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<p>[QUOTE="Antiquity, post: 990312, member: 24855"]My Mother went to visit my Grandparents (Denver Colorado) who are now pushing into their eighties and my grandpa has started to give some of his stuff away. He was a part time coin collector. Anyway she brought these back for me, she said he purchased them from the denver mint. I found them interesting and figured id share these and see if anyone has any knowledge about these or could tell me anything about them.</p><p> </p><p>The Cent at the top is a regular size Cent put in for size reference, Then the ones below it are the minis. I also took some closeups, here you go: </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://img6.imageshack.us/i/allfront.jpg/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://img6.imageshack.us/i/allfront.jpg/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5870/allfront.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://img824.imageshack.us/i/allback.jpg/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://img824.imageshack.us/i/allback.jpg/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3732/allback.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://img291.imageshack.us/i/frontlefto.jpg/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://img291.imageshack.us/i/frontlefto.jpg/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5231/frontlefto.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://img546.imageshack.us/i/frontright.jpg/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://img546.imageshack.us/i/frontright.jpg/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/4566/frontright.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://img268.imageshack.us/i/reverseleft.jpg/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://img268.imageshack.us/i/reverseleft.jpg/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2950/reverseleft.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://img707.imageshack.us/i/reverseright.jpg/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://img707.imageshack.us/i/reverseright.jpg/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2639/reverseright.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p> </p><p>Mainly just looking for any information on them. Were they sold in gift shops? Are they made from the same metals and alloys of a regular coin of that type? Are they collectible, rare, valuable. etc etc etc. Thanks! :thumb:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Antiquity, post: 990312, member: 24855"]My Mother went to visit my Grandparents (Denver Colorado) who are now pushing into their eighties and my grandpa has started to give some of his stuff away. He was a part time coin collector. Anyway she brought these back for me, she said he purchased them from the denver mint. I found them interesting and figured id share these and see if anyone has any knowledge about these or could tell me anything about them. The Cent at the top is a regular size Cent put in for size reference, Then the ones below it are the minis. I also took some closeups, here you go: [URL="http://img6.imageshack.us/i/allfront.jpg/"][IMG]http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5870/allfront.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://img824.imageshack.us/i/allback.jpg/"][IMG]http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3732/allback.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://img291.imageshack.us/i/frontlefto.jpg/"][IMG]http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5231/frontlefto.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://img546.imageshack.us/i/frontright.jpg/"][IMG]http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/4566/frontright.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://img268.imageshack.us/i/reverseleft.jpg/"][IMG]http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2950/reverseleft.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://img707.imageshack.us/i/reverseright.jpg/"][IMG]http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2639/reverseright.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Mainly just looking for any information on them. Were they sold in gift shops? Are they made from the same metals and alloys of a regular coin of that type? Are they collectible, rare, valuable. etc etc etc. Thanks! :thumb:[/QUOTE]
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