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Cryptic message on a Lincoln Cent

savoyspecialsavoyspecial Posts: 7,372 ✭✭✭✭
I don't have any pictures, but recently I was shown a 1918 Lincoln Cent with a crudely engraved message (covered by years of patina) -- required a 10x loupe to read:

10:35 AM TUES 10-14-57
SANFORD AVE
IN STREET NEAR
S.O: AVE


Any ideas?

www.brunkauctions.com

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    krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    My guess is it's a record of when the person found the cent.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

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    keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting...
    "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
    Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner. :smile:
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    LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Rest is too vague but the date gets this....

    Oct 14, 1957:
    "Wake Up Little Susie" becomes the Everly Brothers' first #1 hit

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    michiganboymichiganboy Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭
    Oh did I drop that?image
    Positive BST transactions:michaeldixon,nibanny,
    type2,CCHunter.
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    braddickbraddick Posts: 25,150 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Those are called, "Virginity Cents"
    It was popular back in the mid to late 50's for boys to carve in the details of when and where they lost their virginity.

    Edited to add:
    The fad died a fairly quick death right about the same time poodle skirts ceased to be popular.
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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,614 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Those are called, "Virginity Cents"
    It was popular back in the mid to late 50's for boys to carve in the details of when and where they lost their virginity.

    Edited to add:
    The fad died a fairly quick death right about the same time poodle skirts ceased to be popular. >>


    So the kid lost his virginity in the street near S.O. AVE. at 10:35 AM?

    Wow.

    Somehow, I doubt it.
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    braddickbraddick Posts: 25,150 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ^
    Me too.
    Kids were known to fib about their virginity status back in the day.
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    That's why none of my coins have stuff like that on them because i'm still a virgin (NOT)
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    Rob790Rob790 Posts: 547
    A clue to a hidden treasure.
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    tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    ...did it have a bean too image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
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    OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oct. 14, 1957 was a Monday

    Steve
    Promote the Hobby
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,014 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Spy coin from Boris Badenov
    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    TURBOTURBO Posts: 510 ✭✭✭
    No pics?? I call B.S.!!
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    BillyKingsleyBillyKingsley Posts: 2,661 ✭✭✭✭
    Greg is not that kind of person. He IS the counterstamp expert on the forum.

    Whoever did it must have been pretty clueless to get the day of the week wrong, though.
    Billy Kingsley ANA R-3146356 Cardboard History // Numismatic History

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