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Forum Kid
Canada
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Howdy folks, check this U.S 1 cent it has a stamp with a crab and the word cancer with some dates! Please I would like to know more about this! Found in a canadian coin roll from the bank! Have a great day folks! umm flail gb    *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Moderator
 United States
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The zodiac symbol of Cancer is dates June 21 - July 22, so it may have been part of a set of the entire zodiac symbols  |
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Valued Member
United States
232 Posts |
I have never seen this one but I have seen US cents with Santa Claus, John F. Kennedy and a heart with "I Love You" in it. I guess folks just do these sometimes.
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Moderator
Australia
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Defacing coinage like this is technically illegal in Canada (and most other countries), but it's perfectly legal to do things like this in America. It seems to have become fashionable to do so back in the 1960s and 1970s, it's a common enough fate for 1970s Lincolns; roll hunters can probably assemble sets of all 12 zodiac signs and all fifty states with minimal effort.
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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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
Cool, never seen a counter-stamped zodiac in all my years of coin hunting.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1157 Posts |
"roll hunters can probably assemble sets of all 12 zodiac signs and all fifty states with minimal effort."
I would have to disagree here. I would think it would be extremely difficult.
Ive found Tennessee and Indiana, thats about it. And no zodiacs. Feel free to list the States you have found counterstamped in your cents while coin hunting.
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Valued Member
United States
330 Posts |
I have found around 7 of the states and I have found one of the zodiac cents. Nice find you have there.
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Pillar of the Community
1325 Posts |
The fact you got a Canadian roll of cents from the bank is more amazing than a counterstamped US cent. I asked my banks what they do with forgiegn coins and they said they avoid them. I even told them I would pay them US for them if they found any, but even a single Canadian cent if they see it, they must reject it because it isn't money here.  I have never found a state or much any other counterstamp, only a 4-leaf clover on a cent, and Lincoln stamped on a Kennedy. I actually think I remember a long time ago people putting these "lucky penny"s in those little keychain bottles and selling them, so the one I got must have come from one of those broken open. no telling what kind of novelty items you could find from the 70s like that. Makes me wonder if more puns exist, like a cent with bread on it. a "penny loaf"? |
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Forum Kid
 Canada
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Oh wow thanks everyone for your responses and feedback! Greatly appreciated, now how much would you consider it be worth?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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now how much would you consider it be worth? As far as I know, counterstamps typically don't increase the value of the coin. More of a curiosity than a collectible. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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They typically sell for around a dollar.
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New Member
United States
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6 boxs and no zodiac iam gonna say it would be extremely difficult to find at least I have something new too look for wouldn't mind saving a few cents with them on it just for fun! Kinda wish the mint would do something like this but not on the large scale of say the State Quarters maybe more like 1 in every 50k would have some kind of small stamp |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1116 Posts |
At one time I was thinking of starting a collection of counter strikes but decided against it. I did have quite a few but turned them in for somebody else to collect.
Is anybody out there collecting them at all?
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Pillar of the Community
Korea, Republic Of
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Here's one I have which I received as change when I went to the US, also a 1973 Lincoln; this one is Kennedy.  Anyone got a Lincoln on a Kennedy half? Edited by Matteproof
08/23/2014 04:08 am
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