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Message:: [QUOTE="soren, post: 1264630, member: 33118"]I found it in a box of other old coins,but it was in a little bag. All the other coins were loose, so i thought it might of been special. I looked it up and found so much confusing stuff about matte proofs and business strikes , i wanted to have people who know about coins look. I held it up rim to rim with other old penny , and it is very flat rimmed , it is also very sandblasted looking , it has a funny rainbow look to it. I can't figure out how to take a good picture of it, i'll keep trying.The coin doesn't have a mint mark.I looked at it under a 2x lens but i'm not sure what i'm looking for.I find it hard to find a good coin shop around here. I took a few coins to one and he said they weren't worth anything ,i'll give you a$100 for them. So i left right there and went  and got a book. One of the coins was a 20 cent piece worth a lot   more that. That was a few years ago , i just put the coins away to deal with later. I found the box the other day(We are selling our house, and packing stuff up), and took a look at them. I kind of  figure being a bank president he knew something about coin collecting and maybe came across so great coins, He also collected stamps.LOTs of stamps from all over the world. That reminds me i also have coins and paper money from all over the world. I guess i have to start somewhere so  a penny was a good place to start. Thank you all for your help.[/QUOTE]