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Pillar of the Community
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Forum Dad
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"My father, Harry Edmond Lawrence, was Deputy Superintendent of the Denver Mint when the aluminum cent was struck. When he died in 1980, that coin and others he received over the years were in a plastic sandwich bag. I kept them in that bag in my desk for 33 years, and then they were in the trunk of my car for a month when I moved with my two children and my elderly Mother from Denver to Southern California last August," Randy Lawrence explained. Wow. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's a pretty neat story.I wonder how much an alum Lincoln Cent weighs?. Copper 3.1 Zinc 2.5 Alum ? |
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Forum Dad
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Oh my! How exciting. I wonder what it's going to sell for?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Oh wow, this is completely different from the previously known Toven specimen and a Denver to boot  Quote:I wonder how much an alum Lincoln Cent weighs?. 0.9 grams |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Doesn't the us government say these are their property as they were never released to the public and that like the 1933 double eagles(or 1964 d Peace dollars) are subject to seizure? Edited by justin3651
01/28/2014 6:57 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I would think so. Then they would have a graded example!
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Forum Dad
United States
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Well, they know about the ICG one I'm sure and never confiscated it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I hate the way they so inconsistently confiscate some coins and not others. The 1913 V nickels coming to mind right away. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I guess it probably depends on who has it.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:Doesn't the us government say these are their property as they were never released to the public and that like the 1933 double eagles(or 1964 d Peace dollars) are subject to seizure? This is in the link from PCGS. Quote:The United States government closed its investigation of any missing 1974 aluminum cents by February 1976 having found, in the government's own words "no evidence of criminal intent" by anyone possessing any of the coins, according to a February 21, 1976 story in Numismatic News. So I guess they are legal to own. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I read the article, they are not illegal to possess is what I got off that. that doesn't mean the government cant say they are still their property and subject to being taken back. You could be right though I guess, it seems like a really gray area.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would think this coin is definitely open to govt seizure....will they follow through on it, who knows, but one thing I did notice (as he is from my state) but the last name McConnell is mentioned, which is a name long established in the House and Senate. Maybe this coin was a gift to a senator, which would make it legal to own.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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By the same standards they used to confiscate the 33's, these should be confiscated as well. But expecting this government to do anything with consistency is foolish.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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"Maybe this coin was a gift to a senator, which would make it legal to own."
who gave them permission to "give" this coin to a senator?
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