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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1387467, member: 26030&quot;]I posted this earlier in the Lincolns thread, but thought I would add it here too.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I hardly ever buy RED copper, but this was just stunning and too beautful to pass by.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are only&nbsp; 93 1951 PR67RDs in existence and this has to be one of the nicest&nbsp; looking examples. The little bit of color on the obverse and reverse&nbsp; sold me on this. The obverse coloration of subtle olive green and fiery&nbsp; orange/red is just stunning and I love the deeply mirrored reverse.&nbsp;&nbsp; This particular example is the top listed coin for grade and visual&nbsp; appeal on the CoinFacts website for this date. <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH]165302.vB[/ATTACH]</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Sometimes it&#039;s easy to forget how different the world was in 1951, which was only 61 years ago.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp; <b>Some highlights of the year 1951</b>: </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Unemployment in the U.S. dipped to 3.3%.&nbsp;&nbsp; Children were given more than any other time in U.S. history with such things as musical lessons and sets of Encyclopedias to&nbsp; improve their minds. Television continued to grow with popular programs like <i>I Love Lucy</i>&nbsp; and <i>Roy Rogers</i>. The first tests for Color Television Pictures were&nbsp; broadcast from&nbsp; Empire State Building. Many new&nbsp; roads and highways were built to take the ever increasing numbers of cars. The New Jersey Turnpike opens. Cars were becomming more luxurious and had more&nbsp; powerful engines with &quot;luxury&quot; options such as two tone paint and dynaflow transmissions.&nbsp; During this time&nbsp; things like turn signals were still an option and most drivers still used&nbsp; hand signals to tell other drivers which way they were turning.&nbsp; </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH]165303.vB[/ATTACH]</span><span style="color: #CC6633"><i><b>1951 Dodge Coronet</b>&nbsp; (Love the grillwork and hood ornament!)&nbsp; This would have been the perfect car to tool up to the U.S.Mint Philadephia during the Summer of 1951 to buy some proofs, don&#039;t you think?</i></span><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><b>How Much things cost in 1951:</b></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><b></b></span><span style="color: #000000">Issue Price of 5 coin (91 cent face) 1951 Proof Set $2.10 </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Average cost of a new car&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $1,500</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Average cost of new house&nbsp; &nbsp; $9,000&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Average wages per year&nbsp; &nbsp; $3,500&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Cost of a Gallon of Gas&nbsp;&nbsp; 19 cents&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Cost of a Loaf of Bread&nbsp;&nbsp; 16 cents&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><b><br /></b></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><b>Popular Culture and News of 1951:</b></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">First nuclear bomb tests at Nevada test site</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000">First oral contraceptive (The Pill) is invented</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">The term &quot;Rock N Roll&quot; is coined by Cleveland Disc Jockey Alan Freed </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000">Direct dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States</span><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">The Dennis the Menace comic strip appears in newspapers across the U.S. for the first time</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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