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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 7887676, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This trio of coins were all likely encased in the 1940s to 1950s.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1360792[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></b></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Coin 1: &quot;Stork Club Lucky Penny&quot;.</b></font></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1360807[/ATTACH] </p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">A 1945 Lincoln cent in an aluminum encasement.&nbsp; Though the coin is now brown and has the faintest whisper of rub on the high points, it was clearly an Uncirculated coin when encased, so I suppose we can date this piece to around the end of World War 2.&nbsp; The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stork_Club" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stork_Club" rel="nofollow"><b>Stork Club</b></a> was a Manhattan nightclub in New York City which operated from 1929 until 1965.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Coin 2: Rexall &quot;Good Luck&quot; token.</b></font></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1360808[/ATTACH] </p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">A 1953-D Wheat cent in an aluminum encasement with stock &quot;KEEP ME AND NEVER GO BROKE&quot; legend, and the horseshoe, four-leafed clover, and wishbone lucky symbols often seen on early- to mid-20th century Good Luck tokens.&nbsp; Again, the coin was clearly Uncirculated when encased, and still has traces of the original mint red around the obverse rims.&nbsp; This was a promotional item for &quot;THE REXALL ONE CENT SALE&quot;, and that price and the condition of the encased coin no doubt places the token sometime around 1953.&nbsp; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rexall" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rexall" rel="nofollow">Rexall</a></b> was an American drugstore chain which operated from 1920 until 1977.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Coin 3: American Museum of Atomic Energy &quot;neutron irradiated&quot; dime.</b></font></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1360809[/ATTACH] </p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">A 1946 silver dime in an aluminum shell with a clear plastic shield over the front, which displays the obverse of the coin.&nbsp; Encased circa late 1940s to early 1950s.&nbsp; Because of the uniface nature of these holders, it is impossible to determine if the encased coin had a mintmark or not.&nbsp; This piece of memorabilia dates to the dawn of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_Age" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_Age" rel="nofollow">Atomic Age</a>, when everything to do with atomic energy was popular.&nbsp; I believe the visitors to the museum provided their own dimes to be irradiated and encased.&nbsp; The radiation was harmless and there is likely little of it that would be detectable today except by a very sophisticated process.&nbsp; There is an excellent short article about these pieces <b><a href="https://orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/medals/irradiated-dimes.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/medals/irradiated-dimes.html" rel="nofollow">here</a></b>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><span style="color: #ffffff">.</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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