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Franklin found a 1921 sixpence in a penny bank roll of cents.

That's different

Interesting find. Congrats!

Hmmmm...this one just popped out of a roll. What is it? There's no writing on the flip side...just an elaborate looking coat of arms kind of thing.

Morsecode wrote:Hmmmm...this one just popped out of a roll. What is it? There's no writing on the flip side...just an elaborate looking coat of arms kind of thing.

And MR. Google said it is a 1894 two headed bird (Austrian 2 heller) see http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=32118

Well, that beats the 1943 Aussie 3p I found a couple months ago in a penny roll. Isn't it great getting SILVER from a penny roll? Now, if we could only get some GOLD coins in our penny rolls....

Yeah...Hey, aren't 1/10 oz AGE's about the same size as a cent? That would be nice.

And thanks for the link/info, Henry

Congrats,

Was it sticking out a bit. I find that british coins are slightly bigger than normal pennies.

Bye,

Oh wow! All these neat finds are making me green with envy! lol Great find!

Interesting stuff, congrats! Thanks for sharing.

Scored a sixpence myself about 3 years ago....a little better shape. Brinks roll find.

Hey, HENRY & JONAS & ME... that makes a club! I found one in a $50 cent bag a few weeks ago.

uthminsta wrote:Hey, HENRY & JONAS & ME... that makes a club! I found one in a $50 cent bag a few weeks ago.

I was at the coin shop talking about my find and was told it was an old tradition to put that coin in a shoe or something...can't remember...but it had to do with an old wedding tradition. And I think that is where the phrase "Sixpence none the richer." comes from....and the same as some sort of musical group.

I traded mine for a merc. I have since found a few more in a feebay coin lot or two.....and bought a few outright.

The old saying was:
"Something old, something new...
Something borrowed, and something new...
And sixpence in her shoe."

Obviously an old tradition from England... and since we don't have sixpence here in the USA, that last line was just dropped from the tradition. My wife had a sixpence in her shoe at our wedding, and I put that particular one in a special marked 2x2 so it doesn't get mixed back in with my British collection.