No wonder people never get it right

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• tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

  March 14, 2010 3:57AM

  
  .....linkified

  "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington

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• 19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭

  March 14, 2010 7:17AM

  I doubt that few people actually consider the portrait on the obverse of the Indian Head Cent as Lady Liberty or refer to pennies as cents.
  
  The United States Treasury refers to the obverse portrait on that coin as "an Indian Head facing to the left" on this US Treasury Department web page. It could very well be an "Indian Head" since the only requirement for US coinage is that the "word" LIBERTY appear on the obverse.
  
  Additionally, "Penny" is a totally acceptable term which is even used by the US Mint.
  
  
  
  
  So........it appears that people have been getting it right.

  I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.
  
  
  
  The name is LEE!

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• 19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭

  March 14, 2010 1:42PM

  for the "Liberty" Folks.

  I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.
  
  
  
  The name is LEE!

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 14, 2010 8:43PM

  Ah the momentous issues of import that are intellectually dissected here daily, make current events pale in comparison. Cheers, RickO

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• TwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,697 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 14, 2010 10:14PM

  
  
  << <i>Ah the momentous issues of import that are intellectually dissected here daily, make current events pale in comparison. Cheers, RickO >>
  
  
  
  You know I show up early for a little comedy relief. Thanks for that.

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• CaptHenway Posts: 33,058 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 14, 2010 10:48PM

  
  
  << <i>Here's the NATIONALLY SYNDICATED numismatic columnist on the Indian Head Cent
  
  http://www.creators.com/lifestylefeatures/collectibles/peter-rexford.html
  
  snip:
  For the 60 years prior, pennies featured the image of an Indian chief — hence the name "Indian Head Penny."
  
  INDIAN CHIEF!
  
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  "60 years"??????
  
  

  Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Author "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," due out late 2025.

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