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Like I said, I don't have it in hand currently, it may be less worn, more squashed. That may be why things don't line up.
Edited by Fuzzy317
07/08/2011 10:15 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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my 1878 VAM-83 pocket piece   |
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United States
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wow, a huge contrast to your avatar Brian.
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Australia
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Australia
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Here's mine. I know it's a British halfpenny of George II, and the silhouette that's still visible is of the "earlier bust" type. Date options are 1729-1739, but as far as I can tell there's just nothing left of a date there to read.  Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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United States
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I always think of how many times these coins were used, how many people touched them and who the owners may have been. These coins have less value, but much more history and they were made at a time that the the countries they came from were much younger. I like to think of what might have happened to them along the way. Some had to have been in bank robberies and hold ups. Did someone die trying to keep it or maybe died trying to take it. Did some of these coin have a part in an event we all have heard of?
The uncirculated coins we all love have been around the same number of years as the counterparts pictured here, but most of the time they stayed in a dark safe place where nothing could happen to them. I love a well used coin and like to think of the stops it made along the way to our collections.
These are the most used coins we have, but they survived their purpose over the years better than 99.9% of the coins we see and just the fact that they made it through so many years make me want to keep them. I'll let the next guy sell my 1778-S Dime for melt. I can see it needs to rest for a while and I'll display right it along with any MS-70 coin I ever get.
ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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07/09/2011 09:11 am
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Canada
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One for Canada. 25 cents George V. Date unreadable. Saved from the melting pot. It's pretty slick! ~ JFK ~  |
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United Kingdom
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A William IV groat 1836  |
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United States
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Here is the most worn one I have.   |
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United States
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Forgot I had this one. 1875 Victoria penny   |
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United States
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@southern yankee- I hope you didn't clean that one....you know it ruins the value  |
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Egypt
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Egypt 5 Milliemes 1967   |
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United States
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Southern Yankee- Wow, I have never seen such a worn Kennedy half. I suppose that that was someone's pocket piece for many years. |
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Thailand
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Here's my personal favourite. KM#618 George III 1797 "Cartwheel Penny". Just enough detail to identify it but for its sheer size and weight it couldn't be confused with anything else. Could it?  |
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