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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 588178, member: 16948&quot;]Here&#039;s another coin from my private collection that I just had Todd photograph for me.&nbsp; This one has sentimental history for me.&nbsp; If any of you have read my story on my website, you&#039;ll know that I got my start in coins when I inherited a set from my aunt several years ago.&nbsp; This coin used to be housed in a an old yellowed 2x2 cardboard flip and is the last coin that I still have from that original set.&nbsp; I kept it because it was so unique and pretty, and it reminded me of my aunt and how she got me started in coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, last year I brought it to a Long Beach show and showed it to several people.&nbsp; Two out of four dealers I showed it to thought it might be the elusive 1942 struck on a zinc planchet.&nbsp; So I asked all my dealer friends and searched high and low for a simple magnet - I couldn&#039;t believe that no one had one!&nbsp; Then the dealer right across from me who sells jewelry and knick knacks happened to have a refrigerator maget!&nbsp; So I held it up to my coin and EURIKA!&nbsp; The magnet stuck!&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t believe it.&nbsp; My heart leaped right out of my chest, and I was already trying to find out how much a zinc 1942 Lincoln was worth.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Then, of course, my bubble burst!&nbsp; I showed the coin and the magnet to a copper dealer just to make sure, and he discreetly began to chuckle.&nbsp; Of course, the magnet was sticking to the staples in the 2x2, not the coin!&nbsp; Geese...... I felt like such a dunse!</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, any way, I submitted the coin to PCGS and it came back MS66 BN.&nbsp; I was pretty happy about that - I think it was a pop 1/0 at the time, but I haven&#039;t checked lately.&nbsp; But I later showed the coin to another copper dealer who suggested I have the metal tested because apparently the mint did make some prototype cents when they were working on creating a cent without copper.&nbsp; I may do that someday, but for now I&#039;m happy just keeping this coin and remembering how and who got me started doing something I really love doing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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