Posted 12 years ago
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The Story of 1995 Penny On Dime/The Gratitude.
It was drizzling in the early afternoon on a weekend on February 1988, before Valentine's Day. We had overcast skies. My auntie invited me to go to the shopping mall with her and two of my cousin, She drove the car while I sat in front and my cousins sat at the back.
While we were inside the mall, my auntie told me to go back to the car because she forgot her purse, I went running back to the car because it was raining outside. I did not have an umbrella with me. A four to five year old child running towards me from their car when a black speeding car suddenly appeared on my
right. Instinctively, I grabbed the child before the car hit him. The parents were shocked with the sudden turn of events. After recovering from the shock, they thanked me for saving their beloved child. To show their gratitude for what I did, they offered me some cash, which I refused. I told them that it just happened that I was there at the right time so just forget the whole incident. They asked my name , where I was heading for, and my address, which I gave to them.
1995, Seven years after, a respectable gentlemen knocked at my door. I let him in on my humble condominium, he said that he brought something for me for Christmas.
He opened an attaché' case with __________________________________________________ _______and a white looking penny. He said that he was send by the family to show gratitude for saving the life of their child. He told me to choose between the CASH or the penny, I opted for the penny.
I thanked the guy, Then, he got his cell phone and contacted his Boss. He handed the phone to me and I was able to talk to the person at the other line. He said; my son, you just did a good job today. Now you own the the Most Valuable Coin ( Double Denomination) in the World... just be careful on this one then, the man left.
On the year 2000,Mr. Alan Hager certified the penny as 1995 Penny On Dime, Mint; the inventor of certification slabbing coin experts in NUMISMATIST WORLD, Mr. Alan Hager personally graded it.
" IT IS ONLY ONE OF IT'S KIND.
This is what I found in Coin Fact Encyclopedia/ Error Coins:
DOUBLE DENOMINATION ERRORS
One of the most expensive, popular, and desired types of errors are the double denominations. This error happens when a coin is struck on a previously struck coin of another denomination. Examples are a cent on a struck dime, and a nickel on a struck cent. The most dramatic are those with considerable design visible from the original strike.
As you see the photograph of this coin.You will read clearly the two full dates 1995 in obverse and also a skull break and a crack die variety at reverse. plus a P Mintmark,VDB,2 IN GOD WE TRUST,2 LIBERTY,ONE CENT, ONE DIME,United states of America,E Plu and FG Initials,also the dime reedings is very neat and a partial Plain edges of a cent,An AWESOME /BREATHTAKINGS COIN a Major Dramatic error in US Coin Histoty , Two great leaders accidentally minted in US Mint, Abraham Lincoln and Frank Delano Roosevelt voted by Presidential Historian Society the top two Presidents among 41 served in oval office
Nice eleven cent piece, you have the second most desirable one there is.
Thank You Fhrjr2, In every piece of collection there is a great stories behind it and my 1995 doubled denomination is one of them and it takes over 4 years + to find the right person and trustable grader to certified it. just happened only on the 5th year visit in Baltimore Coin Show in Maryland.Mr.Alan Hager of Accugrade the Inventor of slabbing coins/cards happened to be there.That was my luck the Month of March Year 2000. He called it 1995 Penny On Dime and No need to put additional numerical number such as MS++ because it is ONE of a Kind. 1995 Penny On Dime-ACG-MINT.
Wow what a neat story...
Thank you very much Coinscoins1977 for your time reading my TRUE STORY How I got this double denomination 11c the very first coin error double denomination certified/slab in public at Baltimore Coin Show in MARYLAND, Year 2000 of MARCH.