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Pillar of the Community
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couldn't this just be missing clad?
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Pillar of the Community
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couldn't this just be missing clad? I think it is more of a case of a "missing picture" |
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Pillar of the Community
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The picture will never come. I bet SD will find it with all his luck at the bank!
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im sure in china someone is taking a 1974 mint cent and trying to make a impression of it then polish the cast
and create a mint plate for a alum penny.Better yet a laser cut due plate
would it take alot of effort? I'm sure it would but heck the pay off could be in the millions if the coin was held in auction somewhere in europe where it would not be siezed by the SS
the same for the 43 copper penny.
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"couldn't this just be missing clad?"
No it couldn't, Lincoln Cents were never "clad". Current Lincoln Cents are copper plated over zinc but that didn't start until 1982.
Richard
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Pillar of the Community
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chirp chirp chirp..............
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Pillar of the Community
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you must have left that penny on the dinner table , I think someone else just found it and posted about it
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Pillar of the Community
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On a slightly different take on this "story";
Weren't there about ten of these unaccounted for, that the congressmen didn't return?
I believe these will someday surface and some former congressman and/or his family will be raking in some big bucks.
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Stranger things have happened. From WikiPedia: "In the February 20, 2001, edition of Numismatic News, Alan Herbert reported the existence of an aluminium cent. It was attributed to US Capitol Police Officer Albert Toven who found the coin dropped by an unnamed US Congressman on the floor of the Rayburn Office Building. When the officer attempted to return the coin to the congressman, thinking it was a dime, the congressman told him to keep it.[1][13] This example was graded and certified by the Independent Coin Grading Company as "About Uncirculated-58" in 2005, but later certified Mint State 62 two months later by Professional Coin Grading Service"  |
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How much would one of these be worth? Presumably there is a population of about 12 floating out there including two in private hands (according to PCGS) and one piece in the Smithsonian.
As a modern issue, at an international auction, I don't think it would reach six figures?
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I know this is an older thread, but in the end you guys were right. No pic, and just some bs. I understand that everyone deserves respect, but that respect can be lost. I'm also a member of other non-coin related forums and these types of posts pop up frequently. They probably did have an aluminum like 1974 penny and truly believed it to be real, despite all of the contrary evidence. I was too confused by the OP's initial post as I did not understand what they were trying to convey. In the end. some people will believe what they want to believe no matter what. We see this all the time with prices on certain coins, or people thinking that just b/c they have an old coin, it's worth a ton of money.
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If someone states they have said coin, and does not provide us a picture, sorry, they are either lying or want to see our reactions. That is exactly what happened here.
swcoin.ecrater.com
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These 1974 aluminum posts seem to fall into a few predictable categories:
(1) Someone who is full of BS (no picture, "sympathy" post), (2) Someone who got their hands on an aluminum replica and removed or obfuscated the COPY marking, (3) Someone who got their hands on an Aluminum plated or Mercury dipped copper.
I believe the population of coins that fit #3 is VERY HIGH. When the 1974 Aluminum gained notoriety, for a time, everybody and his brother tried to create a fake one to fool unsuspecting collectors.
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