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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hookman, post: 3351725, member: 99642&quot;]As usual, Collecting Nut is &quot;on the money&quot; with his assessment of all three. </p><p><br /></p><p>The previous coins having been explained, let&#039;s address the new one.</p><p>That is a 1906 Indian Head penny encased in an aluminum holder. These are referred to as Lucky Pennies, Encased Cents, Lucky Pocket Pieces, etc..</p><p>As you can see, it has a slogan on one side and advertising on the other. Many, many businesses used these as give-aways to entice new customers and as &quot;thank yous&quot; to existing customers. These were used from about the turn of the old century right up to about 1960. Most of these have Wheat cents in them, with the really old ones having Indian Heads, and the really new ones (not that many) having Lincoln Memorial cents in them.</p><p><br /></p><p>These sell on eBay all the time.</p><p>The value for this one, as CN says, is about $5.00, mostly because it&#039;s an Indian Head penny in AU condition.</p><p>I really like the feather detail, the facial features, the diamonds on the headband tie, and the beads of the necklace.</p><p>It&#039;s a shame that getting it out of that holder would probably damage it, and a 1906 isn&#039;t that rare anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>The value of a Lucky Penny can go up depending on the slogan, the advertiser/advertising, and the penny itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>But don&#039;t expect to get rich off of one of these.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, can you provide a link to the one that Numista gave a 100 NRI to?&nbsp; There&#039;s got to be a reason for such a high rating and I would really like to know what it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for posting. Keep &#039;em comin&#039; !![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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