A Medallion & some engraved Lincoln's from the "Token Box"
AskRaq
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I thought this was pretty cool - got it for a quarter. It has "We The People...." on the back:
When I was a kid (7/8yrs. old) in Ohio (1977'ish) we went to the Sweet Corn Festival, where I bought a Lincoln cent that had been engraved with an ear of corn and the outline of the state. I came across a bunch of engraved pennies in the token box, and ended up buying these two. (BTW - do people collect these like they collect the flattened pennies?)
And then I got this one for my daughter because she has an entire bracelet made out of these (but on the bracelet the pennies are center 'punched' almost completely capping the coins like a half orb.
So, spent a dollar for 3 cents and a medallion... LOL
When I was a kid (7/8yrs. old) in Ohio (1977'ish) we went to the Sweet Corn Festival, where I bought a Lincoln cent that had been engraved with an ear of corn and the outline of the state. I came across a bunch of engraved pennies in the token box, and ended up buying these two. (BTW - do people collect these like they collect the flattened pennies?)
And then I got this one for my daughter because she has an entire bracelet made out of these (but on the bracelet the pennies are center 'punched' almost completely capping the coins like a half orb.
So, spent a dollar for 3 cents and a medallion... LOL
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