Anyone know anything about this penny?

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It's called a counter-stamped coin, not done by the mint. It's not something most people collect, it's just a novelty item. That said, some people do collect them...I even have a few.

 

It's magic. Somebody like Home Shopping Network takes a penny worth $0.01, spends $0.07 to stamp Kennedy's profile in Lincoln's face, and all of a sudden, it's worth $1.98 plus P&H.

 

It is a novelty or what some call a non-commemorative commemorative coin. Meaning while it commemorates something it was not made by the Mint by but by someone else after it left the mint. There are multiple variations; Kennedy, a U.S. or State map, the liberty bell. I have seen a couple that have different City Zoos on them. Ironically the last one I owned had the Vancouver Aquarium on an American penny. They are on Ebay for a couple of bucks each usually.

 

Sometimes they come with a card listing the AMAZING similarities between the two presidents.

 

your lincoln/kennedy cent originally came attached to a card with common facts about both men, sold as a novelty... see here http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...enny.TRS0&_nkw=lincoln+kennedy+penny&_sacat=0

 

Almost time

 

@Nickbender83

 

"Truly a collectors item" the TPG should start using that. Another special label.

 

Then they would charge extra!

 

A couple more curiosities if anyone's interested.

 

If you recently purchased this coin from eBay, I am the seller. I purchased several of these (misc subject matter) from a dealer in Oklahoma City when I was visiting there from Idaho. I almost didn't sell it because I thought it was interesting, but I had two of them and sold one and kept one. I hope you enjoyed it and left me positive feedback. (Smile).

 

Personally, if I were Abe, I'd complain about JFK invading my personal space, but that's just me.

 

Cool thinks

 

Hope you enjoyed it. I will be listing other Counter Stamp coins in eBay soon. Small world that I would find my sold item here. Bret.

 

So I should keep it?

 

Yes!

 

I found it in a roll of pennys