 I have to inform you that I was not satisfied with the first proof of the Lincoln cent . I found that you had not dropped the Lincoln portrait down so that the head would come nearer the center of the coin ... Therefore I had Mr. Barber make me a proof of this change , and as this left so much blank space over the top we concluded that it would be better to put on the motto , " In God We Trust " . This change has made a marked improvement in the appearance of the coin . 
