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Poll Question
My Poll Question is: What US Small Cent Design Is Your Favorite? In addition to voting in the poll, feel free to comment on why the design you pick is your favorite. Thanks!   
Edited by HoboNickelCarver 05/07/2019 10:06 am
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Woodgrain Lincolns for sure.  
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I really love the IHC for it's intricate obverse design . But the Lincoln Wheat cent comes awfully close . 
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Edited by T-BOP 05/07/2019 10:24 am
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Now this should be an interesting poll. I think being in the modern forum will skew the results though. 
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I'd be hard pressed to make a choice. I've collected and owned them all over a long life.
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Flying Eagle. Presidential portraits/busts are boring at best; the Indian design is mildly appealing but otherwise uninspired.
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I've never owned a Flying Eagle cent so I can't say what it looks like in hand but I like it. I think I like Wheaties the most. Not because of the obverse of Lincoln but because of the reverse. I can't stand Memorials or Shields though. Indians are very nice too and I hope to own some BU example some day 
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I love the FE, but the Indian is my favorite. I especially love the CuNi IHC in my 7070. Lincoln, on the other hand, never really had my interest. I'll save wheat pennies as I come across them, but the Lincoln obverse became stale decades ago. Now I will say that the recent shield reverse was an improvement over the trolley car.
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Not a fan of shield cents, memorials are ok, but wheat cents are my favorite for sure. Indians and flying eagles fall into the ok category.
#1 wheat cents #2 flying eagles #3 Indian heads #4 memorial cents
#10 shield cents lol.
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Flying Eagle and Lincoln are neck and neck. IHC a close second. 
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This is close. It will be interesting to see if one pulls ahead in the voting. 
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IHC....good thing you didn't go with proofs. Those Flying Eagles have a lot of design variations used on the reverse for such a short run.
Edited by DoctorBurnzy 05/07/2019 7:12 pm
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IHC has pulled ahead. FEC close behind. LC falling behind. 
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