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Old 06-26-2009, 09:38 PM   #1 (permalink)
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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.

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Old 06-26-2009, 09:53 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Definitely, post mint damage!!

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Old 06-26-2009, 09:55 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 06-27-2009, 12:05 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I was thinking the exact opposite... LOL!!!


A very interesting find... A pretty cool one IMO, and I'd say a keeper
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Old 06-26-2009, 10:40 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Interesting. Isn't it technically illegal to do that to US coins?
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Old 06-26-2009, 10:42 PM   #6 (permalink)
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1st thought - seperation of church and state???

2nd thought - no idea...
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Old 06-26-2009, 11:31 PM   #7 (permalink)
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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
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Old 06-27-2009, 05:40 PM   #8 (permalink)
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well i know they have machines that flatten them out then print something else on it. cant see how this is any worse IMO
Good point. I could've sworn there was a federal law against defacing coins and currency. I could be wrong.
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Old 06-27-2009, 06:37 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Good point. I could've sworn there was a federal law against defacing coins and currency. I could be wrong.
This was presented earlier in the thread:

"In general altering US coins and currency to the extent that they must be removed from circulation remains a federal offense. Per http://www.usmint.gov/consumer/18USC331.cfm?flash=no"
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Old 06-27-2009, 07:09 PM   #10 (permalink)
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***Sorry, but you haven't really made any point of view here nor taken a side in the debate. This is just restating the issues of the debate and also repeating what I offered to the forum in the informative article linked to. As you said, you 'personally don't care' which is troubling since you added "2 cents" to the thread and this is a numismatic issue as well as a forum for thoughts and opinions therein. I'd enjoy knowing what you and others think, especially from a numismatists POV, and what solutions there might be to the issue... and I thought you cared! =)
My response was to your ridiculing the web site. All I have said is that their statement the cent has become almost worthless and that their stamping can add value to someone is a valid point. The cent is basically worthless...what can you buy for a cent? Nothing. Would a symbol like this mean something to someone...yes, it probably would. It might not to you or I, but to someone it would. You're comment of "LOL" to their statement that "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" was both rude and insensitive. That was my "2 cents" to this discussion.

Personally, I think it would be kind of a neat find in my change to find one of these. I tend to like finding various unique stampings on coins and I hang on to them as "fun finds." As for the government discontinuing the cent or not...that's what I don't care about. If it was up to me, I would get rid of it because it is worthless...retailers would adapt. But, in the end...I really don't care (same goes for the half dollar).

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Old 06-26-2009, 11:35 PM   #11 (permalink)
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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?
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I thought I was the only one who had one of these.
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I'm not seeing anything here... maybe another picture at a different angle?....
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Old 06-27-2009, 12:06 AM   #14 (permalink)
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They're both 2000's.Something to do with the millenium?
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Old 06-27-2009, 12:43 AM   #15 (permalink)
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