Old Carved (Oversized, and Timely) Folk Art Double-sided Lincoln Penny hand-tinted snapshot It for sure feels that

It for sure feels that old

humble as can be

(And I will admit that I--as if a child of five or six myself--have found them useful this week as reference tools in helping me decipher some 19th c

But soon it grew to be a cat

Old Carved (Oversized, and Timely) Folk Art Double-sided Lincoln Penny hand-tinted snapshot It for sure feels that(First photo a composite showing both front and back) It seemed quite right (or, really, quite wrong) to find this old carved Lincoln penny in the near wake of the death of the penny and just as the reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall is being painted blue. Such that this really feels like a momento mori for Lincolnian ideals most of all. Perhaps rubbing Lincoln's face (it already has quite a nice patina) will bring