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America already got rid of a coin which was called the half cent. It was discontinued in 1792 - 1857 for being worth to little. But when the half cent lost its fate it had more buying power than today 's dime. Everyone one loves the Abraham Lincoln and some people are afraid because they don 't want to erase him from history. John Green, a well known NY times author proclaims, “If Abraham Lincoln were alive today, he would say ‘why is my face on a coin that is worth 1/26 of what a penny was worth when i was president?’” Lincoln and his monument would still be on today 's $5 bill. Even the United State government stopped using the penny and are now rounding to the nearest

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