1909 VDB pennies just got a little rarer
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Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:23 pmby creshka46
I wouldn't have thought that my two favorite topics of interest could have ever come together in one story.
It's a shame, though. It looks like it's in good shape....
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-033
Re: 1909 VDB pennies just got a little rarer
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Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:32 pmby misteroman
sweet. take another 27,000,000 or so up then we will have some rare ones down here!!!
Re: 1909 VDB pennies just got a little rarer
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Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:32 pmby hirbonzig
Marvin the Martian just got a nice start on his Lincoln cent collection.
Re: 1909 VDB pennies just got a little rarer
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Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:55 pmby DRP270
I do not understand why someone would do that. I can't imagine a collector doing that. I would have sent a zinc.
Re: 1909 VDB pennies just got a little rarer
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Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:25 pmby SilverEye
I think that is awesome. What a nod to our hobby! Think of all the other things that could have been there.
Will this be the first Earth money to ever be on another planet? Imagine the confusion this will cause after the rover is lost, forgotten, and rediscovered by future generations.
Re: 1909 VDB pennies just got a little rarer
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Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:00 pmby exbingoaddict
DRP270 wrote:I do not understand why someone would do that. I can't imagine a collector doing that. I would have sent a zinc.
Their not that rare. I'll pulled out four or five them in sorting.
Re: 1909 VDB pennies just got a little rarer
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Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:38 pmby creshka46
exbingoaddict wrote:DRP270 wrote:I do not understand why someone would do that. I can't imagine a collector doing that. I would have sent a zinc.
Their not that rare. I'll pulled out four or five them in sorting.
Yeah, he probably paid $10-20 for that one.
Re: 1909 VDB pennies just got a little rarer
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Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:52 pmby DRP270
creshka46 wrote:exbingoaddict wrote:DRP270 wrote:I do not understand why someone would do that. I can't imagine a collector doing that. I would have sent a zinc.
Their not that rare. I'll pulled out four or five them in sorting.
Yeah, he probably paid $10-20 for that one.
I hear y'all but still...
Then again maybe $20 for the coolness of it; I can see it.
Re: 1909 VDB pennies just got a little rarer
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Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:01 amby Silver Addict
creshka46 wrote:exbingoaddict wrote:DRP270 wrote:I do not understand why someone would do that. I can't imagine a collector doing that. I would have sent a zinc.
Their not that rare. I'll pulled out four or five them in sorting.
Yeah, he probably paid $10-20 for that one.
good thing he bought and paid for it himself. If the gov't would have bought it, they would have spent 10-20k i'm sure.