Or they could have placed under the uneven leg of the coffee table for several years :)
Although it's been a while since I found any in circulation, finding any pre-WWII Lincoln is fun. I've found 1910, 1911, 1915, and two or three...
I enjoy American history, so I enjoy these threads. Until I read the original post, I didn't realize part of the tercentenary involved erecting a...
Roger that!
If not the mint mark, then you're referring to the "JF WC" initials which stand for John Flannigan/William Cousins. In either case, any variations...
I see a line from the base of the neck to the D mint mark and "We Trust" is very mushy, but neither look like anything special. Roosevelt dimes...
Thanks. Now I'm gonna have that Sonny & Cher tune stuck in my head for the next three days. Fun thread otherwise.:)
You mean you just walked into Dunkin' Donuts and took money off the counter? You cad!! ;)
I interpreted it as a fully struck penny which found its way into a nickel press.
It's a shame the OP never came back with the graded piece.
Are you sure that's not a mint error?? (running and ducking...)
Yes, thanks for posting that. I sometimes start snarky threads like this one but I intend them to be light (although they may not come across that...
I wish y'all would stop posting these fantasy threads about mythical W quarters. There's no such thing. Everybody knows W quarters don't exist...
Interesting times in the U.S. back then... the end of the gold standard, the oil embargo, runaway inflation, and the Hunt brothers buying all the...
I had to double check to make sure I wasn't reading an article from The Onion.
Probably not Nb. From the article... Two attendees at the Feb. 25 first-strike ceremony at the Philadelphia Mint indicated to Coin World that the...
Let us know if you get any gold in your surprise packet.
Coin World is reporting the latest on the upcoming basketball commemorative series: 2020 W proof $5 gold 2020 W unc $5 gold...
The only one that sticks in my memory is the "lucky silver dollar" episode of Superman. Clark Kent gets surprised by a bad guy who shoots him...
You would think so, yes, but unfortunately bubbles and blistering are the norm for Lincoln cents made after 1982 when they started using copper...
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