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  1. David Setree Rare Coins

    David Setree Rare Coins Well-Known Member

    Thoroughly beat up after it left the mint.
     
    David Setree Rare Coins, Nov 2, 2017
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  3. davidh

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    It looks like the copper coating has been removed; I would think it might have been used as an anode to plate something else copper.
     
    davidh, Nov 2, 2017
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  4. Lemme Caution

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    THIS is why I should have taken my chemistry and physics classes more seriously! :(
     
    Lemme Caution, Nov 2, 2017
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  5. SilverWilliesCoinsdotcom

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    How about Leroy Henning? He counterfeited NICKELS in 1944. Famous story. Google him up.
     
    SilverWilliesCoinsdotcom, Nov 3, 2017
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  6. SilverWilliesCoinsdotcom

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    Perhaps it is a modern day Portrait of Dorian Gray, and the cent you have is representative of the actual state of the US Economy and level of morality in Congress?
     
    SilverWilliesCoinsdotcom, Nov 3, 2017
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  7. Lemme Caution

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    Penny wise and nickel foolish. :bucktooth:
     
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  8. Gregg

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    Looks like a 1909 VDB Matte Proof to me.
     
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  9. Lemme Caution

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    Ouch, oooch, yikes and OMG...here ye sure be skating on some of that thin touchin'-on-political ice. Best ye fer sure beware o' yon scurvy word pirates, me lad. :muted:
     
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  10. Lemme Caution

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    I was needin' a good har dee har har...and I got one! :joyful:
     
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  11. SilverWilliesCoinsdotcom

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    Thin political ice indeed, ugh... imagine the swamp frozen over... DEMS vs REPUBS in a hockey game... suddenly, a mysterious crackling sound...
    AND THE CROWD GOES WILD!!!!
     
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  12. Lemme Caution

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  13. SilverWilliesCoinsdotcom

    SilverWilliesCoinsdotcom Well-Known Member

    You made me think here:

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    SilverWilliesCoinsdotcom, Nov 3, 2017
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  15. Lemme Caution

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    Chordettes.jpg
    A COLORIZED Special Edition of the Chordettes Anniversary Golden Eagle Double Doubloon, circa 1950 something or other....
     
    Lemme Caution, Nov 3, 2017
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  16. chascat

    chascat Well-Known Member

    That's the 09VDB cent which was sent back to Earth after the Martians cleaned up all that junk we left in their ATV Park.
     
    chascat, Nov 3, 2017
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  17. Lemme Caution

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    Well, thank the stars they put the necessary finishing touches on it. Now off to the Franklin Mint it goes for their Glories of Christmas Collection. :artist:
     
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  18. Jersey magic man

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    That made me think of the Andy Griffith talk on football. Sorry I don't have a copy of that.
     
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  19. Conder101

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  20. Lemme Caution

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    We can just imagine! :happy:
     
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  21. montynj3417

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    The contributor who suggested "stuck in a fuse box" likely has the right of it.
     
    montynj3417, Nov 4, 2017
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