# Another penny question.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [June 27, 2001, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-penny-question/70371 "2001-06-27T20:15:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Goo\_Fee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Doctor\_Goo\_Fee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Goo_Fee)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-penny-question/70371/1 "2001-06-27T20:15:06Z")
I hope it’s ok to post this on the “comments” board… I have a tangential question to the “Do we still need pennies?” question I read today online. That is– Are then any people–perhaps southern folks in particular–who refuse to use pennies because they have Abe Lincoln on them? In other words, they are still upset about “The War of Northern Aggresion” and protest it by not using a coin with Abe’s face on it. just curious ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-penny-question/70371/2 "2001-06-27T21:32:11Z")
If so, wouldn’t they also have a problem with the $5 bill? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-penny-question/70371/3 "2001-06-28T03:10:33Z")
Assuming your question to be serious, the answer is no. ---
**Author:** ![domina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/96bed5/32.png) [@domina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/domina)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-penny-question/70371/4 "2001-06-28T03:43:55Z")
The closest I’ve heard to that was from a recent article in the New Yorker about the Sons of Confederate Veterans. They were teed off after being kicked out of a mall, so they plotted their revenge: > [@](#): > > McMichael had a novel suggestion: “What you might do, if you decide to buy something out there, is pay cash and stamp a battle flag on each bill. And if it’s a five-dollar bill” - time for some Lincoln-bashing - “you might want to make some other alterations. A hole-puncher works nice.” Seems like that’s gotta be illegal. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-penny-question/70371/5 "2001-06-28T04:37:48Z")
A link to the column is appreciated. [Does it make sense to keep minting pennies?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a981009a.html) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-penny-question/70371/6 "2001-06-28T13:27:49Z")
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**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2001, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-penny-question/70371/7 "2001-06-28T14:47:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by domina \* > \*\*The closest I’ve heard to that was from a recent article in the New Yorker about the Sons of Confederate Veterans. They were teed off after being kicked out of a mall, so they plotted their revenge: > > > [@](#): > > > > McMichael had a novel suggestion: “What you might do, if you decide to buy something out there, is pay cash and stamp a battle flag on each bill. And if it’s a five-dollar bill” - time for some Lincoln-bashing - “you might want to make some other alterations. A hole-puncher works nice.” > > Seems like that’s gotta be illegal. \*\* IIRC, it’s not illegal. Petty, perhaps. But not illegal.