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  1. 06-13-2017, 04:54 PM #1
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    Found a 107 year old penny on the ground at the scrapyard

    Yesterday dropped off a load of sheet iron saw a cent on the ground thought it was Canadian picked it up, then when I was almost out of the yard a zinc cent as well. Well the Wheat Cent was a 1910! Cool find! 107 years old!

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    Nice find...If it's a 1910 S vs 1910 P, it's worth a bit more...

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    Nice early wheat, second year of issue.

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    NICE find! I wish sometimes that old coins could talk. The places they've been, the pockets they've been in... I bet that one could tell a tale!
    Out of clutter, find simplicity. --Albert Einstein

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    Congratulations. This reminds me of a thread started in my early days on the forum.

    Would You Bend Down to Pick Up a Penny
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    Quote Originally Posted by Patriot76 View Post
    Congratulations. This reminds me of a thread started in my early days on the forum.

    Would You Bend Down to Pick Up a Penny
    I actually got out of my truck at a stoplight the other day to pick up a penny. I knew it was a long light, heck, I could've probably walked over to the 7-11 and got a cup of coffee....

    Not to threadjack your post, but speaking of old coins found in unusual circumstances, about 15 years ago, I walked in the door of the Home Depot in Garland, TX and spotted a penny laying on the floor. Of course, I picked it up and was very surprised and confused to see that it was a 1911 German Reichspfennig.

    Of all the coins that I have, THAT is the one that I would most like to have a conversation with. I bet it has a ****ed interesting story. How in the world it went across an ocean to end up on the floor in the lumber department of a bigbox home improvement store after ~100 years has just GOTTA be a cool story.
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    Quote Originally Posted by auminer View Post
    I actually got out of my truck at a stoplight the other day to pick up a penny. I knew it was a long light, heck, I could've probably walked over to the 7-11 and got a cup of coffee....

    Not to threadjack your post, but speaking of old coins found in unusual circumstances, about 15 years ago, I walked in the door of the Home Depot in Garland, TX and spotted a penny laying on the floor. Of course, I picked it up and was very surprised and confused to see that it was a 1911 German Reichspfennig.

    Of all the coins that I have, THAT is the one that I would most like to have a conversation with. I bet it has a ****ed interesting story. How in the world it went across an ocean to end up on the floor in the lumber department of a bigbox home improvement store after ~100 years has just GOTTA be a cool story.
    wow thats crazy a german coin neat. cool coin i bet most coin buyers wont take it cause of the symbol=( on a latter note i have found many wheats in the ground with my metal detector=)
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