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1942 Icelandic Penny

PostPosted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 7:12 am
by m21221
Thrill of the hunt, found this yesterday while searching a box. Probably sat in someones collection for years and then spent by a kid!

Re: 1942 Icelandic Penny

PostPosted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 6:20 am
by Bigsarge
Nice find!

Re: 1942 Icelandic Penny

PostPosted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 6:09 pm
by NJ Sorter
Wow, very cool find.

Re: 1942 Icelandic Penny

PostPosted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 6:40 pm
by Zincanator
Hey cool! Standard Catalog of World Coins says mintage was 2,000,000; 3.0100 g.; bronze.

Re: 1942 Icelandic Penny

PostPosted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 6:41 pm
by Engineer
Very nice!

I'll start the bidding at two zincs.

Re: 1942 Icelandic Penny

PostPosted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:50 pm
by itsmerobbyb
I'll raise to 3 copper pennies! Haha nice find. Maybe is worth more in Iceland?

Re: 1942 Icelandic Penny

PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 7:00 am
by m21221
It's going into my keeper pile to be spent by some kid in the future!

Re: 1942 Icelandic Penny

PostPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:13 am
by Numis Pam
m21221 wrote:It's going into my keeper pile to be spent by some kid in the future!


LOL... but maybe not, if we educate our kids and grandkids!! ;)

Re: 1942 Icelandic Penny

PostPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 5:04 pm
by Hawkeye
Nice find! It's crazy the stuff that sneaks into penny rolls.

Re: 1942 Icelandic Penny

PostPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:18 pm
by m21221
LOL... but maybe not, if we educate our kids and grandkids!!
Very true, my 17 year old son found a 1909 ( no s or VDB) the other day and was thrilled...then he got back on the Xbox!

Re: 1942 Icelandic Penny

PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 5:31 pm
by Zincanator
Well this one isn't from Iceland, but these odd finds are always fun: