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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prophet, post: 281222, member: 9127&quot;]Yup. They usually took the large cents to jewelers to get just the head of the penny cut out, and wore them as lapels. I find it really interesting. I have an 1854 era large cent that would have been in circulation during Bloody Kansas, that would have been before the copperheads came about. </p><p><br /></p><p>I love civil war history, especially when it comes to stuff like this. I really like to get a hold of the stuff that was being used in that time period.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for bringing up an older thread, I just recently learned about this while doing homework for a civil war class I am taking, and thought that this thread deserved an up since no one else had replied to it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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