1943 Copper Wheat Cent Found!!!!!!

I cant beilve this! A 1943 copper wheat cent was found by a teenager in his school lunch! That's insane! They put it on heratige auctions starting bid at 100,000. If I was this kid, I would keep it.

https://www.foxnews.com/science/hol...h-1-7m-after-it-was-found-in-boys-lunch-money

https://coins.ha.com/itm/lincoln-ce...362.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515

 

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Wow. Amazing. I would sell it for 1.7 million.

 

Realize that he has already kept it for 70 years.

 

The owner died in September so he never got to enjoy the monetary rewards of his find. The joy of owning this coin is priceless though.

 

The article seems to suggest that RECENTLY a child found this rare and valuable US cent in his lunch money or something. It is almost click bait. The title of the article should have been: "RARE and VALUABLE penny to be auctioned after it was found in 1947 and held all these years."

 

I believe it was found in the lunch room but it was like 70 years ago.

 

See?! That's why I hunt.

 

The legend is true and this is the discovery piece! What exactly is the 20% "Buyers Premium"?

 

I believe 'they' once claimed this coin never existed. Goes to show ya, ignore half of what you hear and doubt the second half.

 

The title of this thread is misleading, click bait.

 

This was part of our local history. It was found in Pittsfield , Ma when he was a kid. I didn't have to read the article as it was also in Numismatic News. Shame though that he was in a nursing home as all he wanted was to sell this and die at home.

 

Well that part of the story definitely sucks for sure.

 

No "almost" about it. Just like 90%+ of ALL news lately, it IS clickbait. Journalism died when the Internet took off.

 

One side would claim 'fair market' results and all that though. "Freedom" I think one side likes to tout.

 

"Freedom's just another word for nuthin' left to lose..."

 

Whatever your final bid is add 20%

 

We likes to call it "house vig".

 

Some would argue all is already lost. It'd be hard to argue.

 

"and Freedom, that's all that Bobby left me."

"Me and Bobby McGee" Janis Joplin, singer, Kris Kristofferson, writer

 

What if you were the person in the lunch line in front of the guy and you used THE COIN to buy your lunch and he got it in his return change...