Lincoln Cent . Have any others had the same obverse design for long time..
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What other coins have had a similar long run with the same obverse or reverses design.
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A world coin maybe or is the Lincoln Cent at 100 + years.
Switzerland has had some very long running designs.
Maria Theresa thaler?
I do not know of any that have had as long a run as the Lincoln cent obverse.....Cheers, RickO
Also notable is that there are no date "gaps" in the series. The closest the Lincoln cent came to missing a year was 1922, a Denver-only issue with slightly over 7 million struck.
(Correction: A few were struck at the "plain" mint, wherever that is.)
The British sovereign might hold the record for the longest continuous reverse (St. George and the dragon), which dates from the 1800's. However, there are many years in which this coin was not struck.
There are some years they were not made, but
centimes since about 1881
francs since around 1874
Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
No expert here but I believe that the Maria Theresa thaler has been around since 1741. The appearance doesn't appear to have changed much since at least 1780, which date I believe is still used.
Not sure when it was first minted, but I concur with the rest. Not sure if it has legal tender status though, although it might. Then again, the OP's question did not have too many variables listed so the MTT is as good as any to throw into the mix.
The Coronet or Liberty Half-Eagle had a 70 year run (1839 - 1908), Liberty Eagle also (1838 - 1907). I can't think of any other US series that even comes close.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
I might be missing something, but the cent obverse at 108 years, the Roosevelt dime (obv & rev) at 71 years, and the Jefferson nickel (obv and reverse, to 2003) at 65 years "come close".....
Being lazy, I should look it up, but I think the MTT may have evolved into bullion over the years.
I was being lazy, too, but I figured someone might be holding their breath waiting for an answer, so here goes, from the Austrian Mint's website:
"One of the most famous silver coins in the world, it is also one of the most minted, having been continuously re-struck since 1857.
Bearing the portrait of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, the first Taler was struck in 1741. Originally issued in 1780, the year of her death, the present coin shows the Empress in her later years on its obverse. The reverse shows the imperial crown flanked by a pair of eagle heads above a shield covered in different coats of arms. Although legal tender in Austria until 1858, in many African countries the Maria Theresa Taler was still used as legal tender during the Second World War. "
I actually wrote that post when I started collecting back in the late 1950s. I have no idea why it took so long to make it to this thread.
Thanks for keeping me honest.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
In a strange way it is no compliment to me that I came up with those. It means that you are playing with gold while I am still messing around with small change...
Cha-ching
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide