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wheat ear penny bracelet prison

Postby henrysmedford » Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:41 pm

A teacher at a school were Franklin is being tested showed her bracelet that was made in a prison in the thirties out of pennies ." Thats the story from the shop were she bought it said." You could still see the wheat ears on some of the charms.
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Re: wheat ear penny bracelet prison

Postby RichardPenny43 » Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:37 am

Wow, that's cool! I doubt any prisoners could make something like that today.
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Re: wheat ear penny bracelet prison

Postby HD-Daddy » Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:33 am

Time and Pressure. Just ask Andy Dufraine.
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Re: wheat ear penny bracelet prison

Postby Numis Pam » Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:43 am

Awesome! I would love to have some of those charms for a miniature roombox display!!! Love my miniatures almost as much as I love my coins. :D
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Re: wheat ear penny bracelet prison

Postby Rob72830 » Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:06 pm

Cool! Although I wonder if any of those pennies were VDB's, 14d or 22 plain or a 31s.
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Re: wheat ear penny bracelet prison

Postby Numis Pam » Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:02 pm

Rob72830 wrote:Cool! Although I wonder if any of those pennies were VDB's, 14d or 22 plain or a 31s.

Lol... +1 I wondered the same thing. :o
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Re: wheat ear penny bracelet prison

Postby misteroman » Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:24 pm

Andy loved toting his wall out into the yard
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Re: wheat ear penny bracelet prison

Postby DuckTales253 » Fri Jun 22, 2012 7:29 am

HD-Daddy wrote:Time and Pressure. Just ask Andy Dufraine.


+1

One of my favorites. Ever read the book by Stephen King?
"No man is poor who can do what he likes to do once in a while!" - Scrooge McDuck
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