British Large Cent tip
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British Large Cent tip
by AGgressive Metal » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:45 pm
I just realized today that British Large cents (and their equivalent large cents from Australia, NZ, British East Carribean, South Africa, etc) fit perfectly in US half dollar tubes. So if you want to stack these safer than loose but less time consuming than 2x2s, I think this is the way to go.
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel
For nothyng is better than lyberte
For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world
-Aesop's Fables, Caxton edition 1484
For nothyng is better than lyberte
For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world
-Aesop's Fables, Caxton edition 1484
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Re: British Large Cent tip
by uthminsta » Sat Mar 26, 2011 11:18 am
Haha yeah, that's cool. I used to have a tube full with BU full red British pennies dated 1964-67. Wonder what happened to it...
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Re: British Large Cent tip
by AGgressive Metal » Sat Mar 26, 2011 11:40 am
uthminsta wrote:Wonder what happened to it...
darn those copper elves!
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel
For nothyng is better than lyberte
For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world
-Aesop's Fables, Caxton edition 1484
For nothyng is better than lyberte
For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world
-Aesop's Fables, Caxton edition 1484
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Re: British Large Cent tip
by uthminsta » Mon Mar 28, 2011 1:31 pm
I blame HCBTT
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Re: British Large Cent tip
by Know Common Cents » Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:38 pm
Interesting that topic has been brought up. A friend of the family (now 84 years old) told me a few weeks ago that he used those large pennies in slot machines during the Korean War. This was somewhare in the Far East. He said he kept playing until he was getting the ones back as winnings that he'd just put in the machine. Quite a novel way to fill ones pockets with half dollars.
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