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harley1
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Posted - 05/18/2009 :  08:37:24  Show Profile Send harley1 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
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

PreservingThePast
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USA
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Posted - 05/18/2009 :  09:37:06  Show Profile Send PreservingThePast a Private Message  Reply with Quote
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.
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highroller4321
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Posted - 05/18/2009 :  18:17:01  Show Profile Send highroller4321 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Ive found plently of gold colored pennies, but none with that counterstamping on it.

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brian0918
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USA
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Posted - 06/22/2009 :  13:42:28  Show Profile  Send brian0918 an AOL message Send brian0918 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
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.

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Edited by - brian0918 on 06/22/2009 13:44:23
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natsb88
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Posted - 06/22/2009 :  13:51:24  Show Profile Send natsb88 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Sounds like a News Years Eve novelty.

Nate
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Corsair
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Posted - 06/22/2009 :  16:10:40  Show Profile Send Corsair a Private Message  Reply with Quote
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...

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