I tried to help the reporter out here....oh well, I tried.
keyman64
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Feel free to blast away at me. See my comments at the end of the story. I would like to think the new owner would refer to it as a Chain Cent....not just some British Penny or whatever. Ugh!
I tried to post a link to the auction result on Heritage's Website but no matter what I did MSNBC edited out the link.
MSNBC Story About A PENNY for over a MILLION DOLLARS.
I tried to post a link to the auction result on Heritage's Website but no matter what I did MSNBC edited out the link.
MSNBC Story About A PENNY for over a MILLION DOLLARS.
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<< <i>'tis what happens when you cast your chain cents before swine. >>
Greg,
Too bad you weren't here to
actually witness the auction
and to examine The Cent ...
... first hand.
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New Barber Purchases
"It was probably bought for the copper content, worth more melted down than what it is for face value. Notice all our coins are lighter?
They've (Government) has been stealing the silver out of our coinage for years. Started with the State Quarters. New coins have almost NO silver."
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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Ed. S.
(EJS)
<< <i>In my world, common usage typically defines words. Thus, "penny" is quite appropriate to be used to refer to an American one cent piece. Note that the US Mint finds the terms interchangeable. And remember that Sheldon's revised book on early date large cents was called Penny Whimsy, not Cent Whimsy. And EAC's publication is Pennywise, not Centwise. >>
The first title of Sheldon's book "Penny Whimsy" was actually "Early American Cents."
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
<< <i>In my world, common usage typically defines words. Thus, "penny" is quite appropriate to be used to refer to an American one cent piece. Note that the US Mint finds the terms interchangeable. And remember that Sheldon's revised book on early date large cents was called Penny Whimsy, not Cent Whimsy. And EAC's publication is Pennywise, not Centwise. >>
Just goes to show there are many more ignorant people in the world than there are intelligent people. It is very sad that ignorance runs rampant in this country. Just because something is WRONG but is repeated over and over and over and over does not make it right.
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<< <i>The worst part of the story is the Orlando Sentinel reporting that there was "no wear on the WREATH on its back"! AARRGGH! >>
That wreath was so worn it was starting to look like links of a chain or something. Where is the headslap emoticon?
<< <i>.." a penny saved is a penny earned."......!!!...Who said that....
Ben Franklin, who died in 1790 before cents were produced by the U. S. Mint. Don't forget that British coins circulated here during most of Franklin's lifetime along with coins from other countries.
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Something I learned on the CU Forum today.
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<< <i>.." a penny saved is a penny earned."......!!!...Who said that....
Not Ben Franklin, he said "a penny saved is two pence clear" but who knows who messed it up.