These elongated cents have become popular to some World's Fair collectors, I don't normally collect them but I bought this one and it turned out to be super rare one with only two known to exist. Now all I gotta do is figure out if it's worth anything other than bragging rights! In the Charbneau So Called Dollars book it talks about this smashed cent with the initials CMJ, I wish people cared about this, but I haven't heard of anything yet. Just sharing, I bought something special but what would be more special is for it to be worth big money!
Sorry to burst your bubble but I’m afraid you’ve misunderstood the excerpt from the book. There were two “styles” with the initials, not two coins. You have a cal-ppie-2 elongated cent. Recently sold for $34 on EBay. Cool elongated none the less! https://www.ebay.com/itm/205049401432 https://archive.org/details/ElongatedCoinsFromThe1915to1916CaliforniaExpositions/mode/1up
No bubble here as it don't really matter but in the book I referenced it goes even further, yes maybe two different versions instead of only two smashed cents I can accept that as I never thought I would get rich off it. That said if you ever get the chance check out the book I've shown as it talks about the Charbneau so called dollars that also have the CMJ. Here's the Charbneau scd HK-487 I own but mine doesn't have the CMJ, guess I struck out again!
That’s a beauty and with Christmas just 50 days away it would make a very nice addition to my collection.
I’ll keep an eye out for a copy, I have a soft spot for expo exonumia. I dig that medal, cover model coinage!
Yeah I have a small collection of 1915 PPIE stuff including the two gold coins here's the quarter eagle, didn't grade as well as I wanted but for me they never do.
