Lyndall Bass Obverse Desinger Shield Cent

2010 LINCOLN PENNY REVERSE: THE UNION SHIELD CENT

Lyndall Bass (born July 5, 1952) is an American realist painter and teacher who primarily paints still lifes, flower paintings and symbolist figure paintings. She lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is the designer of the 2010 penny known as the Union Shield Penny.

Awards and honors

Lyndall Bass’ design for the new 2010 Penny has been selected as the winning image in a Federal competition as one of eighteen finalists. Her initials, LB, can be found on the reverse under the left side of the scroll. The intials JFM on the right side belong to Joseph F. Mennna, the staff medalist who sculpted the design. The coin entered circulation in 2010 and will be ongoing each year for at least the next fifty years.

The design is emblematic of President Lincoln’s preservation of the United States of America as a single and united country. The penny features a Civil War era shield with vertical stripes symbolizing the thirteen original states joined in a single compact union. The E Pluribus Unum above them is Latin for “Out of Many One”. The scroll across the shield bears a One Cent curved letter design meant by the artist to stand for the re-establishment of trust in the economic flow of currency after the Civil War. Without the resolve of President Lincoln to win the Civil War, establishing peace and cooperation, we would not be the fifty United States we are today.

Lyndall Bass Autograph special issue PCGS graded Shield Cent slabs can be ordered from CoinFame.com

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US - Union shield cent - 2010–present 
US - Half-Cents and Cents
US

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1950-2001 1 Pfennig Deutscher Lander FACT

Currency reform of June 1948

The Deutsche Mark was introduced on Sunday, June 20, 1948 by Ludwig Erhard. The old Reichsmark and Rentenmark were exchanged for the new currency at a rate of DM 1 = RM 1 for the essential currency such as wages, payment of rents etc., and DM 1 = RM 10 for the remainder in private non-bank credit balances, with half frozen. Large amounts were exchanged for RM 10 to 65 Pfennig. In addition, each person received a per capita allowance of DM 60 in two parts, the first being DM 40 and the second DM 20.

A few weeks later Erhard, acting against orders, issued an edict abolishing many economic controls which had been originally implemented by the Nazis, and which the Allies had not removed. He did this, as he often confessed, on Sunday because the offices of the American, British, and French occupation authorities were closed that day. He was sure that if he had done it when they were open, they would have countermanded the order.

The introduction of the new currency was intended to protect western Germany from a second wave of hyperinflation and to stop the rampant barter and black market trade (where American cigarettes acted as currency). Although the new currency was initially only distributed in the three western occupation zones outside Berlin, the move angered the Soviet authorities, who regarded it as a threat. The Soviets promptly cut off all road, rail and canal links between the three western zones and West Berlin, starting the Berlin Blockade. In response, the U.S. and Britain launched an airlift of food and coal and distributed the new currency in West Berlin as well.

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Germany - 1950-2001 1 Pfennig Deutscher Lander 
Germany - 1 Pfennig
Germany

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1968-1999 - Elizabeth II - Canadian Quarter FACT

1973 Canadian 25 Cent Small vs Large Bust

1973 Canadian 25 Cent
Small Bust vs Large Bust
(The Mountie Quarter)

There are very slight variations between them. These variations are somewhat noticeable in the Queen's hair. The hair on the (small bust) piece shows more detail than the hair on the (large bust) piece.
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Coin Varieties:

Being a 1 year type coin one would not expect any major varieties to exist but one does. These varieties exist due to two different obverse dies that were used. A new design with a smaller bust of Queen Elizabeth II was to be used but some coins were minted with an older obverse die giving way to a large bust variety.

One way to tell them apart is by the circle of beads surrounding the design. Some reference books may refer to them as Large Bust (132 beads) and Small Bust (120 beads). But, to count the number of beads will make you cross-eyed after awhile so we highly recommend that you not do this! Instead, the easier way to identify the difference is by simply looking at how close the beading is to the edge or rim of the coin. Large bust beading is extremely close to the rim while small bust design has beading that is further away from the rim.

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Canada - 1968-1999 - Elizabeth II - Canadian Quarter 
Canada - Twenty Cents
Canada

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HOW DOES THE OFCC GRADE ITS COINS???

The simple answer is the OFCC DOES NOT GRADE COINS.
Do to the subjective nature and overall attitude towards coin grading standards, 
OFCC has opted to classify all the numismatic items in our coin collection catalog as one of the following:

- UNGRADED
- UNCIRCULATED (Only given as described below)
- Trusted 3rd party Grade (e.g. PCGS, NGC) (As described below)

Some basic OFCC clarification guidelines are listed below:

Slabbed Coins From (NGC, PCGS) :
Coins Slabbed by PCGS or NGC are completely trusted minus counterfeited attempts. 

Slabbed Coins From (ANACS, ICG) :
Coins Slabbed by ANACS or ICG are trusted minus counterfeited attempts but are generally less desirable to most collectors. 

Slabbed Coins From (ANY ONE ELSE) :
Coins Slabbed by ANY ONE ELSE are not trusted fully and are judged on a case by case basis. In the occurrence that OFCC disagrees with the grade on a slabbed coin we note it and display the grade as UNGRADED in our database. 

Government Mint/Bank Issues Coins:
Sets, Rolls, or individual coins issued by the US Mint, Royal Canadian Mint, Royal Australian Mint, or Perth Mint are trusted after a simple spot check and marked in our database as UNCIRCULATED. 
Sets, Rolls, or individual coins issued by other banks or mints are judged on a case by case basis this includes non government coin manufactures such as American Mint. 

Cardboard flip, mylar flips or lose coin capsules:
Previous owners grading marks on these types of coin holders are marked as UNGRADED in our database. 
NOTE: If the OFCC has personally visited the brick and mortar coin shop as well as done business with them, and it was a great experience on top of good prices and fair grades, OFFC will reflect the grade given by that verified business and reflect the contact information for that specific coin bought by OFFC from the hands of that verified business. 

Loose coins, pocket change and other shrapnel remains:
OFFC will only show a grade of UNGRADED! 

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