Wikipedia:WikiProject Numismatics/newsletter/This month in numismatics/August

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 * 1909, the Lincoln cent was released to the public.

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 * 1952, Adolph Alexander Weinman, the designer of the Mercury dime and Walking Liberty half dollar, died in Port Chester, New York. He was 81 years old.

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 * 2009, the third design for the Lincoln Bicentennial cent, featuring Lincoln's professional life, was released.