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DocBenjaminDocBenjamin Posts: 1,437 ✭✭✭✭✭

1933 would have made it if the owner took Rick's generous $25,000,000 offer. ;)

TDN 1794 Dollar made it ten fold.

Any1909-S VDB Cent at $10k makes the cut.

As well the handful of 1913 Lib Nickels of questionable origin. A hundred million to one?

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  • hfjacintohfjacinto Posts: 872 ✭✭✭✭✭

    An 1877 IHC in MS66 makes the cut as does an 1856 Flying Eagle.

    Checking Red Book, the below will all make the cut.
    1793, 1794, 1795, 1796 and 1797 Half Cents
    Varieties of 1802, 1803, 1806 Half Cents
    1810, 1811, 1831, 1834, 1835 and 1836 (Proof) Half Cents
    1842-1857 Proof Half Cents

    1793, to 1807 cents will all make the cut
    1808 to 1814 cents
    1820,, 1822. 1827, 1829, 1830, 1834, 1838, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844 and 1845 (Proof). Actually large cent proofs make the cut.
    1864 with L Proof
    1872
    1873

    The 1909 S VDB I would say doesn't make the cut unless top pop.

    1872 (2 cents)
    1854 and 1856 Proof (3 cents)
    1885 (3 cents)
    1867 Proof (5 cents)
    1880 (5 cents)
    1926S (5 cents)

    1792 Half Disme
    Some early varieties of Half Dimes *like 1797 13 stars
    1802 and 1805 Half Dime

    I stopped, so LOTS of coins meet the criteria.

  • yosclimberyosclimber Posts: 4,790 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How about narrowing it down a bit to at least 50 million times face?

  • DocBenjaminDocBenjamin Posts: 1,437 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @yosclimber said:
    How about narrowing it down a bit to at least 50 million times face?

    Mars Cent might be the only Billion times face coin. Just got to get it back to Earth.

  • TypekatTypekat Posts: 381 ✭✭✭✭

    Wowzer! A million times face?
    [Remember to never admit to any, uh….sane person, that you’re THAT hooked on this stuff.]

    I will admit that this year, for the first time, I DID pay 1,000,000 times face for a coin.
    An 1836 1/2c, Original strike PR64 BN CAC.
    The worst part is, it’s not even a particularly attractive specimen. But there are only 30-40 known and I needed the date.

    But for you Big Swinging Ducks out there paying umpteen millions times face for what was once pocket change - thanks for sharing them here!

    30+ years coin shop experience (ret.) Coins, bullion, currency, scrap & interesting folks. Loved every minute!

  • NeophyteNumismatistNeophyteNumismatist Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 14, 2024 4:11PM

    Lots of half cents make the cut (anything over $5K).

    I am a newer collector (started April 2020), and I primarily focus on U.S. Half Cents and Type Coins. Early copper is my favorite.

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,132 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DocBenjamin said:

    @yosclimber said:
    How about narrowing it down a bit to at least 50 million times face?

    Mars Cent might be the only Billion times face coin. Just got to get it back to Earth.

    If graded, can just imagine the stickers that would be pasted all over the slab.

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  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,208 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's easy to find examples in the foreign coin series. Just look for examples of hyperinflation.

    Example: a German Empire silver 1 mark coin. A nice Unc example might cost you US$200 or so.

    The mark was officially pegged at 4.2 trillion to US$1 in late 1923 when the hyperinflation finally stopped. So that 1 mark coin has a theoretical face value of 1/4.2 trillionth of a dollar, giving it's current market value at about 840 trillion times its face value.

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  • CopperindianCopperindian Posts: 1,465 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @winesteven: or, they’re too lazy to do the math!
    Ken

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  • winestevenwinesteven Posts: 4,519 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Copperindian said:
    @winesteven: or, they’re too lazy to do the math!
    Ken

    I'll stick with my original comment - they're too modest! ;)

    Steve

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  • CopperindianCopperindian Posts: 1,465 ✭✭✭✭✭

    OK, Steve; this “they’re” is too lazy!
    Ken

    “The thrill of the hunt never gets old”

    PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
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  • CryptoCrypto Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Don’t look at me, I’m still struggling with the first Kennedy halves are 60 years old now.

  • nencoinnencoin Posts: 1,241 ✭✭✭✭

    Any 1943 Copper, with some certainly more than 50 million times face.

  • DocBenjaminDocBenjamin Posts: 1,437 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Crypto said:
    Don’t look at me, I’m still struggling with the first Kennedy halves are 60 years old now.

    Same here. I see a Circulated Frankin and I want to buy an ice cream.

  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,518 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 15, 2024 5:05PM

    @BLUEJAYWAY said:

    @DocBenjamin said:

    @yosclimber said:
    How about narrowing it down a bit to at least 50 million times face?

    Mars Cent might be the only Billion times face coin. Just got to get it back to Earth.

    If graded, can just imagine the stickers that would be pasted all over the slab.

    I wonder if Elon Musk could land on Mars,,,,,, retrieve the cent and be covered under "Finders Keepers"

    NASA just left it there so I don't see how they could put up much of a fuss it he retrieved it.

    It could help fund his future space flights,

    GrandAm :)
  • hfjacintohfjacinto Posts: 872 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @GRANDAM said:

    @BLUEJAYWAY said:

    @DocBenjamin said:

    @yosclimber said:
    How about narrowing it down a bit to at least 50 million times face?

    Mars Cent might be the only Billion times face coin. Just got to get it back to Earth.

    If graded, can just imagine the stickers that would be pasted all over the slab.

    I wonder if Elon Musk could land on Mars,,,,,, retrieve the cent and be covered under "Finders Keepers"

    NASA just left it there so I don't see how they could put up much of a fuss it he retrieved it.

    It could help fund his future space flights,

    It would probably be considered stolen property and the feds would take it from Elon. The government never gave up ownership of the cent and since Musk would have to break into the rover he would also be charged with destroying government property. The rules of space don’t allow personal ownership (only governments can use but not own the land for scientific purpose, I found this out by reading “A city on Mars” by Emily and Zach Weinerstein. Laws in space are like laws in Antarctica.)

  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,208 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @hfjacinto said:

    @GRANDAM said:

    @BLUEJAYWAY said:

    @DocBenjamin said:

    @yosclimber said:
    How about narrowing it down a bit to at least 50 million times face?

    Mars Cent might be the only Billion times face coin. Just got to get it back to Earth.

    If graded, can just imagine the stickers that would be pasted all over the slab.

    I wonder if Elon Musk could land on Mars,,,,,, retrieve the cent and be covered under "Finders Keepers"

    NASA just left it there so I don't see how they could put up much of a fuss it he retrieved it.

    It could help fund his future space flights,

    It would probably be considered stolen property and the feds would take it from Elon. The government never gave up ownership of the cent and since Musk would have to break into the rover he would also be charged with destroying government property. The rules of space don’t allow personal ownership (only governments can use but not own the land for scientific purpose, I found this out by reading “A city on Mars” by Emily and Zach Weinerstein. Laws in space are like laws in Antarctica.)

    Under current space law, the ownership of a spacecraft (or piece thereof) rests with the government of the country from which it was launched. Thus, a probe (either currently operational or derelict) launched from US soil belongs to the US government; whether it was launched by NASA or a private corporation or eccentric billionaire is irrelevant. The "private ownership" of anything ends when outer space begins, which is generally agreed to be 100 km above mean sea level. Thus, the Mars probe and everything attached to it belong to the US government.

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