In most cases, the Lincoln Memorial.
2006-10-12 10:48:20
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answered by James L 5
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It is estimated there may be 150 billion pennies in circulation.
Today the United States has four mints, which produce coins. These are in Philadelphia, PA; Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; and West Point, NY. However, only Denver and Philadelphia produce coins for general circulation. The others make proofs sets and do specialty minting.
A "Mint Mark" near the date can identify the mint, which produced a coin. Denver stamps a "D" on the coin and Philadelphia stamps a "P" on the coin but on the penny leaves it blank. Thus a penny with no mint mark was made in Philadelphia.
In 1974, as a test, there were 1,579,324 Pennies made of pure Aluminum struck (produced) by the U.S. Mint. These were never circulated and most were later destroyed.
The original small copper cent was released in 1864. It featured an Indian Head on the front and Olive Wreath on the back.
The Lincoln Penny was the first U.S. Coin to feature a historic figure, The original Lincoln Head Penny was designed in 1909. This was the 100th anniversary of his birth. The original design had Lincoln on the front (obverse) and Wheat shafts on the back (reverse). In 1959 the penny was redesigned to include the Lincoln Memorial on the back. This was the 150 year anniversary of Lincoln's birthday.
2006-10-12 18:19:15
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answered by Tooling~guy 2
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Lincoln Memorial
2006-10-12 17:50:32
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answered by lil_jophine 1
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Abraham Lincoln
2006-10-12 17:49:04
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answered by Anonymous
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The Lincoln Memorial. What does this have to do with math?
2006-10-16 16:34:48
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answered by yupchagee 7
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lincoln memorial in washington dc
2006-10-12 18:28:41
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answered by Queen B 1
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tat thingy uhh i forgot wut its called sorry get a magnigying glass and penny its hard to tel but some1 told me one time just forgot sorry
2006-10-12 18:05:28
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answered by drummergurl 2
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