Penny Collection nets $10.7 million at Long Beach Auction

[Jem13]

From today's LA Times online. WOW!

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pennies17feb17,0,901394.story

 

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[shanegalang]

Very cool! I collect coins, well nothing like these but I have some nice ones. This is the last year the Lincoln Memorial cent will be minted. I see on Ebay that cents are going for nice prices. I am still holding on to my 1909 S. I see it going from 80-200 dollars!

 

[Shortstack]

I'd never heard of that 1793 penny that was only minted for 2 weeks. Now that one should be the goal of all coinshooters in the Pennsylvania; Maryland; New York; New Jersey areas. The newspaper article mentions that the 1793 coin was only minted for 2 weeks, but the Red Book only mentions a 1793 style minted for only 3 months. Can any coin collectors out there clear that up? Are there 2 different short-minted styles for 1793?

 

[morbiusandneo]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080217/ap_on_fe_st/odd_penny_auction