Talk:Lincoln cent

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Contents 1 My two cents on the merge issue 1.1 My two and a half cents 2 haircut 3 1974 Aluminum Cent Citation

[edit] My two cents on the merge issue

I don't agree that a merge of the Lincoln Cent and Cent (U.S. coin) articles is a good idea. While related, they are two seperate topics. The Lincoln cent is only one type of penny so the U.S. cent article is needed to cover the general information about the topic. But the Lincoln cent is an important topic in its own right and deserves an individual article.

I will concede however that the U.S. cent article as it now exists focuses too narrowly on the Lincoln cent. A lot of that information should be moved to the Lincoln cent article and information of other U.S. pennies like the Flying Eagle or Indian Head cents should be added for balance. MK2 09:16, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My two and a half cents

EVERY U.S. coin deserves its own article. Eventually this will become a reality.

--Kurt 02:21, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I agree. Is there really any support for the merger? Ardric47 04:26, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

None whatsoever. In fact, the current nomination is to SPLIT the Lincoln Memorial cent (1959-2008) from this article; since the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 assures there will be even more Lincoln-cent reverses in the future (assuming the penny survives), I'm opposed to the split-off as well. --RBBrittain 23:09, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

In fact, since I'm the only person to even mention the Lincoln Memorial nomination since it was made way back in July, I think we can safely assume the answer is NO, so I'm removing that nomination. --RBBrittain 23:13, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] haircut

What, no mention of the haircut that Abe got in ~1968? —Tamfang 04:11, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Uh, that never happened. --Kurt 06:07, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

It's an illusion? —Tamfang 04:43, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 1974 Aluminum Cent Citation

The government didn't seem to upset about this 1974 aluminum cent when it surfaced. As far as I know its still in the public domain and it was highly publicized when it was slabbed. Bobby ^{I'm Here, Are You There?} 02:05, 2 January 2007 (UTC)