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Message:: [QUOTE="Zulu, post: 336733, member: 11451"]While I was over at my friends house today watching the NASCAR race. He said, "I forgot to tell you, but you are giving a talk on Lincoln and the penny on Wednesday, to Connor's Cub Scout Pack." I replied, "I am." Now I have to prepare 5 minute talk on A. Lincoln and the Lincoln cent. There are 11 kids in the pack all being either 6 or 7 years old. His son collects Lincoln cents and statehood quarters.  I got him the Whitman folders a few months ago.  He searches his Dad's change and I give him some wheaties everytime I see him. Talking about President Lincoln will be easy as the pack is in Chicago and Lincoln is from Illinois (We have a bigger claim on him than Kentucky.) Hopefully, I can get a few of the kids interestred in collecting coins and not bore them to death.  So, I need to hold their attention for 5 minutes, the hard part is that this is also ice cream night and they get the ice cream when I finish. Any tips from the forum would be greatly appreciated. One is why was the wheat design choosen for the reverse. Good thing I have the Whitman Red Book on Lincoln Cents. So, tonight I am putting together 11 packets of one Wheat cent and one Memorial cent these I will give to the kids. Also I will be looking on the internet. I will let the forum know how it went. Thanks for the help.[/QUOTE]