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New Member
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Alot of work for a $.09 profit..... Thanks for all of your time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Back in the day a pay phone phone call was 10 cents , now a phone phone call is 50 cents
So adjusted for vending machine inflation it was alot of work for 40 cents profit.
But back in the day no one had cell phones. Alot of people didnt even have phones.
Lets say you lived with out a phone and were just getting by ,but needed to make a few phone calls everyday
for various reasons, It could get exp making 3-4 calls a day would be 30-40 cents it adds up quick ( adjusted to 50 cent a call thats 1.50 to 2.00 a day )
Widdle a few pennies to dimes, You just your calls from 30-40 cents a day to 3-4 cents
Make 50 penny/dimes lay um out spray um silver now you got 5 dollars to mix in with change and spend.
In south america there is a coin that was cheap back in the 80's it equaled like 2 american cents but was the size of a quarter , the people would file it down polish it and strike it with a fake american quarter die
put a reed the edge take alil brown paint.
They were spotted eazy by locals becuase they made them, but if you were a american sailed into a port say columbia and bought a few beers with american dollars and wanted american change, the bartender would reach below the counter and throw a fake or two in with your change.
You prob would not notice it untill you were long gone.
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Valued Member
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Bet a Wheat cent it sticks to a magnet!I just love those magnets,, |
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United States
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I understand your point coppertop5150. If that is the case, why have'nt more people replied that they have seen this type of coin before. If it were that profitable, certaintly more people would have knowledge of the coin. At worst, more people in the coin collecting community would have seen this alledged "counterfit coin". Common sense would suggest, I would be inundated with pics and stories about the coin. Instead I'm digging for answers... Thanks again
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I think it is very cool,,by the way do I owe you a wheatee?
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scuba & coopertop5150 No need for you both to continue with the smart remarks or comments! Remove yourself from the conversation if you do not like what I have to say, or think...HAVE A GREAT DAY !! You've both been very helpful in discouraging someone from trying to find out as much as they can about, THEIR SUBJECT MATTER...
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Pillar of the Community
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Not discouranging I told you why they were made ,thereis nothing more to know about it
Why were they not common? Becuase if cuaght you can face up to 5 years in prison
Once a few people were cuaght and arrested the govt made examples out of them so the public would not follow.
Just like in california some guy was melting copper cents at his scrap yard back in 2006 so the govt put a ban on it , a few others did it and were arrested it made the news, Dont hear about people melting copper cents anymore
Have a nice day
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Pillar of the Community
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micmar....
You've been posting this coin all over the internet and you've been getting the same answer. Even with some of the most experienced collectors telling you that it is not an error, that it is a modified coin, you are still refusing to believe it.
Asking the same question in different forums will not get you a different response because the coin is what it is.
It's a neat find. Put it in a 2x2 and show it to your friends.
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Did you ever try the magnet,,I am about to pee myself to know the composition of this,,can I say "pee"?
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Pillar of the Community
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micmar, understand that what you have is not a real error, this is fake all day long, get it through your head
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When I post something I feel is a 1 of a kind find and the pros say no!I have to find out whats going on,,this is a example of what I do,,Maybe a little drastic but I need to know,,and I can tell who is always right,   |
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coppertop5150's speculation is a bit over the top. "Back in the day" you only needed to file the edges down to the size of a dime to achieve results. The reeded edge was not needed for vending machines and pay phones.Take it from somebody who saw it first hand. I know this coin is not real, but making up a theory like that doesn't help convince the OP.
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Thanks again for everyones input. I'm sorry there are those of you in the community thinking, that I'm beating a dead horse. I am not sorry for being persistent. All of your explanations are based on your own personel experience and knowledge. Again, it is appreciated. But, sometimes you have to look outside the box. I'm sure there is a more viable explanation as to how and why this occured. But, "I've" yet to quell "my own" personel curiosity. I will not apologize for crossing my "T's" and dotting my "I's". I understand how the majority of contributors came to their conclusions on why it would be "impossible" for the reeding to be done at the mint. We only need to agree, to disagree. I believe it would be improbable for someone to manipulate the coin because of the following; 1)The time and effort it would have taken to apply reeding (consistent with that of a dime) to a penny only to net only + $.09 cents for their efforts (+ $.09 cents"." irregardless of the year). 2)The reeding was applied to the penny with the same diameter of a normal penny (not altered to be the diameter of a dime). 3) Not to mention it being against federal law!
These things just do not add up to "me". I am not trying to ram my thoughts down anyones throats. I'm thinking "Benefit -vs- Detriment". Bottom line at the end of the day "it is what it is and it ain't what it ain't" I'm just not 100% satisfied that it ain't just yet!... I'm sure that each and everyone of you would want to be 100% certain that "it is what it is!"...
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