U.S glass penny
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Fri Jan 20, 2017 11:06 amby highroller4321
Did you guys know that the U.S tried to make a glass penny during WWII? I didn't until one auctioned off at the FUN show. Supposedly there is only 1 known to exist! They stopped trying to make them out of glass when they couldn't get any of them to look alike and they also were cutting people!
http://www.startribune.com/possibly-uni ... 409885895/https://coins.ha.com/itm/patterns/1942- ... ail-071515
Re: U.S glass penny
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Fri Jan 20, 2017 7:19 pmby reddirtcoins
I learned something new today. I didn't know that.
Re: U.S glass penny
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Fri Jan 20, 2017 11:32 pmby Recyclersteve
I was wondering why I cut myself on that Ryedale reject. Now I know.
Re: U.S glass penny
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Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:27 amby TXSTARFIRE
There was an article on this cent in Numismatic News awhile back.
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Re: U.S glass penny
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Wed Jan 25, 2017 12:31 amby Robarons
This is still pretty cool- Outside of the Steel/aluminum/glass cents used as alternative materials to copper/zinc is there is anything we are missing. Any official record of a plastic cent (by the mint of course) or wooden cents being used?
Re: U.S glass penny
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Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:57 pmby AGgressive Metal
$70,500 wow - something new to watch for in the Coinstar rejects
