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Well.... this is cheating. I didn’t actually get these. At a friend’s parents house and somehow coins come up and they asked me to look at these for them. The classic, “we have taken them to coin dealers and they will only offer bullion price.” I told them that is just about right. But I would offer $20 a coin. No deal. Super nice people but I wasn’t going to hassle. Was glad I got to play with them.

 

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Die state? Mm position?

 

Got a 2020 Lincoln Cent in change today at the grocery store

 

This rolled in yesterday.

 

Here is a Karl Goetz satirical medal from World War I. In “Entente Loans to Russia,” he pokes fun at the British and French who lost huge amounts of money when the Bolsheviks repudiated loans to the czarist government in 1918.

 

And here’s the slab it came in. Dynamite would be required to dislodge it.

 

Here's something fun that showed up today:

 

I remember that. Good one!

 

I’ve wanted an example of this spelling error for awhile.

 

I like some wear and tear on my CWT’s. And there’s so many cool ones to collect from.

 

my new 1902 O

 

Man, I wish this was a real coin. Excellent!

 

Someone has to save the uglies.....

 

More blackened goodness.....

 

Nothing rare about this, but it's a nice addition to my Terminal Die State collection.

 

On its way. Did not buy, when it first came out. Seller’s generic picture.

 

Just got this baby last week:

 

Got this one two weeks ago:

 

This one came last week: not a US coin, but part of the US set.