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Press Manager
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 Littleton Coin Company - Collectors are like snowflakes - each one is unique - and has their own opinion on subjects like: what is better to collect, how a certain coin should be graded, and, in general, numismatics. One thing I think all collectors can agree on is that the future of coin collecting will be pretty grim if we don't spark an interest with the younger generations. Truth be told, if we don't encourage future generations to collect, this popular hobby will eventually disappear. As Customer Service representatives at Littleton Coin Company, we hear encouraging stories every day from parents, grandparents and other family members about how they are doing their part to help keep the hobby going for the kids of tomorrow. Recently I spoke with one Littleton customer, Kenneth L. of Ohio, who told me his wonderfully unique way to introduce local youth to the hobby of coin collecting. Kenneth is a Little League umpire. For the last six years, he has traveled from his home in Ohio to the Cooperstown Dreams Park, a baseball park for Little League teams, just down the road from the famous Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. Kenneth, a retired machinist, spends several weekends each summer as an umpire for a variety of Little League teams that play at the Dreams Park. Read the Entire Article
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3080 Posts |
That's a great story! Thanks for sharing it.
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Moderator
United States
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Interesting article. Good to see the efforts of some to perpetuate our hobby.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Say what you will about Littleton, but they do promote the hobby and give busy people easy options for collecting.
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
591 Posts |
I can't for the life of me figure out what is meant by "reprocessed" ("Now own a complete 3-coin set of 1943 reprocessed Steel cents!").
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Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
My father before he passed away used to buy coin sets from Littleton which I eventually inherited. I believe one of the sets were the "reprocessed" 1943 steel cents -- all three mint marks. They are original steel cents but they've been cleaned or coated or somehow "reprocessed" to look like new coins that came out of the mint. They are nice but I suspect they've lost any numismatic value through whatever process they went through. They are in my Lincoln Cent Dansco album right now but I expect to replace them in the future with some non-reprocessed examples. If I get get a chance I will post a picture of what they look like. |
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I can't for the life of me figure out what is meant by "reprocessed" Fancy way of saying that the cent has been cleaned up and the protective zinc coating has been reapplied. |
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Forum Dad
United States
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Reprocessed steel cents can be spotted a mile away once you see them next to the real thing. They look kind of chrome or a word I made up.... "liquidy"
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United States
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I never realized it until the first time I saw a "real" MS steel cent at a con show. I am not sure how I failed the notice the peculiar surfaces before then. The reprocessed cents became forever "strange" to me.
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