Really? Forty West Point mint marks?
PM me your mailing address and I'll put a runner-up prize in the mail.
It looks like we have a winner! @WildWest, if you can provide me a mailing address I will get your prize in the mail. (I don' t recommend you...
I think this thread sets the record for getting the farthest off-topic in the shortest amount of time :rolleyes::):banghead::blackalien:
Are you sure it was your car?? :nailbiting:
I got excited earlier today when I saw the distinct spinning wheel of a Lowell quarter in my change from the Coke machine. Alas, just a Philly,...
Likely referring to Robert J. Grant, Director of the Mint, 1923-1933
No harm, no foul, LOL. One of the pitfalls of the written word on the internet.
I think he meant post-1982 Lincoln cents. After I looked unsuccessfully for post #82 it dawned on me :)
I suspect this is right which, of course, is the sole reason the mint added the cent in the first place. Mint sales have been declining for years...
Good luck everybody. I'm surprised no one has made a claim yet. I'm still looking, too, but I'm not eligible to win. :happy:
Congrats on the low-cost score. I agree it wouldn't make any difference if you removed them. Personally, I wouldn't because I find the govt...
So nobody can explain the Magnum Opus label? All I could find out is that there are 600 of them. Apparently, PCGS made up a whole bunch of special...
Pretty colorful description of the coin. "The captain administering the coup de grace to one sucker while another waits it's turn?" "The Half...
Be careful, those could really hurt someone dropped from that altitude!
They don't. The reporter paraphrasing the original story doesn't understand what she's writing. There were 7 varieties of 1982 cents. The 1982-D...
It's fascinating to look at the erosion of the story. The original story in an Oklahoma paper, mostly correct. A TV station in Alabama picks up...
I love this site, so much history presented here. Inspires me to learn more. Hudson, NY is named after Henry Hudson, the English Explorer who...
The comical part (to me) is that they go to the bother and expense to include both a plastic bag and a paper envelope to contain the cent, then...
Neat coin. Everyone should read the linked story, too. The (probably fictional) tale of Josh Tatum would have made a good Mark Twain short story.
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