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Subject: [Leica] 1942 Cent
From: sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner)
Date: Sun Dec 21 09:08:46 2008
References: <C571FEA9.46C5B%mark@rabinergroup.com><0729377E52DC4AFB8A7947B539588411@D1S9FY41><DD8E4FAF-EE04-456C-93E3-297A9961D169@teleport.com> <20081221041413.CD02D75405@barracuda.rutabaga.org>

marc, my coppers prefer to be called "pence"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc James Small" <marcsmall@comcast.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] 1942 Cent


> At 09:14 PM 12/20/2008, you wrote:
> >I actually have one  1943 copper (bronze from reclaimed shell casings
> >as were the 1944-46 ones.
>
>
> Argh!  It is spelled "penny" but the name is
> properly a "cent".  One of the first acts of the
> US Congress was to forbid the calling of a cent a penny.
>
> Why haven't any of our so-observant folks
> corrected the SUBJ:  line?  A victory of form over substance?
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@aya.yale.edu
> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] 1942 Penney)
Message from sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner) ([Leica] 1942 Penney)
Message from mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist) ([Leica] 1942 Penney uh 1943)
Message from marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] 1942 Cent)