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Thursday, June 13, 2013
Lower case "o"
So here is a little known fact about the Lincoln Memorial Pennies. Above the Lincoln Memorial it says "THE UNITED STATES oF AMERICA" with a small "o" in "oF". All other Lincoln Pennies have the country's name in all caps except for the last design for the 2009 pennies, which has "of" all in lower case and everything else capitalized. Why did they do it? I don't know, but it wasn't a mistake, it was designed that way. I guess you'll have to get inside the head of the guy who did it. He did borrow the idea from the pre-Kennedy half dollar coins in circulation at the time, which also had a small "o" on them. But who knows why they thought it was a good idea?
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i got one to
ReplyDeletei have one 2
ReplyDeleteBecause they could
ReplyDeleteI have one Ive had it for years is it worth anything though?
ReplyDeletei have no clue, but i have one too. i was looking to see if it was worth anything too.
DeleteI think it is worth about $500
Deleteif it is ive probably just became rich XD
DeleteI've seen both capital o and f. And also lower case. Any reason for this
ReplyDeleteThe 2009,the professional, penny has a capital O.
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ReplyDeleteAll of my pennies from 1999 and below have a lowercase o
ReplyDeleteI have a 1964 penny with a lower case o is that worth anything?
ReplyDeleteNo it’s not
Deletei have a 2006 penny with a lower case o is it worth anything?
ReplyDeleteidk
DeleteNo
ReplyDeleteI heard they are hundreds of dollars. I have 3 of them.
ReplyDeleteI have a 1989 penny with a lowercase o what is it worth
ReplyDeleteThe same as my 1977 , $.01
ReplyDeletenot helpfull
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