The penny is getting a new back. I'm into it. It has a sort of retro comic book feel, which is totally appropriate for a coin that's just a useless anachronism unless you represent a copper state or work for Coinstar.Via Boing Boing.
The penny is getting a new back. I'm into it. It has a sort of retro comic book feel, which is totally appropriate for a coin that's just a useless anachronism unless you represent a copper state or work for Coinstar.
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