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kuntryoutlaw New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 07/30/2006 8:23 pm Image: old penny.jpg 48.28 KB Image: back penny.jpg 41.5 KB Report this Post to the Staff

Irishraider Pillar of the Community United States 1454 Posts	Posted 07/30/2006 8:28 pm Holy moly! What the heck is that thing? Looks like a genuine 1851 Large Cent alright. Looks like someone has done a little altering though. You might wait until some of the others chime in but I don't think it is worth much now except for maybe a novelty item. I could be wrong, as the saying goes, it wouldn't be the first time and surely won't be the last. Lets say, if it hadn't been altered as such and the condition of the rest of it, I would have put this at a grade of around VF-30 with a RedBook value of approximately $40. Edited by Irishraider 07/30/2006 8:32 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Irishraider Pillar of the Community United States 1454 Posts	Posted 07/30/2006 8:38 pm The picture of the one bobby posted in your earlier post is what it should look like. Click here: http://www.coincommunity.com/coin_f...ge_cents.asp Report this Post to the Staff
Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 07/30/2006 8:41 pm The coin has been hammered into this shape , and reduced to a novelty,, no numismatic value it will however have some value as a novelty, I have no Idea what that value maybe only the advertising and sale will answer that question. Rick Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 07/30/2006 9:15 pm Unless it is an awfully rare date, unfortunately it would not be worth too much. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
Irishraider Pillar of the Community United States 1454 Posts	Posted 07/30/2006 9:47 pm This is a lesson for you kiddies at home. Never beat your coins! Take good care of them and they will take good care of you. Report this Post to the Staff
sn31 Pillar of the Community United States 773 Posts	Posted 07/30/2006 10:10 pm And I thought my spooned penny was odd.Somebody had too much time on their hands :) Report this Post to the Staff
kuntryoutlaw New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 07/30/2006 10:29 pm i want to thank everyone for the help I am just now starting on coin collecting. about the only other things I found were 2 Buffalo nickels and 5 liberty head nickels from 1904 to 1909 and about 10 wheat pennies. Report this Post to the Staff
Berry Valued Member United States 394 Posts	Posted 07/30/2006 10:42 pm Kuntryoutlaw, why don't you try to donate the coin to a musem and if they will allow you enough, take a charitable contribution for the coin, is it feasible, probably, won't know until you try it. You can call it a oddity or rarity or whatever, as long as you get a piece of paper with the value listed on it with a letterhead from the organization. Berry Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16837 Posts	Posted 07/31/2006 04:08 am It was mentioned in the other thread that octagonal territory gold with the same date was being struck. Could this coin be an attempt at making (or at least someone starting to make) a fake gold coin out of a cent? Would it qualify as a "contemporary counterfeit"? There doesn't seem to be any trace of gold paint on it... 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 Report this Post to the Staff
Irishraider Pillar of the Community United States 1454 Posts	Posted 07/31/2006 5:25 pm quote: Originally posted by kuntryoutlaw i want to thank everyone for the help I am just now starting on coin collecting. about the only other things I found were 2 Buffalo nickels and 5 liberty head nickels from 1904 to 1909 and about 10 wheat pennies. Did somebody say Liberty Head Nickels? What years did you find of those? Report this Post to the Staff
kuntryoutlaw New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 08/01/2006 11:34 pm the dates on the liberty head nickels are 1904, 1907, 1909 and 1910 Report this Post to the Staff
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