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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cwtokenman, post: 139637, member: 2100&quot;]Sounds like a nice encased, Midas. Any pics?</p><p><br /></p><p>Encased coins first appeared in 1901, containing 1901 Indian Head cents. Issuers believed people would be less likely to toss their advertising away if there was a coin in it. Good luck slogans were added in hopes that the piece would be referred to more often, making it a more effective form of advertising.</p><p><br /></p><p>While typically the coin used would be the year of issue, the prior year was also often used if the current year&#039;s coins were not readily available. A small percentage of encased coins used non-comtemporaneous coins, such as large cents or silver dollars to represent something special, such as the founding year of the business. But there are considerable examples as well where the original coin has been replaced with a lesser coin, due to the original&#039;s high grade or rare date. There are telltale features if this has been done if anyone is interested.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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