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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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 Posted - 06/08/2008 : 14:09:36
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just picked it up at a coinshow today in chicago. the obverse is a 1987-P cent. the reverse has the 2 wheat ears. with e pluribus unim on the top, and ONE TROY ounce silver 999 fine where the one cent belongs.
the initials V.M.III. instead of VDB.
ill get a couple pics up when I get home, im in the car right now.
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I have a hard time resisting the temptation to take a wheat penny out of the take a penny cup when I see one! |
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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1335 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2008 : 14:22:16
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| anyone else lucky enough to have silver pennies in their hoard? |
I have a hard time resisting the temptation to take a wheat penny out of the take a penny cup when I see one! |
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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
2627 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2008 : 15:06:25
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| What size is this coin? |
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Ant
Penny Collector Member
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Posted - 06/08/2008 : 15:21:58
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LOL, that coin has something for everybody!  |
"No, man. You gotta keep goin'. What am I gonna do? Quit? That's not an option. Life's a garden. Dig it? You make it work for you. You never give up, man. That's my philosophy." --Joe Dirt |
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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1335 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2008 : 17:07:39
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ill measure it when I get home. its a likttle smaller than a normal one oz round.
a few months ago I saw a half us pound silver memorial cent, I wish I would have gotten it. |
I have a hard time resisting the temptation to take a wheat penny out of the take a penny cup when I see one! |
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mooski
Penny Sorter Member
USA
42 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2008 : 19:45:01
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Hi,
I have one of those coins as well. It's a one ounce silver round. I carry it in my pocket.
I use it at banks when I'm buying pennies - "I'm looking for 'Wheat Backs' like this".
Oh, and I'm also looking for all the coins that were minted before 1982 as well... :)
-M |
Sorting and hoarding in Seattle, WA |
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legacypac
Administrator
Canada
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Posted - 06/08/2008 : 19:51:28
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Originally posted by mooski
Hi,
I have one of those coins as well. It's a one ounce silver round. I carry it in my pocket.
I use it at banks when I'm buying pennies - "I'm looking for 'Wheat Backs' like this".
Oh, and I'm also looking for all the coins that were minted before 1982 as well... :)
-M
Welcome to the madness aka realcent forum. You are pretty close to me - I live just across the border in BC but we will not be hurting each other's percentages :) |
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mooski
Penny Sorter Member
USA
42 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2008 : 19:54:52
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Hi,
Oh, I've been lurking for a while - but I can't post replies with my POS Treo Cell phone.
So I'm here at work... :)
Shhh...
-M |
Sorting and hoarding in Seattle, WA |
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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1335 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2008 : 20:58:58
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quote:
Originally posted by mooski
Hi,
Oh, I've been lurking for a while - but I can't post replies with my POS Treo Cell phone.
So I'm here at work... :)
Shhh...
-M
I was having problems with an AT&T tilt!
Working on those pictures now.... |
I have a hard time resisting the temptation to take a wheat penny out of the take a penny cup when I see one! |
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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1335 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2008 : 21:20:08
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Here are the pictures, the coin is in a sealed plastic case and I didnt realize how hard it was to take pictures of silver coins in plastic cases. I need to hook up a scanner!
it looks to be 1.5" diagonal and 1/8" thick.
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fb101
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
895 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2008 : 21:31:36
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| Nice coin. I'd buy one if I found one. |
A materialistic society cannot afford credit, it will inevitably implode.
Life and success are a "do it yourself" thing |
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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1335 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2008 : 21:48:57
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this guy was packing up as I saw this coin. I just had to have it!
I wish I had seen him before he was leaving. This guy had all kinds of silver and lots of it. Every different kind of art bar/round. Silver eagles... everything! He even had some indian head silver oz rounds, but he was shoving them into tubes when I walked up, so i didnt get any.
I picked up some other stuff at the show, but this is by far the coolest thing I got today. just thought I would share it with you guys on realcent since you are all penny addicted! |
I have a hard time resisting the temptation to take a wheat penny out of the take a penny cup when I see one! |
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nckt
Penny Collector Member
USA
304 Posts |
Posted - 06/09/2008 : 00:30:53
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| i have one of those, but it is a two ounce round. |
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legacypac
Administrator
Canada
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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1335 Posts |
Posted - 06/09/2008 : 01:56:47
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| that's expensive!! |
I have a hard time resisting the temptation to take a wheat penny out of the take a penny cup when I see one! |
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mooski
Penny Sorter Member
USA
42 Posts |
Posted - 06/09/2008 : 05:42:02
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I got my silver coin for spot +.75, the normal price that my local coin dealer charges me.
I take in my Zincolns, and he counts them, and instead of paying a 5% fee, he waives it because I buy silver and gold from him.
I'm now also buying all the pennies and nickels that he collects from other people that bring their couns in to be counted, and sort / hoard those as well.
He knows I'm 'copper hunting', so he lets me go thru his Canadian 'spenders' that he has accumulated. So I pick up all the pre 96 pennies, and pre 99 nickels at par. (We don't quibble over the exchange rate - plus my biggest 'score' with CDN coinage is about $10 face.)
So I don't have a dump 'problem' that needed solving - and I effectively convert my savings from electrons at the bank to Cu, Ni, Ag or Au.
Plus, the silver penny also makes a nice card cap when I'm playing poker... :)
-M |
Sorting and hoarding in Seattle, WA |
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misteroman
Moderator
USA
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legacypac
Administrator
Canada
1653 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2008 : 00:57:42
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Originally posted by moboman
that's expensive!!
I agree, but they got a bid! |
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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1335 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2008 : 02:30:46
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| I dont think I'll ever sell mine, unless I need to or the price is too good to pass up. |
I have a hard time resisting the temptation to take a wheat penny out of the take a penny cup when I see one! |
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1987 silver wheat cent!
