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FreeThinkerFreeThinker Posts: 73 ✭✭✭
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Stopped for gas somewhere north of Omaha on I-29 and received this one among my change. Wonder where this cent has been for the last 50 years?

Richard
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  • GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 18,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 1, 2025 8:39AM

    Had to get out my magnifying glass...............

    edited to add: sorry about the AI interpolation.

  • FreeThinkerFreeThinker Posts: 73 ✭✭✭

    Sorry, not used to posting on here with the iPhone. This is the original pic cropped.

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  • TypekatTypekat Posts: 571 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great picture, nice mint state Lincoln!

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  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,782 ✭✭✭✭✭

    the year i was born in :)

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  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 11,943 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Typekat said:
    Great picture, nice mint state Lincoln!

    That coin while a nice find shows clear wear and is nowhere near mint state.

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  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 8,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 1, 2025 1:29PM

    It's a nice find but not really weird. With over 4.5 billion minted, they are actually quite common. Many were just thrown in the back of grandma's panty draw for years and eventually find their way back into circulation.

  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,895 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Probably sat in somebody's change jar for 49 years until they brought it to a coinstar to cash in.

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  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 8,375 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JBK said:

    @OAKSTAR said:
    It's a nice find but not really weird. With over 4.5 billion minted, they are actually quite common. Many were just thrown in the back of grandma's panty draw for years and eventually find their way back into circulation.

    OK, with that visual in mind, I'm done with roll searching. 🤢 😆

    You'll be fine if you wear rubber gloves. 🤣 😂

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 10,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @OAKSTAR said:

    @JBK said:

    @OAKSTAR said:
    It's a nice find but not really weird. With over 4.5 billion minted, they are actually quite common. Many were just thrown in the back of grandma's panty draw for years and eventually find their way back into circulation.

    OK, with that visual in mind, I'm done with roll searching. 🤢 😆

    You'll be fine if you wear rubber gloves. 🤣 😂

    Always. Safety first.😀

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,585 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2, 2025 2:28PM

    @OAKSTAR said:

    @JBK said:

    @OAKSTAR said:
    It's a nice find but not really weird. With over 4.5 billion minted, they are actually quite common. Many were just thrown in the back of grandma's panty draw for years and eventually find their way back into circulation.

    OK, with that visual in mind, I'm done with roll searching. 🤢 😆

    You'll be fine if you wear rubber gloves. 🤣 😂

    But if I find a rare coin I'll have to scrub it to decontaminate it. ☠️😷

  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,293 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2, 2025 8:42AM

    I received a similar "new" 1976-D cent in change this week.

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    United States Cent 1976-D

    :)

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  • SilvanoSilvano Posts: 39 ✭✭

    @OAKSTAR said:
    It's a nice find but not really weird. With over 4.5 billion minted, they are actually quite common. Many were just thrown in the back of grandma's panty draw for years and eventually find their way back into circulation.

    True but they are getting separated out and hoarded quickly nowdays. I've noticed it is much more rare to receive one lately (last few years). And of course they don't make it out of my possession either.

  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 8,375 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Silvano said:

    @OAKSTAR said:
    It's a nice find but not really weird. With over 4.5 billion minted, they are actually quite common. Many were just thrown in the back of grandma's panty draw for years and eventually find their way back into circulation.

    True but they are getting separated out and hoarded quickly nowdays. I've noticed it is much more rare to receive one lately (last few years). And of course they don't make it out of my possession either.

    You might be right. I know when I was a kid if I had find a 50 year old coin like this with all that mint luster, I would have been real excited!!

  • Old_CollectorOld_Collector Posts: 436 ✭✭✭✭

    @FreeThinker said:
    Sorry, not used to posting on here with the iPhone. This is the original pic cropped.

    This is strong looking for a "parking lot coin." ;)

  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 8,375 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Old_Collector said:

    This is strong looking for a "parking lot coin." ;)

    That is not a parking lot coin. This is a parking lot coin.

  • Old_CollectorOld_Collector Posts: 436 ✭✭✭✭

    That is an average quality parking lot coin, I've seen many worse -- and picked them all up. :D

  • BarberianBarberian Posts: 4,216 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What's weird is that many of the photos here are now smaller and compressed vertically on my computer screen. If I post a coin, the photo shows up as a small photo. What the heck is going on?

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  • jfriedm56jfriedm56 Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Barberian said:
    What's weird is that many of the photos here are now smaller and compressed vertically on my computer screen. If I post a coin, the photo shows up as a small photo. What the heck is going on?

    I have the same issue going on with my computer, but not my IPhone.

  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,393 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jfriedm56 said:

    @Barberian said:
    What's weird is that many of the photos here are now smaller and compressed vertically on my computer screen. If I post a coin, the photo shows up as a small photo. What the heck is going on?

    I have the same issue going on with my computer, but not my IPhone.

    Yep, same issue. I even rebooted and deleted cookies. There was some double posting issues earlier today as well.

    Seems like the IT people may have upgraded something. It reduced sizes and/or reduced and vertically compressed every image in every post I see


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  • BarberianBarberian Posts: 4,216 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good. I was worried that this was only happening on my computer.

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  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 10,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I grade the photos Good-Very Good.

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  • emeraldATVemeraldATV Posts: 5,021 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Barberian said:
    What's weird is that many of the photos here are now smaller and compressed vertically on my computer screen. If I post a coin, the photo shows up as a small photo. What the heck is going on?

    And that boys and girls is what looks like, someone was working on the railroad.
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    LOL, You had me at the parking lot.

  • thebeavthebeav Posts: 3,957 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The elongated photo wasn't happening to me the other day, but it is now.......

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  • jfriedm56jfriedm56 Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Still happening.

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