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Formerly nancyc
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A very nice gift, shame about the grooves though. Never mind, it's still a nice coin and a 'key' for the pennies with a mintage of just 117,000.  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Pillar of the Community
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Yup, how many do you think are left?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yup, how many do you think are left? That's a good question...were copper coins reclaimed during WWII? It was a strategic metal, due to its use in military ordnance. |
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DVCollector the big melt of pennies happened in the mid 1960's (decimalization). Fortunately the coin collecting craze had really gone into overdrive about 2 years earlier and most of the key date coins were saved (many thousands of full date sets were collected and the missing holes were usually 1914, 1925,1946 and of course 1930). Still means plenty were lost over 40 years of circulation (plus 40 years of wear means most are of VG to F grade).
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I was wondering if the crack next to the "one" on the reverse and the crack through the "e" in gerogives on the obverse are die cracks?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Don't worry about the grade of this penny aarong.
If your Dad gives it to you it will be priceless.
My late father left me some coins that in anyone elses eyes would be pretty mundain, But I would not part with them even under gun point.
This penny would grade vg to fine but like I said it's your dads so What you value it as is entirly up to you.
Anyway its a 1925 penny and they are like land ( they stopped making both a long time ago )
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I have no intentions of parting with this coin at all! They just look like die cracks to me but I'm a beginner.
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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I was wondering if the crack next to the "one" on the reverse and the crack through the "e" in gerogives on the obverse are die cracks? It's a bit hard to tell. Any chance of some close-ups of them? life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Nancyc I will try and post some close ups soon.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Bad photo but here it is. Don't really look like die cracks but from the naked eye they do.  |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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Sorry, not clear enough for me to comment. If the 'lines' are definitely raised, they could be die cracks.
Is the coin in a 2x2?
Typo fixed!
life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
Edited by Nevol
10/16/2011 12:16 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Did you want me to take it out to get a better pic or something?
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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It might help, but I'm no expert so I was a bit reluctant to make you go to that trouble. The only variety/error that I'm aware of in the 1925 penny is a broken first leg of the 2nd N in penny. That's not to say others don't exist, just that I'm not aware of them.  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Well I have run out of 2x2's but I ordered some around 2 weeks ago so ill take it out when the others arrive.
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