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One of the coins in my grandpa's hoard is a 1972D Kennedy. On the reverse there's a sticker that covers pretty much everything inside the rim, that's an ad for a local business. Was that ever really a thing or was it just this business? I know some folks collect counterstamped coins—if this ever was a thing do people collect stickered coins? I'm just curious. Anyway, here's a photo. Can't decide whether to drop it in acetone or leave as is—it is sort of a novelty, and I'm guessing sticker glue over five decades isn't really good for a coin's surface, either.   |
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"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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I remember when I was a kid in the '60's, it wasn't uncommon to find coins with stickers on them for advertising or whatever. Haven't seen one like that in a long time, however.
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That pink penny is way cool! I'm thinking the same. This coin is (obverse-wise) in decent shape, but not good enough to be hugely valuable (and the glue can't have helped), so the novelty is the thing. Funny thing: I'd bet a LOT of money this was an add-in. I have stumbled over a few coins in this stash that were minted after my grandpa died, and my stepdad did an inventory after Mom inherited them—I'm guessing he tossed in some coins of his own along the way. Grandpa fished occasionally, but that really wasn't his thing. My stepdad was an outfitter/guide. |
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I came across these three $1 coins last year that had stickers on them ... Adani wanted to mine for coal in Australia.  |
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When was this happening, Coaster?
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I don't like ADANI !! - Keep the stickers on them !   In most cases though, the stickers would be of little significance to other collectors, and so in most cases, should be removed. A soak in acetone would be the best way to dissolve the glues to make removal easy. Let's hope the glue used is not chemically aggressive to the coin. |
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Placing an advertising sticker on the coinage is one of the few things that you're legally not allowed to do to a coin in America. Folks might remember the hubbub back in 2007 when 20th Century Fox got the bright idea of stickering up a bunch of quarters to advertise their Rise of the Silver Surfer movie. They found out the hard way that this law exists. 18 U.S. Code 475. It's illegal in Australia, too. Those Adani protesters were lucky. Or perhaps just too anonymous to track down. Crimes (Currency) Act 1981, Sect. 16. Stickers qualify as "disfiguring". 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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When was this happening, Coaster? I came across them in October last year ... found in bags obtained from the bank. Not sure how long before that time that the protests took place? |
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In the mid 1970s, Longleat House (a Stately Home in England that has a safari park in its grounds) started putting stickers on 10p coins that were given in change at their gift shop. The idea was that the recipients would spend the coins elsewhere and this would give Longleat free publicity. They abandoned the scheme after many customers refused to accept the coins, saying they'd been defaced. I've never actually seen a British 10p with a Longleat sticker, so I imagine they must be pretty rare nowadays!
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08/16/2021 03:29 am
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In my Hawaiiana Collection. The book is Hawaiian Money, Second Edition, 1991, by Medcalf & Russell 
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Interesting finds.  |
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One person I know of who collect sticker coins is Cliff Mishler, formerly of Krause Publications and Past President of the ANA. I am sure there are others. Advertising stickers on coins seems to have been more common back in the early 20th century, and as mentioned putting advertising on US coins is illegal. |
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OOO! Now I have to keep the sticker. Such a scofflaw!
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