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83 copper penny

PostPosted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 6:32 pm
by reddirtcoins
Well I have never held one in my hand until today. Must say it was kind of cool to see one. I've always heard about them and always hoped I would find one. They only wanted $15k for it... :clap: :mrgreen: :clap:

Re: 83 copper penny

PostPosted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 11:28 pm
by GGerrands
Did they have any 59 wheats lying around? :?: :mrgreen: :geek:

Re: 83 copper penny

PostPosted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:36 pm
by Sullysullinburg
How would you even tell if it was copper?

Re: 83 copper penny

PostPosted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:53 pm
by Thogey
Sullysullinburg wrote:How would you even tell if it was copper?


The weight would be 3.1 grams.

Re: 83 copper penny

PostPosted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 10:10 pm
by RichardPenny43
Picture of it on a digital scale or it didn't happen!

Re: 83 copper penny

PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:12 pm
by reddirtcoins
Well I'm not sure how the slab would scale.... but next time i'm in I'll ask if I can take a picture of it in the case. That way we can look up the #

Re: 83 copper penny

PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:43 pm
by Thogey
There is a coin shop in Flagstaff and the first time I walked in the owner had a bit of small talk.

Mind you this is about 5 minutes after we met, he HANDED me a slabbed ms-63 1944 steel cent and said what do you think of that?

$100K coin! The most valuable coin I've ever held.

Re: 83 copper penny

PostPosted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 9:53 pm
by cesariojpn
Thogey wrote:Mind you this is about 5 minutes after we met, he HANDED me a slabbed ms-63 1944 steel cent and said what do you think of that?

$100K coin! The most valuable coin I've ever held.


Run. Run like the wind.

Re: 83 copper penny

PostPosted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:00 pm
by Morsecode
Thogey wrote:There is a coin shop in Flagstaff and the first time I walked in the owner had a bit of small talk.

Mind you this is about 5 minutes after we met, he HANDED me a slabbed ms-63 1944 steel cent and said what do you think of that?

$100K coin! The most valuable coin I've ever held.


Sweet. You might've asked if he took layaway :geek: