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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tommybee, post: 974063, member: 24999&quot;]I saw the preview for the first show earlier in the week.&nbsp; The &quot;Massachusetts Pine Tree Penny&quot; was an obvious replica.&nbsp; I actually have the same one.&nbsp; It was in a handful of coins my dad had.&nbsp; He wasn&#039;t sure where he got them.&nbsp; I looked it up in the Red Book and found out that there was only one of them in existence.&nbsp; I was pretty sure that mine wasn&#039;t #2.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Mine is clearly cast.&nbsp; It is, however, a pretty accurate reproduction of the original and I still think its cool.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I read somewhere that these copies were made twice.&nbsp; Once in 1876 and again in 1976.&nbsp; Centennial and Bicentennial commems.&nbsp; They reportedly made tens of thousands of them and handed them out at fairs, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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