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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 2229467, member: 1765&quot;]Yikes!&nbsp; Lots of mistakes and head-scratchers on that site.&nbsp; More:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>13.&nbsp; Yes, there were &quot;white cents&quot; that didn&#039;t look at all like pennies...&nbsp; </b>Missing is the fact that the reason they didn&#039;t look at all like pennies [sic] is that they were much smaller.&nbsp; I&#039;ve also never heard of them having been called &quot;white cents,&quot; but rather &quot;nickels.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>27.</b>&nbsp; <b>Heads, it&#039;s Lincoln; tails, it&#039;s Lincoln.</b>&nbsp; &quot;The Lincoln cent (1959 to present) features this beloved president on both sides of the coin.&quot;&nbsp; Well, 1959 to 2009, anyway.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Then there&#039;s the picky little stuff like &quot;one pence [sic].&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>60.&nbsp; Although Lady Liberty doesn&#039;t circulate anymore, she still appears on some special coins.</b>&nbsp; So that statue on the reverse of the president dollars is someone else?&nbsp; Oh, wait, those don&#039;t circulate.&nbsp; Never mind.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>70.</b>&nbsp; <b>When a coin is made, which side is the top?</b>&nbsp; &quot;You may know that coins at the United States Mint are struck with dies while lying down.&quot;&nbsp; I don&#039;t think this is the case anymore.&nbsp; My understanding is that current presses for circulating coins have the dies opposing each other from side to side.&nbsp; The &quot;top and bottom&quot; die concept only exists for proofs and other lower-production, higher care, coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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