Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lincoln cent

Lincoln cent
High in detail and contrast, and an excellent example of cameo on coins. Currently featured at Penny (U.S. coin), cameo, and proof coinage. This image is definitely striking :) BRIAN 0918   16:37, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC) 
 * Nominate and support. - BRIAN 0918   16:37, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * The Lincoln cent is so familiar after 96 years, it's hard to see it with fresh eyes. You may need to be a coin collector to know just how exceptional this image is.  The peculiar mirror-like quality of a "cameo" proof coin (the result of an exceptional strike just after the proof die is re-polished) is difficult to capture in a photograph. I particularly admire the way the coin here is lit from the side, appearing only half-mirrored, and accurately conveying the fleeting, flashing quality of turning the coin under the light.  Amazing strike detail in the wrinkles of Lincoln's coat and around his eyes.  I've collected these since childhood, and never noticed these details.  This is what a perfect MS70 grade coin should look like.  Support.  (written by User:Sandover)
 * Oppose . A shiny penny. Ho-hum. "...is so familiar..." also applies only in the US. We occasionally see them in Canada; I would guess never in Europe or Australia except by those who bring them home as souvenirs. Denni &#9775; 19:48, 2005 Mar 10 (UTC)
 * So, are you completely against an image of a coin ever being a featured picture, simply because currency is different in different parts of the world? Should we delist Image:Ph physical map.png because it's too Philippine-centric, or Image:Cockroach closeup.jpg for being ho-hum just another bug? -- BRIAN 0918  23:15, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Not at all. It depends on the coin. I would support a high-quality picture of a bone or shell coin, or one with unusual properties, such as a unique shape, a multimetallic composition (ie, Canada's twoonie), a visibly unusual metallic composition (the photographic technique employed in this image would suit a gold coin to a T), a special manufacturing technique ort finish, such as Canada's recent red poppy quarter, or one which represents a distinctive event or age. Sorry, I think it's a nice crisp shot of a =really= shiny penny, but not particularly noteworthy otherwise. Denni &#9775; 23:36, 2005 Mar 10 (UTC)
 * Find me a better example of cameo and extreme high quality (ie MS70) in the same coin and I'll support it 100%. I don't think you'll find either of those in a bone or shell coin.  -- BRIAN 0918   23:42, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * And yes, I would vote against the rather mundane cockroach picture. I did not do so because the vote was pretty much already cast against it, and I didn't need to bother. I would also vote against the Philippine map if it were just another map, and have voted against maps in the past for precisely that reason. I have also voted =for= maps which have "broken the mould" in presenting their information. Please do not try to prtray me as anti-American just because I don't find this image especially exciting. Denni &#9775; 23:50, 2005 Mar 10 (UTC)
 * Where did "anti-Americanism" come from? It just seemed like a bad argument on your part (currency not the same everywhere => can't be a featured picture). I'd support an Austrian 50-schilling 1999 Johann Strauss commemorative coin if it exhibited the same quality and contrast (and was also public domain) -- BRIAN 0918   23:56, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I would also support such an image. Equally, I would support a cameo of the Susan B. Anthony dollar, partly because of its poor reception by the American public. Tell you what - I'll change my vote to support because of the exceptional clarity of this image. Denni &#9775; 00:13, 2005 Mar 11 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I think the reason people didn't like the SBA dollar is because, according to most numismatists, it's just ugly. :)  BRIAN 0918   02:06, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Support, exceptionally high quality coin-- Chris 73 Talk 22:50, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support, being Australian, the penny is a new sight to me, and the photo is of great quality. --Fir0002 04:08, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Support, although it's a bit hard to see that it is actually a coin ;) Junes 22:11, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Support, excellent photograph. --Theaterfreak64 02:50, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * ...As would be expected of a featured picture. Sorry for the lousy comment ;-) --Theaterfreak64 02:52, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support - incredible picture. --Spangineer &#8734; 16:58, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Can't wait to see this thing grace my user page.  &rarr;mathx314(talk)(email) 20:36, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Support Wow. Smoddy (tgec) 21:05, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Support - Really nice picture. -- AllyUnion (talk) 06:14, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Support Marvellous pic - Adrian Pingstone 10:39, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. 'nuff said. -- Solipsist 08:22, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. I just don't find it striking at all... it's just another coin... Enochlau 10:25, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Not exactly. If it's MS70, which it appears to be (and I'm sure the Mint would want in their press picture), it's worth $1000  -- BRIAN 0918   02:05, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Unless we want to say that only certain subjects are featurable as pictures (and I hope we don't), we have to accept that there can be featurable pictures of coins. And if this isn't a briliant and striking picture of the cent (and I've never found the Lincoln penny remotely attractive), I don't know what is.  It's making me think of the coin in a new way...certainly whatever we can say about it, "it's just another coin" doesn't seem right to me. Jwrosenzweig 00:28, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Promoted. +14/-1. -- BRIAN</b> 0918  02:11, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)