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søren k. harbel's avatar

Fantastic. All new to me. I love the way you tell the story with super cliff-hangers.... I shall wait for the follow-on with great anticipation! Thank you!

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Darin's avatar

I’m going to work on that, today, søren

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SusanA's avatar

Fascinating. Never even gave it any thought but then I'm not coin collector. Appreciate your effort to share your knowledge, thanks!

It's cold here, gonna be a Three Dog Night.

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Darin's avatar

Thank you, Susan!

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Yulle's avatar

These have such a different look compared to modern coins

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Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

"When I look at this picture, and I see the 8 tail feathers, I expect to hear The Count, from Sesame Street, saying something like, ' I see 8 feathers, AH, AH, AH!'" 😂

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Darin's avatar

You know what I mean, though?

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Rachel Jeffrey's avatar

🙄

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Paul McCutchen's avatar

Thanks for the lesson. I do have some of these coins so now I will have to get them out and check them out. It might end up like a penny I have that, when I was younger, I could almost swear it was a 1943 copper. The 43 was in poor condition and you could barely distinguish the 3 but I thought I found my "white whale". I still have it, but I refuse to listen to naysayers even at 72 years old.

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Darin's avatar

If you are talking about the 1943 Lincoln penny, those were made of steel, they were the only coins ever to be made that way.

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Paul McCutchen's avatar

There were 40 of the copper pennies struck but only about 20 to 25 are said to exist.

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Darin's avatar

Which penny and, and which year, do you know?

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Darin's avatar

I like the old coins better.

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