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| harley1 |
Posted - 05/18/2009 : 08:37:24
has anyone ever come across a very very shiny gold colored 1975 with 12-31-74 stamped obove the 1975? this thing is pretty cool looking,and hopefully it is worth something |
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| Corsair |
Posted - 06/22/2009 : 16:10:40
quote:
Originally posted by natsb88
Sounds like a News Years Eve novelty.
I agree with Nate. That's the first thing I thought of when I saw the date. Strange that it would be for that year, and not the Bicentennial just 365 days later... |
| natsb88 |
Posted - 06/22/2009 : 13:51:24
Sounds like a News Years Eve novelty. |
| brian0918 |
Posted - 06/22/2009 : 13:42:28
I have a gold-plated 1974. I labored for a long time under the belief that it was a rare test clad variety (the mint was experimenting like crazy that year), and did a lot of research on the subject, before finally talking to an expert in error coins (Fred Weinberg), who said it was most likely just gold-plated. A mass spectrometer confirmed this. |
| highroller4321 |
Posted - 05/18/2009 : 18:17:01
Ive found plently of gold colored pennies, but none with that counterstamping on it. |
| PreservingThePast |
Posted - 05/18/2009 : 09:37:06
quote:
Originally posted by harley1
has anyone ever come across a very very shiny gold colored 1975 with 12-31-74 stamped obove the 1975? this thing is pretty cool looking,and hopefully it is worth something
My guess is that it is counterstamped with the 12/31/74 on it as a rememberance for something on that date and perhaps they gold plated it somewhere that did the counterstamping, ie for a golden wedding anniversary, etc. BUT, this is just random speculating on my part. I would definitely keep it, for no other reason that it's a cool "gee whiz, look what I've found" coin. |
