Happy Memorial Weekend Everyone! Hey, could someone tell me what's going on with the wheat penny....found this in a roll of wheat pennies I had stuffed in a drawer an forgot about for years....hee, hee, silly me..... Was this just rode hard and put away wet or minting issues?
It may have been used in an old fuse box. Folks would put a cent in and screw the blown fuse on top of it to have power till they could get a new fuse. Not very safe but it worked.
Thanks guys, guess I never thought about it being used as a fuse, that explains the counter stamp thingy, have a look at the reverse below the wreaths at the bottom, some sort of pattern going on there....any thoughts on that?
After the homeowner placed the penny in the fuse box, he didn't notice that a pygmy rattler had crawled into the space before he put the fuse back in. Chris
I remember the penny in the fuse box trick. It was always just a temporary fix until you could get to the store for another fuse. Very dangerous, I wonder how many houses burned like that? My father was brought up in a coastal town in Texas. He told me that back then (1930s) people would bore a hole in the stern of boats, insert a coin, and putty it up and paint it to disguise the spot. If there was ever any dispute about the owner ship of the boat, You could say what the date of the coin was and dig it out to prove it.
Sounds like a great way to steal a boat. Sell it then later claim it. The OP coin seems to have had a thermal event.
