1957-D Wheat Cent That Was Converted Into A Political Ad

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Johnathan55 Valued Member United States 128 Posts	Posted 06/10/2018 12:39 am I wasn't sure if I should've posted this in the US coins forum or the token forum, so I flipped a coin. Found in a grab bag of coins, the cent itself still has some nice mint luster on it. I wish that Everett W. Smith had chosen to encapsulate a 1909-S VDB to use for his ad here, but this coin is nice too. "Keep me and never go broke." Very neat way to advertise, but I have to say that giving supporters of your campaign magical wheat cents that generate wealth seems like cheating, or at least a violation of campaign finance laws. Report this Post to the Staff

mtuma3 Pillar of the Community United States 744 Posts	Posted 06/10/2018 01:37 am Not sure if it ads value very much, but pretty cool anyway... Mark ANA Member My7070 Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4591 Posts	Posted 06/10/2018 10:37 am Pretty sure back in the day there were no campaign finance laws... -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 06/10/2018 12:50 pm The Encased Cents were made to advertise, back then politics was treated quite a bit more civilly and freely across all venues, people knew who the real enemies were...including on coin forums. That would make a great start of a Encased Coin collection, I'm working on getting an Indian Head one now! Edited by Crazyb0 06/10/2018 12:53 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 06/10/2018 1:22 pm Great example! to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188213 Posts	Posted 06/10/2018 4:07 pm Very nice! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
kbbpll Pillar of the Community United States 4233 Posts	Posted 06/10/2018 11:05 pm Cool piece. "Keep me and never go broke" is pretty common on these. I don't agree with the design though - the tips of a horseshoe are supposed to point up, so your luck won't run out. Report this Post to the Staff
HoboNickelCarver Pillar of the Community United States 717 Posts	Posted 06/11/2018 12:23 am Interesting design and use of a Wheat cent. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 06/11/2018 08:24 am It's a Fankhauser encasement and there is a modest collector base for those. Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5239 Posts	Posted 06/11/2018 09:19 am Even the most common Encased Cents sell for a few dollars. Yours is in excellent shape. I would keep it. There were hundreds if not thousands of varities. These were given out instead of cheap pens back then. Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74064 Posts	Posted 06/11/2018 12:24 pm Pretty neat and cool! Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
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