A penny worth $500
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A Penny Worth $500
DOVER, Del. (AP) - October 24, 2006 - Be on the lookout for a very special penny. It's been put in circulation in Delaware and could be worth 50,000 times its face value.
A Dover businessman is hoping that the $500 treasure could boost interest in coin collecting. ,Coin dealer Steve Bryan admits it's a publicity stunt that could raise interest in his shop. He says he put a rare penny into circulation and wants to hear from the person who finds it – even if the finder doesn't want to sell it back to him.
The coin is a 1914-D Lincoln penny worth $500. Bryan says he spent it somewhere in Dover yesterday.
Bryan is the same dealer who garnered national attention this year when he bought some $100 bills with missing serial numbers from people who got them at an area slot machine parlor. Bryan contacted federal agents about the bills, resulting in the conviction of a Treasury worker who stole them from a printing office.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
This guy is pretty clever with his marketing.....I just hope it finds its way to someone who appreciates it!
DOVER, Del. (AP) - October 24, 2006 - Be on the lookout for a very special penny. It's been put in circulation in Delaware and could be worth 50,000 times its face value.
A Dover businessman is hoping that the $500 treasure could boost interest in coin collecting. ,Coin dealer Steve Bryan admits it's a publicity stunt that could raise interest in his shop. He says he put a rare penny into circulation and wants to hear from the person who finds it – even if the finder doesn't want to sell it back to him.
The coin is a 1914-D Lincoln penny worth $500. Bryan says he spent it somewhere in Dover yesterday.
Bryan is the same dealer who garnered national attention this year when he bought some $100 bills with missing serial numbers from people who got them at an area slot machine parlor. Bryan contacted federal agents about the bills, resulting in the conviction of a Treasury worker who stole them from a printing office.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
This guy is pretty clever with his marketing.....I just hope it finds its way to someone who appreciates it!
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the area worth $500 or more. The only difference is the '14-D has a thousand times
greater chance of being found.