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270 years ago today

:) post your favorite Cent :)

1751 1st performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1 cent)

February 25, 1751
Posted on February 25, 2014 by Joel Byers
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1751, the first performing monkey was exhibited in America in New York City. For 1 cent, people could watch Manny the Monkey play a musical instrument, ride a goat while wearing a clown costume and hit people with a bladder tied to a stick while smoking cigarettes given to him by the crowd. Because of Manny’s success, Chim-Chim the Theatric Chimpanzee was soon brought to New York to compete with him and Chim-Chim was advertised as being able to recite various scenes from Shakespeare, while riding a pig (when the pig was willing and the Chimp wasn’t drunk) and wear a Lord’s costume and drink any whiskey and smoke any cigar that the paying public provided and for an extra but affordable fee, he’d throw his feces at a select person in the crowd. It soon became public knowledge that Manny and Chim-Chim hated each other with a furious passion and could not occupy the same building without a screaming monkey fight breaking out. Later when Manny the Monkey was found dead in his cage, the public assumed that he’d died of old age and drinking too much liquor, but Manny’s handler always claimed that the old monkey could handle his gin and that Chim-Chim must have had someone poison Manny’s bottle. The police never investigated and Chim-Chim retired the king of the New York monkey entertainment circuit.

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Mr_Spud said:
    This is my current favorite, but just because it’s my newest and I just imaged it last weekend 🌞

    Nice imaging

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's a nice one @coinbuf :)

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's beautiful @asheland ,
    glad you took it out from the 'bridge' box :D

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    SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,610 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sounds like the original political parties...


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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's a nice portrait of a President @SkyMan :)

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    @coinkat said:
    Something unexpected

    some real beauts in this thread so far.

    love the canadian cent !

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    @crazyhounddog That 1904 is spectacular!

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Or this Cent :)

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,721 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here are two.... both change finds.... And on Feb 26, 1916, Germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930, just to add a historical angle to the cent. The blank planchet is along for the ride... ;) Cheers, RickO

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    Ken
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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,544 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great coins in here!

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

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    heavymetalheavymetal Posts: 661 ✭✭✭✭

    A G04 1798 Cent

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    WinLoseWinWinLoseWin Posts: 1,946 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1630Boston said:
    270 years ago today

    :) post your favorite Cent :)

    1751 1st performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1 cent)

    February 25, 1751

    That brings up the question of what coins were used for a one cent payment at that time. The US cent was did not exist until more than 40 years later and the British used pennies?

    Anyone know if it was just British pennies or were various coppers of other countries acceptable?

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great question @WinLoseWin :)

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