Very nice store card, Jerry Picker! I was not familiar with this issue, so looked it up. I like this description:
That much copper is worth about $45,000 today. I wonder what the numismatic value of the coins would be!
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The issuer, Aaron White, was a teetotaling attorney and banker and was considered somewhat of an eccentric. He hoarded coins and precious metals. Upon his death he had acquired at least four and a half tons of copper cents (at a value of $8,000).
The issuer, Aaron White, was a teetotaling attorney and banker and was considered somewhat of an eccentric. He hoarded coins and precious metals. Upon his death he had acquired at least four and a half tons of copper cents (at a value of $8,000).
That much copper is worth about $45,000 today. I wonder what the numismatic value of the coins would be!
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Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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11/19/2025 7:22 pm
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