A Minor Conundrum...

If there are letters, they are not at all legible. Just appears as a house shaped bump in the glass.

 

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Well it is still vintage. A precious one. I had one when I was a little girl. Then we did not know. Considerate special I say.

 

I was hoping. As letter would be there as that narrows it down a lot.

 

Get a thin paper and a soft lead pencil and scratch on the paper the embossed area. It may come out on the paper.

 

Five minutes with my letter opener and I have a stack of wheat cents and a hungry pig. Thanks for the help.

 

Awesome! I love Lincolns! That will be fun!

 

Any key dates ? I bought my clear glass piggy bank at my Walmart for $3.00 about 10 years ago. No mark on the bottom. Guessing a modern reproduction. I like the color on your piggy bank.

 

Looking at your picture, I see nothing but '09-SVDB, '22-plain, and '55 doubled dies. But my eyes aren't very good any more, so...

 

Told ya! Good job my friend and now you have to make the time to check them out.

 

Here is a link to Ebay to see which bank is like yours. Link: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr...&_odkw=glass+coin+piggy+bankvintage&_osacat=0

The vintage banks have a different bottom than my reproduction.

 

@Randy Abercrombie …about 30 min too late I fear…you should have used a plastic knife to avoid metal-on-metal contact…like those you get from take-out or picnics.

Let us know what you find…Spark

 

Scoured through them quickly while I ate my sandwich. No 09-S, VDB's or 55 double dies in the batch.... About what you would expect;
One 1919-D
Four - 1930's
Fifty - 1940's
Sixty-four 1950's

 

Good call.... All I got was the house shape though.

 

You did pretty decent especially with the 1919-D hard to find first decade wheaties with a mm either CRH or piggy bank cent pickin.

 

The 50's Denver branch mints are notorious for repunched mint marks, many of which just jump right out at you. Just a 10X loupe, no high-powered microscope required.

 

http://www.varietyvista.com/

 

Hey Randy, maybe try Silly Putty (or something like it)? Press evenly onto the bottom and carefully peel away. It may show more impressions than you can detect with the naked eye.

 

This was a fun post @Randy Abercrombie

 

That is great!

 

Hmmmm! Ok! Let me check something.