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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ldhair, post: 701576, member: 11540&quot;]I agree. The name was given over 50 years back and is part of the history of collecting Lincoln cents. </p><p><br /></p><p>Should we also change the names of these coins?</p><p>The spiked chin half cent.</p><p>The Jefferson head large cent.</p><p>The comet large cent.</p><p>The Bugs Bunny half.</p><p>All of these names are technically wrong.</p><p>It&#039;s not a spike, it&#039;s not Jefferson, it&#039;s not a comet or a bunny.</p><p><br /></p><p>These were descriptive names given to coins and are a part of history.</p><p>Sure the Poor man&#039;s double die name is wrong but it was given as a descriptive name. It and the others had nothing to do with facts and I&#039;m sure few have the opinion, they should be changed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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