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Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 >   LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 06-26-2009, 09:38 PM   #1 (permalink) USS656 Darryl - Numismatist     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Steeler Nation Posts: 4,164 My Mood: Lincoln Cent Literally Struck Through New candidate for dead president series? - just kidding - not sure if I really care for the symbolism. Some church must have done this. Makes you stop and take notice that is for sure! Could not believe it when I found it in a friends coin jar. He didn't know it was in there. Thoughts??? Attached Thumbnails   __________________ Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. http://www.banknotebank.com/?collection=uss656   06-26-2009, 09:53 PM   #2 (permalink) mralexanderb Coin Collector     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,964 My Mood: Definitely, post mint damage!! Bruce __________________ This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.   06-26-2009, 09:55 PM   #3 (permalink) USS656 Darryl - Numismatist     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Steeler Nation Posts: 4,164 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by mralexanderb Definitely, post mint damage!! Bruce You Think __________________ Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. http://www.banknotebank.com/?collection=uss656   06-26-2009, 10:40 PM   #4 (permalink) Razor Senior Member   Join Date: May 2009 Location: Old School Posts: 172 Interesting. Isn't it technically illegal to do that to US coins?   06-26-2009, 10:42 PM   #5 (permalink) USS656 Darryl - Numismatist     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Steeler Nation Posts: 4,164 My Mood: 1st thought - seperation of church and state??? 2nd thought - no idea... __________________ Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. http://www.banknotebank.com/?collection=uss656   06-26-2009, 11:31 PM   #6 (permalink) urbanchemist US/WORLD CURRENCY JUNKIE     Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: SOUTH FLORIDA Posts: 835 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by Razor Interesting. Isn't it technically illegal to do that to US coins? well i know they have machines that flatten them out then print something else on it. cant see how this is any worse IMO __________________ THE CHICAGO COLLECTION(404 NOTES SO FAR) http://www.banknotebank.com/user_vie...NUTZFORCHITOWN CHECK OUT MY CURRENCY COLLECTION: http://www.banknotebank.com/?collection=urbanchemist (441 NOTES UP RIGHT NOW)   06-26-2009, 11:35 PM   #7 (permalink) TheNoost huldufolk     Join Date: May 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 4,281 My Mood: Thats odd, just last week a guy at the bank was showing one of those off. Maybe some organization is trying to save a massive hoard of zinc crosses? __________________   06-26-2009, 11:48 PM   #8 (permalink) k9brain Junior Member     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Jersey Shore Posts: 79 I thought I was the only one who had one of these. Attached Images     06-26-2009, 11:55 PM   #9 (permalink) Joshycfl Senior Member     Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 419 My Mood: Blog Entries: 1 I'm not seeing anything here... maybe another picture at a different angle?.... __________________ JoshyCFL Coins   06-27-2009, 12:05 AM   #10 (permalink) tmoneyeagles Indian Buffalo Gatherer     Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Antonio Posts: 6,314 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by mralexanderb Definitely, post mint damage!! Bruce I was thinking the exact opposite... LOL!!! A very interesting find... A pretty cool one IMO, and I'd say a keeper __________________ From The Desk Of, -T$ (Kokapowan Tribe Leader) http://www.tmoneyeagles.webs.com/   06-27-2009, 12:06 AM   #11 (permalink) d.t.menace Member   Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: N.E.Ohio Posts: 140 They're both 2000's.Something to do with the millenium?   06-27-2009, 12:43 AM   #12 (permalink) krispy krispy     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 2,591 My Mood: coin desecration!   06-27-2009, 12:47 AM   #13 (permalink) krispy krispy     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 2,591 My Mood: Here's the culprit, you can order some for yourself too! http://www.crosspennyministries.com   06-27-2009, 12:48 AM   #14 (permalink) krispy krispy     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 2,591 My Mood: " The penny is the least of our coins in America and to many people, it is almost worthless. Though some find it hard to believe that something with such a small monetary value can mean so much just by stamping a cross into it," LOL!   06-27-2009, 02:11 AM   #15 (permalink) CamaroDMD Dental Student     Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,374 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by krispy " The penny is the least of our coins in America and to many people, it is almost worthless. Though some find it hard to believe that something with such a small monetary value can mean so much just by stamping a cross into it," LOL! Why is that funny, I'm sure it does mean something to some people. __________________ The Truth About "O" Mint Morgan Dollars   Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 > Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. 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