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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clawcoins, post: 4295786, member: 77814&quot;]So, I thought I would go through the few that struck me as odd, or really cool.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here was the oldest (non Canadian) coin pulled from circulation</p><p>a 1946 D cent.</p><p>I think it’s a new Discovery DDO/DDR.&nbsp; It must be because I found it, right ?&nbsp; Isn’t that the trend?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093513[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>here&#039;s is a 1971 D non-not-Proof cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can tell it&#039;s a non-not-Proof cent due to the square edges of the rim and how shiny it is.&nbsp; Since it&#039;s so shiny, and 49 years old, it must be a Proof.&nbsp; Or non-not-Proof.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093514[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This next one I learned a lesson, or manipulative thought technique, from one of our CT posters.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now work with me.&nbsp; I know most of you will say this cent is damaged, but let&#039;s ignore that for a moment and look at the date.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093515[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s just say it&#039;s not damaged for a moment.</p><p>Then this date is &quot;27&quot; for the first two numbers.</p><p>Then there&#039;s a 1 and a large 8.</p><p>This is a 2718 cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>has anyone every seen one like this?&nbsp; Is This is a RARE MINT error on a perfect looking cent that was slightly damaged in the minting process, not afterwards.&nbsp; Thank you, now where should I send it to sell it ?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093516[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And the rarest of all</p><p><br /></p><p>This 1969 inverted 9 cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, Fred Weinburg himself hasn&#039;t talked up and down about it at every coin show he&#039;s attended for the last 20 years.&nbsp; In a 1957 US MInt article a Die Maker didn&#039;t specifically talk about him accidentally making this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, this one, if not *the* one, rare error has the last 9 inverted to look like a 6.&nbsp; So it kinda looks like a 1966 but is, in fact, a super rare 1969 inverted 9 cent.&nbsp; You can tell it is, because, because I told you it was.&nbsp; So here is the ONLY one in the world to be minted.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093517[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>All other coins in circulation or in collections that show 1966, are actually 1966 cents unlike this super rare inverted &quot;9&quot; 1969 cent.&nbsp; Just don’t ask fred.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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