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The picture doesn't seem to do it justice. I found it in circulation. Did I score big or what? I put another penny I found this day beside it for comparison. Someone made it octogonal, I know.  |
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Edited by John1
05/01/2012 7:35 pm
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It seems that it would draw a premium from what I gather in the link you posted John1. But then you tersely replied "no". Let me rephrase my question; Did I score something unusual or significant in the realm of Lincoln Cents? Opinions? Lol, or is this find sooooo good that you all hate me, haha. Thanks
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What's more, is my penny is dated 1971. Not after '82.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Again, the answer is "no". It appears that you have a plated copper cent, which is PMD. It's worth one cent. 2.5 cents if you can find someone to pay you the metal value. The link quoted by John1 is a tripod link. Not sure how quickly you want to send $45 - $90 off to one of those guys. Also, your octagonal cent is closer to a dodecagon. Yeah, picking nits. :) |
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By the way, I'm not trying to insult you elfo4sky, that's a pretty fun find, as is the hammered cent. I love finding that kind of stuff in circulation and speculating on its history.
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Pillar of the Community
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To sum up on CelticKnot and John1, You only scored big on numismatically interesting PMD, but not on any numismatic value. They'd be keepers in my book, though! |
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CelticKnot, The link quoted by John1 is a tripod link. Not sure how quickly you want to send $45 - $90 off to one of those guys. Not a fan of Ken Potter? John1  |
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I agree that it's plated.
But why? one might ask
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Promotional use. I remember seeing them come in the mail when I was a kid, but I forget what the promotion was or why a "golden penny" would be significant. For some reason, Sears comes to my mind.
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AND WOW, it is slabbed coin so how could it not be worth a fortune?   Quote:
I agree that it's plated.
But why? one might ask Oddly enough it is a good question. For so many reasons people have been replating all sorts of coins with all sorts of STUFF. The 1943 Steel Cent is a great example. I've been collecting them for some time and have some Chromed, Zinced, Tinned and my famorite is the Copper plated ones. Sure wish someone would Gold plate one for me. I'd even settle for a Silver Plated one. |
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But why? one might ask Common high school chemistry experiment, a lot of people who work at companies that do plating plate all kinds of things, for use in jewelry or an art project. |
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