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[42itous]

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[en-ki.livejournal.com]

Whoever designed the third one read a lot of comic books.

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

That wheatback looks like it's in great shape. And somehow, looks slightly smaller. I never noticed that the wheatback cents were smaller. Now I need to check for myself.

[xuth.livejournal.com]

In this picture it's fairly clear:



Here's (http://xuth.net/pics/random/pennies/IMG_2513_sm_crop.JPG) a more honest picture. Or another image for fun. (http://xuth.net/pics/random/pennies/IMG_2511_sm_crop.JPG) They're all actually fairly close to each other in size. The diameter of the 1950 wheat cent I used in the images was .1 mm smaller than the 2010 coin I used. Presumably that's due to wear.

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

What year is the wheatback?

[42itous.livejournal.com]

1944.

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

That's a good year. (Not as exciting as '43, but still.)

[coraline]

the font on the new penny makes me cringe.
actually, all our money redesigns have made me cringe.
*sigh*

[crs.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's pretty breathtakingly awful looking.

What's next, Comic Sans? Hey, maybe we could pay Microsoft royalties for every penny we mint.

[42itous.livejournal.com]

I wonder if people had a similar opinion of the wheat penny when it was first minted. Its deco font is definitely a product of its time.

[coraline]

yeah... don't know.
(my inherent aesthetics go "but the old font is PRETTY and the new one is UGLY" but... yeah, i know i'm a product of my time and personal aesthetics are not universal :)

[luckylefty.livejournal.com]

I agree with you about the new penny. But I really like the new nickels. And some of the state quarters (Connecticut, for example) are beautiful.

[cos]

Huh, I haven't seen that new one yet.

[42itous.livejournal.com]

Neither had I. I picked up the 1944 and the 2010 from sidewalks within days of each other.