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

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• 2010, the Lincoln Shield cent was released in the United States.

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• 2009, the first design for the Lincoln Bicentennial cent, featuring Lincoln's birth and early childhood, was released.

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• 1966, Australia switched from the pound to the decimal dollar.

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• 1971, the pound sterling was decimalized.