maxxkatt
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As like many of you guys, I have more than a few older coins laying around. My favorite is the Wheat Penny and least favorite is the memorial. Most of you understand my lack of fondness for the memorial.
But ah the Wheat. To see that glorious reverse. On most coins the obverse is where all the art of the design is supposed to occur. But since it is the same as on a 14 trillion memorials in circulation, it has no affect on me. It is only when I flip it over it has the possibility of being a great penny.
When I glance down at a penny and see the reverse of a Wheat, it literally make me feel good.
The bold ONE CENT in the center letting you know without a doubt what you have found. The bountiful wheat stalks that frame the ONE CENT letting you know what a great bountiful country we live in.
Then underneath the bold ONE CENT you have in full proudly stated UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The revere side of the Wheat says it all. of course there also is some tiny writing at the top in a foreign language too small to easily read like they were trying to hide that knowledge from us.
On a personal note, the Wheat penny brings back good memories of growing up in a small town in the USA during a time when growing up was fun without our modern day distractions that keep us apart from true young friends. And I am talking cell phones and video games.
So I imagine for me flipping over a penny and discovering a wheat will always bring a happy response and a promise of just maybe there might be an elusive silver hiding below and I need to keep on hunting.
PS: actual counts on wheat vs memorial mintage:
wheats = 25,792,545,927
memorials = 501,670,893,925
or 475,878,347,998 more memorials than wheats.
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_cent_mintage_figures
in case anyone wants to check my math.
But ah the Wheat. To see that glorious reverse. On most coins the obverse is where all the art of the design is supposed to occur. But since it is the same as on a 14 trillion memorials in circulation, it has no affect on me. It is only when I flip it over it has the possibility of being a great penny.
When I glance down at a penny and see the reverse of a Wheat, it literally make me feel good.
The bold ONE CENT in the center letting you know without a doubt what you have found. The bountiful wheat stalks that frame the ONE CENT letting you know what a great bountiful country we live in.
Then underneath the bold ONE CENT you have in full proudly stated UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The revere side of the Wheat says it all. of course there also is some tiny writing at the top in a foreign language too small to easily read like they were trying to hide that knowledge from us.
On a personal note, the Wheat penny brings back good memories of growing up in a small town in the USA during a time when growing up was fun without our modern day distractions that keep us apart from true young friends. And I am talking cell phones and video games.
So I imagine for me flipping over a penny and discovering a wheat will always bring a happy response and a promise of just maybe there might be an elusive silver hiding below and I need to keep on hunting.
PS: actual counts on wheat vs memorial mintage:
wheats = 25,792,545,927
memorials = 501,670,893,925
or 475,878,347,998 more memorials than wheats.
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_cent_mintage_figures
in case anyone wants to check my math.
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