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<blockquote data-quote="dilligaf" data-source="post: 634962" data-attributes="member: 11476"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: purple">Things you never knew about the penny:</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">Since they were introduced in 1787, more than 300 billion pennies have been produced. Today, there are about 150 billion pennies in circulation, enough to circle the earth 137 times.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">Since 1909, Abraham Lincoln has been the star of the penny, but it wasn't always that way. There have been 11 different designs, including the Indian Head penny introduced in 1859.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">The princess on the Indian Head penny was neither an American Indian nor a princess. She was, in fact, the sculptor's daughter, Sarah Longacre.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">On the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, the U.S, Mint will introduce 4 different representations of his life. These will replace the Lincoln Memorial on the penny.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">Examine the faces on a penny, an original Jefferson nickel, a dime and a quarter. All the presidents except Lincoln are facing left. People have long imagined a secret meaning behind this, but Victor David Brenner, the sculptor of the Lincoln penny, explained that he had worked from a photo of Lincoln facing to the right. Simple as that.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">If you have a strong magnifying glass you can see the initials of the scultors who designed the pennies. Since 1959, the initials of Frank Gasparro have been near the shrubbery to the right of the Lincoln Memorial. Pennies dated 1918 to 1959 have the initials VDB (Victor David Brenner) under Lincoln's shoulder. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">Pennies haven't been made of pure copper since 1864. During World War II, the U.S. Mint helped the war effort by recycling: It melted shell casings to make pennies.To conserve further, it considered creating plastic pennies but settled on zinc-covered steel.After the war,the Mint returned to a zinc and copper combination.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dilligaf, post: 634962, member: 11476"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=purple]Things you never knew about the penny:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]Since they were introduced in 1787, more than 300 billion pennies have been produced. Today, there are about 150 billion pennies in circulation, enough to circle the earth 137 times.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]Since 1909, Abraham Lincoln has been the star of the penny, but it wasn't always that way. There have been 11 different designs, including the Indian Head penny introduced in 1859.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]The princess on the Indian Head penny was neither an American Indian nor a princess. She was, in fact, the sculptor's daughter, Sarah Longacre.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]On the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, the U.S, Mint will introduce 4 different representations of his life. These will replace the Lincoln Memorial on the penny.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]Examine the faces on a penny, an original Jefferson nickel, a dime and a quarter. All the presidents except Lincoln are facing left. People have long imagined a secret meaning behind this, but Victor David Brenner, the sculptor of the Lincoln penny, explained that he had worked from a photo of Lincoln facing to the right. Simple as that.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]If you have a strong magnifying glass you can see the initials of the scultors who designed the pennies. Since 1959, the initials of Frank Gasparro have been near the shrubbery to the right of the Lincoln Memorial. Pennies dated 1918 to 1959 have the initials VDB (Victor David Brenner) under Lincoln's shoulder. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]Pennies haven't been made of pure copper since 1864. During World War II, the U.S. Mint helped the war effort by recycling: It melted shell casings to make pennies.To conserve further, it considered creating plastic pennies but settled on zinc-covered steel.After the war,the Mint returned to a zinc and copper combination.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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