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Valued Member
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This guy was in a box of cents from the bank. (Don't boxes come from the mint? How did it not get detected?) Someone stamped a very three-dimentional portrait of Lincoln onto, well, Lincoln...a red 1955-D cent to be exact. No extra metal is used as you can see from the crater on the reverse. Has anyone else ever seen a coin like this? I don't know how I'm going to store it as it is too tall to fit in a folder.    |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You can try to fit it in a larger 2x2 holder. Try half dollar or large dollar.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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that is a very cool roll find
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Pillar of the Community
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That is very cool! Boxes usually come from private companys (string, brinks etc..) That's a keeper for sure!
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Pillar of the Community
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$25 boxes of cents NEVER come from the Mint. They ship in $40K ballistics bags. The wrapping companies box the coins.
What you have there is a novelty, but it's a novelty that usually sells for $10-$20, so it's a good one. These are privately made, but are somewhat scarce at this point.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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that cent is very creeepy looking
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Normally, I feel sorry for mutilated cents, but I kinda like that one. Very different from the usual counter-stamp.
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Forum Dad
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Wow ... that is a fun one indeed. I say a keeper just for the novelty value! David Edit here ... just checked out Bobby e-pray links ... how in the world does he find this stuff?  Appears that your 55-D fits right into the world of 3-d manipulation. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.artEdited by nickelsearcher
02/01/2011 7:19 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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That is a cool find! But I agree with coppertop...very creepy!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Cool! Did you check it for a RPM!?!
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Valued Member
United States
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Crazy! This is a really cool find! I would be pumped to find this in my searching.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a quarter or something with Carter's likeness like this. You sure it's not a 55 DDO? ;) |
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United States
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I have only seen them due this in peace and Morgan dollars for necklaces and thought they look pretty cool |
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That's pretty cool! Never seen one of those before.
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Bedrock of the Community
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that cent is very creeepy looking
First thing that comes to mind is those horror movies on Saturday night TV. |
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Posted 02/01/2011 6:39 pm
