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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 1267210, member: 31533&quot;]OP on other thread gave provenance: &quot;Well the short story is there was an old friend of the family that horded some wheat pennies over the years. I have acquired them (about 6000) and searched through about half of them so far. There are some from 1909 to 1958 and everything between including a bunch of steels from 1943. I have also found 5 Indian heads so far, a 1914s cent and 5 mercury dimes mixed in with them. This was one of the mercury dimes.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, really I have no idea where it came from originally or how long ago he had acquired it. Could have been 30 years ago or 3 years ago...&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t192049/#ixzz1YEEkur2X" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t192049/#ixzz1YEEkur2X"></a>True, if over the years was in group of coins hoarded, who knows how long ago someone acquired it, but how does a fairly recent cast copy get into same hoard, since presumably someone hoarding wheaties at least looks at the dates. Can&#039;t always expect them to look at details, but dates and mintmarks is common for people to look at and wonder if they have a valuable coin. From the looks of the penny, if a recent chinese counterfeit, strange that it should be in with 6000 &quot;hoarded&quot; wheats that also incl a cast 1916-D dime. IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s up?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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