linked to:
Lincoln cent
|
| studiedUnder | Auguste Rodin ⓘ |
| subjectOfWork | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| workedIn | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Victor David Brenner (wheat ears) Description of subject: Victor David Brenner was a Lithuanian-American sculptor and medalist best known for designing the original Lincoln cent, including its iconic wheat ears reverse.
Referenced by (1)
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