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Anyone here ever find an Atheist Cent in circulation?
ajaan
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I believe it was in the early 1970s and was all over the coin magazines. I remember Coin World had a lot written about it at the time.
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Don
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Never did though.
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Bolivarhagnasty, that is a wonderful coin that any Lincoln cent collector would love to find or own. If it's for sale, please PM me.
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'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'
CU #3245 B.N.A. #428
Don
<< <i>I remember as a kid praying to find one. >>
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<< <i>Yes, 1970-S. There is a cud over In God. I remember, according to the hype, this was supposed to be the next great error coin for the Lincoln series. Living in the East where we didn't see many "S" mint coins, I really didn't have much of a chance of finding one in circulation. >>
i remember that as well ajaan. we just didnt get the s mint coins
When the 1972 DDO cents came out, Vollmer dropped the Atheist cents and shifted to market making the 1972 DDO cents.
Mostly done through Coin World.
on ebay currently for $250
But looks like a "believer" cud....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coinhunters-1970-S-Lincoln-Cent-error-Die-Cud-Atheist-Cent-ICG-MS64-RED-/181181121470?
More cud/error images on this thread:
http://www.coppercoins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=39095
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<< <i>A cent a atheist collector might never consider?
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WOW, where do you find this stuff
Steve
I was pumping gas locally, putting in 60 hour weeks. I never made so much ,and I was just a kid.
Well, anyway, a customer cam in for a dollars worth. Gas was 36 cents at the time. I pumped the dollar and this guy gets out of the car and digs in his pocket for change. He opens a handful of change and starts to fish a dollars worth out. I see this 'athiest' cent on the top of the pile in his hand. I doubt it was the '70 S though,we didn't see too many 's' mints here in the East. So I'm standing there thinking 'Get to the cents man'......Sure enough, he comes up with 95 cents and starts grabbing Lincolns from the mix. I got the coin. I was so happy. I sold it somewhere along the way though, probably enjoyed it for 10 years.
owned numerous different ones. never found one at face.
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I remember as a kid praying to find one.
Never did though.
Good stuff right there
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