Posted 5 months ago
bluckmud
(35 items)
Got lots of coins from this BIG jug Gonna post all the ones I picked out that I think I should keep Lookin at all these coins is gonna make my eyes crossed lol
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The Killer Mobile Device for Victorian Women
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If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
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Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
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In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
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Bizarro Beauty Products, from 1889 to Now
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Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
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Pin-Up Queens: Three Female Artists Who Shaped the American Dream Girl
It’s easy to think of pin-up art as a charming relic of the old boys’ club—images that might line the walls …
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Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
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Tokens for Sweethearts, in Times of War
A keepsake, an item that recognizes a loved one, strikes a deep, sentimental chord in each of us—particularly that of a sweetheart. The popularity of keepsakes grew in the United States during the period from 1917 to 1919 as our country ent…
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American Picker Dream, Part I: Mike Wolfe On His Love Affair With Bikes
I was walking to school one day and saw all these bikes in the garbage. I was just amazed because I didn't have one and I found it incredible that anyone was throwing them out. So I gathered…
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Lincoln PenniesOne of the most widely-collected coins, the Lincoln cent (often called "pen…
or find the 1955 double die penny,,,pretty rare.
Save all the wheat pennies,,,they re becoming scarce.
Thanks again
Hey; notice the faint, vaguely rectangular, raised area near the center of Mr. Lincoln's neck; how it appears to continue "beneath" the collar? That, my friend, is the result of what is called a, "Die Clash". What you're seeing is an impression of the coin's reverse design, transferred to the coin's obverse side during the minting process. Equally, a careful, highly magnified examination of the "Wheat Ears" reverse should reveal faint impressions of the obverse design,....inverted, inside out, and upside down. Or something like that. The 1940 P, -( No Mint Mark )- is also a rare year boasting double duty status as both Doubled Die Obverse, and Doubled Die Reverse. Can't say for certain, though I believe that's precisely what you have there. Too cool! A Die Clash DDO/DDR. If so, very rare indeed. Good luck, and hopefully,...congrats!