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...Lincoln penny of 1909 is the only U.S. coin ever struck for general circulation bearing the bust of an American (as such) living or dead...
...witnesses, had seen him do it; he too knew that he was guilty. He had broken an edict relating to decency. No escape was possible. Already burly bluecoats were nudging through the crowd; while the onlookers hooted, mooed, clapped and guffawed, they led him off to jail. For this coin-biter was H. L. Mencken, journalist; by accepting the 50¢ as payment for a copy of the green-covered magazine, The American Mercury, of which he is the editor, he had broken an edict which barred that magazine from sale in Boston as "indecent...
...hawk anything he chose except fish, fruit or vegetables. Mr. Mencken promised not to violate these provisions, received his license. Arthur Garfield Hays telephoned Dr. Chase and asked him if he would buy an American Mercury if Mr. Mencken offered one for sale. It was Dr. Chase's silver coin that Editor Mencken popped into his mouth...
...hand, it's yours." After some wrangling, the details of the wager were satisfactorily arranged. Mr. Beres took his place, holding the 50? aloft between thumb and forefinger. His friend put a shell in his shotgun, drew a careful bead. Pow! went the gun. The coin, dented by dozens of buckshot, careered away. . . . With it went the end of Proprietor Beres' thumb...
...pressmen departed and flipped a coin with themselves. Some trumpeted, "He let his teeth go"; others, "Not actually alarming." Impartial observers opined that the rumor of a complete deadlock at Tacna-Arica was growing weaker...