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Might be old news to some; its new to us. Did a search of FR for Penny and turned up nada. Anyone have the scoop on this design? Seems a wee bit "divisive" towards the south.
1 posted on 07/02/2010 6:10:03 PM PDT by Michael Barnes
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To: Michael Barnes

Yes, Ive seen one.The weight of the thing seemed like play money.


2 posted on 07/02/2010 6:13:35 PM PDT by stevecmd
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To: Michael Barnes

Yes, Ive seen one.The weight of the thing seemed like play money.


3 posted on 07/02/2010 6:13:39 PM PDT by stevecmd
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2538155/posts


5 posted on 07/02/2010 6:15:00 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (If November does not turn out well, then beware of December.)
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To: Michael Barnes

How so?


6 posted on 07/02/2010 6:15:10 PM PDT by coon2000 (Give me Liberty or give me death!)
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I got 2. Not much copper there.

It does have "In God we Trust" on the other side

7 posted on 07/02/2010 6:15:16 PM PDT by oyez (The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has it limits.)
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No

Latin for “Out of many, one”,

“The motto “E Pluribus Unum” was first used on our coinage in 1795, when the reverse of the half-eagle ($5 gold) coin presented the main features of the Great Seal of the United States.
“E Pluribus Unum” is inscribed on the Great Seal’s scroll. The motto was added to certain silver coins in 1798, and soon appeared on all of the coins made out of precious metals (gold and silver).


8 posted on 07/02/2010 6:17:00 PM PDT by ThomasThomas (Isn't enough always enough?)
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I got a few the other day.


9 posted on 07/02/2010 6:17:24 PM PDT by FortWorthPatriot ( Obama is no Hitler; Hitler got the Olympics)
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To: Michael Barnes

Not sure why anyone would be offended. I’m full on yankee and thing pennies with the confederate battle flag on them would be cool.


10 posted on 07/02/2010 6:19:45 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Michael Barnes
Seems a wee bit "divisive" towards the south.

Huh?

12 posted on 07/02/2010 6:22:58 PM PDT by mnehring
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I’ve been grabbing them up myself. They are easier to find than those four Lincoln pennies. Those just disappeared.


13 posted on 07/02/2010 6:23:52 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Hey America! Had enough "history" yet?)
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Sorry all..surfed to some other threads..

Probably just me, but "Lincoln's Shield" just seemed a bit "in your face" as the south get's pummeled under current circumstance.

Sorry, enjoying a couple beers tonight; probably reading way too much into it.. /later

15 posted on 07/02/2010 6:28:10 PM PDT by Michael Barnes (Call me when the bullets start flying.)
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It looks like it should come from the “Hall of Justice” and should be a token in an arcade.


17 posted on 07/02/2010 6:37:31 PM PDT by WayneH (STCM USN Retired)
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The face of Lincoln isn’t “divisive” to the South but his shield is? Got it.


20 posted on 07/02/2010 6:39:50 PM PDT by raybbr (Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
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I have a bunch


26 posted on 07/02/2010 6:46:01 PM PDT by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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“Seems a wee bit “divisive” towards the south.”

Southerners aren’t “real Americans,” don’t you know? We’re all in-bred hick racist gun-clingers. Unlike the Yankee geniuses who are nose-diving the economy into the ground right now. /rant

PLMerite, NRA, GoA, SCV


28 posted on 07/02/2010 6:49:10 PM PDT by PLMerite (The FR clock is now three minutes fast.)
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As a revolutionary society whose currency is in demand over the entire planet, I have always thought (circa Johnson) that we should take advantage of the opportunity to propagandize those who are “governmentally challenged”. ‘E Pluribus Unum” and ‘In God We Trust’ are fine for domestic consumption, but for the sake of the ‘export market’ and today’s domestic market as well, more aggressive sentiments are in order. “Death To Tyrants”, “Live Free Or Die”, “It is Better to Die On Your Feet Than Live On Your Knees”, “Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death”, or “With their pens and their voices they stirred themselves and the world”. These are all selections that if printed on our currency would generate prodigious skid marks for China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran, Pakistan, India, Peru, Chile, Mexico, South Africa, Yemen, Syria, and in this; the year of Our Lord 2010, I daresay they would generate a pucker factor of 12+ in ‘One Nation Under Obama’. In the immortal words of Captain Jean Luc Picard, “Make It So”. I’m just sayin’.


32 posted on 07/02/2010 8:05:38 PM PDT by davius (You can roll manure in powdered sugar but that don't make it a jelly doughnut.)
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To: Michael Barnes

i have one with the shield


34 posted on 07/02/2010 9:32:01 PM PDT by 1st Division guy
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