83 copper penny
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83 copper penny
by reddirtcoins » Sat Jan 25, 2014 6:32 pm
Well I have never held one in my hand until today. Must say it was kind of cool to see one. I've always heard about them and always hoped I would find one. They only wanted $15k for it...
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Re: 83 copper penny
by GGerrands » Sat Jan 25, 2014 11:28 pm
Did they have any 59 wheats lying around? 
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Re: 83 copper penny
by Sullysullinburg » Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:36 pm
How would you even tell if it was copper?
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Re: 83 copper penny
by Thogey » Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:53 pm
Sullysullinburg wrote:How would you even tell if it was copper?
The weight would be 3.1 grams.
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Re: 83 copper penny
by RichardPenny43 » Sun Jan 26, 2014 10:10 pm
Picture of it on a digital scale or it didn't happen!
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Re: 83 copper penny
by reddirtcoins » Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:12 pm
Well I'm not sure how the slab would scale.... but next time i'm in I'll ask if I can take a picture of it in the case. That way we can look up the #
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Re: 83 copper penny
by Thogey » Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:43 pm
There is a coin shop in Flagstaff and the first time I walked in the owner had a bit of small talk.
Mind you this is about 5 minutes after we met, he HANDED me a slabbed ms-63 1944 steel cent and said what do you think of that?
$100K coin! The most valuable coin I've ever held.
Mind you this is about 5 minutes after we met, he HANDED me a slabbed ms-63 1944 steel cent and said what do you think of that?
$100K coin! The most valuable coin I've ever held.
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Re: 83 copper penny
by cesariojpn » Fri Feb 07, 2014 9:53 pm
Thogey wrote:Mind you this is about 5 minutes after we met, he HANDED me a slabbed ms-63 1944 steel cent and said what do you think of that?
$100K coin! The most valuable coin I've ever held.
Run. Run like the wind.
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Re: 83 copper penny
by Morsecode » Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:00 pm
Thogey wrote:There is a coin shop in Flagstaff and the first time I walked in the owner had a bit of small talk.
Mind you this is about 5 minutes after we met, he HANDED me a slabbed ms-63 1944 steel cent and said what do you think of that?
$100K coin! The most valuable coin I've ever held.
Sweet. You might've asked if he took layaway
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and be with caution bold.
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nor all that glistens gold.
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