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Brannenworks Valued Member United States 106 Posts	Posted 01/02/2010 02:29 am For comparison, here are the 5 cent Euro coin reverses, which depend on the country: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_cent_euro_coins I like Finland (reminds me of the reverses on British sovereigns), France (a modern version of Marianne), and Slovakia (a mountain), and maybe Italy (reminds me of Lincoln memorial). Note that the obverse of our cent has a head of state on it, which makes us look like the coins from the states that have a king or queen. I think that's disgusting, and we would do better to put general female figures on our coins (as we did in the past) such as the French example, or other general images. It turns out that the French have drifted away from using an anonymous woman for Marianne and now use stars and personalities, starting with Brigitte Bardot in 1969 (since fined several times for "inciting racial hatred"). Predictably, it then drifted to the point of being chosen by politicians: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne I say it's only a matter of time before France begins putting the images of former leaders on their coins. Of course, being a physicist with a paper coming out this week on gravitation, I vote for Paul Painleve: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Painlev%C3%A9 Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 01/02/2010 10:36 am Quote: If that's close to the amount of LP4's minted, then they are really rare. Yep really rare, why the LP4 P mint Lincoln is as rare as the 1941-D Wheat cent. (Why am I not impressed?) Report this Post to the Staff
sgriffis74 Valued Member United States 58 Posts	Posted 01/18/2010 9:31 pm This is the best they could come up with? I mean really after all the State Quarters, Jefferson nickels and Lincoln bicentennial this is the best we get. I hate it. Report this Post to the Staff
Gothic Florin Pillar of the Community United States 2541 Posts	Posted 01/18/2010 9:42 pm After seeing these numbers on the LP cents total mintages I'm not so sure I will keep hoarding them. They may be lower mintages than many other years, but 2.3 billion? That's not rare, I don't care how you look at it. Report this Post to the Staff
MessyBarista New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 02/11/2010 3:22 pm I would have liked to have seen some wheat. Maybe two on each side of the words "One Cent" Report this Post to the Staff
Jason11006 Valued Member United States 133 Posts	Posted 02/16/2010 3:12 pm Just got my Shield cent in the mail. Thank you very much Report this Post to the Staff
eaglefoot Pillar of the Community United States 6326 Posts	Posted 02/16/2010 3:18 pm What will be rare, will be some in good condition ! ...... ....(speaking of the LP1, LP2, LP3, and the LP4 Cents) They seem to get into REALLY bad shape REALLY quickly in the wild ! By the way........ I noticed that the LP4 Cent is still available for sale in two roll sets, on the U.S. Mint's website, for those interested. Edited by eaglefoot 02/16/2010 3:22 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Nickelplus New Member United States 42 Posts	Posted 02/21/2010 08:15 am It's ok... not as good as the previous wheat bundle design. Report this Post to the Staff
2020 C New Member United States 33 Posts	Posted 03/27/2010 11:24 pm Me... I find it more appealing than the Memorial design and slightly better than the Wheat design . The Memorial design never did that much for me . Report this Post to the Staff
DNA Pillar of the Community United States 2734 Posts	Posted 03/28/2010 01:02 am Quote: Conder101: ...the LP4 P mint Lincoln is as (low-mintage) as the 1941-D Wheat cent. Quote: eaglefoot: What will be rare, will be some in good condition! They seem to get into REALLY bad shape REALLY quickly in the wild! A number of 1941-D and other common Wheat Cents were in circulation until at least the 1970's, and they held up very nicely. No one here is foolish enough to think that a zinc Cent could circulate for three decades straight and still be an aesthetically pleasing problem free coin (with only the appropriate circulation wear)! The zinc LP× Cents that are collected in the future will be from the BU Cents that have been hoarded today. Conder would likely point out that zinc LP× Cents have been hoarded in far greater numbers than any common Wheat cent (so far more will survive as BU coins), but this is counterbalanced with the fact that zinc Cents simply won't stand up to decades of circulation as their copper ancestors did. The rarest LP× Cents in the last part of this century may end up being problem-free AU/XF examples that were pulled from circulation before they could deteriorate. I've already run into some trashy-looking 2009 zinc LP× Cents. This does not bode well for the 23 2010-P Shield Cents that I spent today in memory of Gary Burke, but I'm hoping that these Shield Cents will be quickly hoarded from circulation (especially as they are P's, and BU 'P' coins of any type are virtually impossible to come by in Denver circulation....) Report this Post to the Staff
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