Mars rover Curiosity photographs 1909 penny

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• Alltheabove76 Posts: 1,520 ✭✭✭✭

  October 9, 2013 11:52PM

  
  
  << <i>Martian dust appears on the surface of a penny in a photo by the Mars Hand Lens Imager
  aboard NASA's Curiosity rover on October 2.
  
  http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/14/tech/gallery/mars-curiosity-rover/index.html
  
  Apparently the news of the US Government shutdown hasn't reached the Red Planet.
  
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  I wonder if it would still slab...

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• lcoopie Posts: 8,873 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 10, 2013 12:08AM

  Sy would love that coin!

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• zap1111 Posts: 1,298 ✭✭

  October 10, 2013 12:18AM

  Imagine what it would sell for if it DID slag
  
  GENUINE - with MARS DUST!!
  
  I'd buy it, if I had the money...
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• messydesk Posts: 20,313 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 10, 2013 12:23AM

  From the caption "The image of the 1909 coin is at the highest resolution possible for the high-powered camera -- 14 micrometers per pixel (a micrometer is about .000039 inches)."
  
  So the original image of the cent is about 1360 pixels in diameter. I'd really be interested in the sharpness of the original.
  
  
  
  << <i>Sy would love that coin! >>
  
  
  If Sy == SkyMan, then I'd go as far as guessing this coin would be the Holy Grail of his collection. Just as hard to acquire, too.

  John
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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 10, 2013 2:46AM

  Great picture..... what a treasure that would be... Cheers, RickO

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• keyman64 Posts: 15,541 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 10, 2013 2:49AM

  Maybe the government can sell it to raise some money. Lol

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• illini420 Posts: 11,467 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 10, 2013 5:02AM

  That would look pretty sweet in my 1909 set too
  
  
  

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• johnny9434 Posts: 29,258 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 10, 2013 5:05AM

  i wonder how much that would sell for, if sold? just wondering is all

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• illini420 Posts: 11,467 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 10, 2013 5:09AM

  
  
  << <i>i wonder how much that would sell for, if sold? just wondering is all >>
  
  
  
  Not too much... but the shipping cost from Mars would be in the millions
  
  

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• johnny9434 Posts: 29,258 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 10, 2013 5:19AM

  
  
  << <i>
  
  << <i>i wonder how much that would sell for, if sold? just wondering is all >>
  
  
  
  Not too much... but the shipping cost from Mars would be in the millions >>
  
  lmao, yeah, you got a valid point with that one

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• Alltheabove76 Posts: 1,520 ✭✭✭✭

  October 10, 2013 6:01AM

  
  
  << <i>
  
  << <i>i wonder how much that would sell for, if sold? just wondering is all >>
  
  
  
  Not too much... but the shipping cost from Mars would be in the millions >>
  
  
  
  Try billions.

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