I don't think that was a "steel" penny.
It looks like it goes all the way from rim to rim.
Yes, very nice.
Chris, perhaps you do know my wife after all. LOL
I was born in 1943 and have saved all of them that I have found. That's a lot of steel pennies. I have never seen any big market for them.
That would be 7 and a half years - right?
My wife was born in 1947 and she is not old either. In fact, I knew that a long time age when on her 25th birthday I gave her a Happy Quarter...
Perhaps for the obverse, but, the regular pattern on the reverse is not the result of sandblasting.
Perhaps a strike through of some kind on the reverse, a thin fabric. The reverse is dull and shallow while the obverse has more complete depth...
The reverse wasn't sandblasted.
It would be nice to see the obverse.
I don't know if you remember, but I do. We had to get on the city bus and go downtown to the Public Library to do our searches. The internet and...
It looks like you have the internet. You can find everything you need by searching.
One of those History channels had a piece on Jesse James. Jesse was having fun with his gang members. Cocked his gun and they stepped back. He...
Nice find. Welcome to CT.
Great. I feel the same. I collect mostly for date, mint and eye appeal. Mildly circulated coins have a character that you don't get with MS.
In 1948 my aunt gave me an 1885 nickel and an 1883 without cents nickel. I was 5 years old. I found that, at the time, the 1885 was worth $5....
I guess Awesome!
When you look at all the wear on the stars, nicks and bangs around the rim, I don't see anywhere near AU.
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