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penny_wiseMember
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Location: Newnan GA
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Look what I found last week in a "take a penny dish". I traded for a 2005 I had in my pocket for this 1955-S
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 RobertSenior Member
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Location: Oklahoma
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| Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:33 pm |
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Surprised no one grabbed it before you did.
What are the chances a kid got into someone's collection and is spending it?
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penny_wiseMember
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Location: Newnan GA
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The reverse is lacking the normal circulation marks. It was sitting on top of about 6-8 pennies, obverse up. I picked it up and looked at the reverse,  and I was NOT going to put it back down. I asked the clerk if I could swap a penny for it because it looked interesting. 
Could be some kid was given a collection and decided to spend it. Needless to say, I looked at ALL the pennies in that cup. Could not convince the clerk to let me have a look see at the cash drawer pennies.  Don't blame them for saying no. Can't blame me for trying.
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 Bob PSite Admin
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Location: Niceville, Florida
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| Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:32 am |
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Not every day you can find a fifty something year old penny that looks that nice. Good find!
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 GarryNExpert Member
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Location: Chicago
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| Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:05 pm |
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That was pretty ballsy of you John asking to look at the pennies in the cash drawer, in some neighborhoods you might have gotten a gun pointed at you! 
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penny_wiseMember
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Location: Newnan GA
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| Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:10 pm |
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At first I offered to buy his pennies, then he set my head back straight telling me he needed them for change. That is when I asked if I could look though them. Hey, if you don't ask, you don't get..... Although, I never thought about the gun part..... 
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 griptionAdvanced Member
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| Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:30 pm |
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are you the same penny-wise from coinpeople.com?
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penny_wiseMember
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Location: Newnan GA
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No, not me. I did not even know that other board existed till now. I hope he is kind to people. I don't mind getting flamed for what I do. I do mind getting flamed for what other people do. 
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griptionAdvanced Member
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| Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:49 am |
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na nah.. no worries, i was just curious 
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NWDaveNew Member
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Location: N Texas
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| Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:03 pm |
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Nearly the same thing happened to me recently. While in a local store, I saw a wheat penny in their penny tray. I picked it up, and it turned out to be a VG 1913D! You just never know where you will find a nice coin.
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 DickExpert Member
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Location: Rialto, CA.
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You might do that in your state, but it sure as hell won't happen in "sunny old California"! Finding a coin like the ones you guys mentioned, reminds me of my "good luck", while I had a small grocery store in Los Mochis, SIN. Mex., many years ago. Some kids came in wanting to buy something, and paid for it with a fist full of $5 peso coins, worth about $8.00 USD, each, then (1986).
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