That 1919 is handsome. I don't find many 1920's... teens are nearly impossible around here.
Everything comes full circle.... History repeats itself!!
I will totally find out once I receive the coin. Get that money back and put it back into another nice bronze coin.
Think it's worth treating..? Would be my first time. Definitely educational.
25 plus shipping here. Considering trying to treat.
Ill take a look today. I am not sure if I gave them away already or not.
Lick it and tell us if its battery acid! :P
My recent branch into ancient coins has lead me to some reading, browsing articles on Roman coinage, etc. I just threw out a bid, and 3 weeks...
I have a couple of those. If you're interested maybe I can find them for you.
May be real, but if its been manipulated in any way it becomes just a gag gift, aka a novelty. What did you expect?
Looks like a novelty to me.
Damage.
Crimper damage. Very common coin. Not sure who pioneered this term on here but DEFDAM :/ not a strikethrough.
Ha. I was going to crack this joke but came back a half-hour later to see you beat me to it.
My advice... Keep that. That would be a centerpiece of my collection- the fact it was a gift from someone who cared enough to gift it to you says...
You're very welcome, Tiggy! Welcome to CoinTalk :)
Didn't help that she had my teenage father back in 1989... Either way, The coin is probably still in that lab. I bet this years sophomores and...
We also had to scrape them, too. Little sandpaper scratches on the rim for ours. May explain why there is a lack of a rim on this example?
Wasn't my choice. They re-used ones from the year before, and my older-lady teacher refused to admit that other coins were copper and not zinc....
This was used in a high school project, I believe. They take an iron compound, and I think a sodium-iodine solution and drop the penny in it. It...
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