A coin far away from Home.

[Matejko]

Hi !!

You would not believe !!!

Today I found an American cent minted in 1935. Condition of a coin is simply excellent.
I Found it on a sandy forrest road in the middle of nowhere - didn't even expect to find something at all in there, but I had a nice surprise.
Find would be quite usual if was found in US. But this one was found in Poland.
Far away from "mintHome".



I've been for a walk for couple of hours, didn't find a lot. Just a few coins which are common in Poland.
But this cent is a World Championship for me.
Also I found a 5 Russian kopek dated 1911, small coin called "boratynka" dated 1666 (looks like), 3 kreuzer dated 1806 (silver one), and an original French 1 Franc dated probably 1922.

Just click on a pic to enlarge.

Pozdrawiam
Matejko

 

[wyattrr]

Gotta love this Hobby... You just never know...WTG on the Wheat and HH

 

[Mackaydon]

Mat: A GI, as I was using the word, is an enlisted person in or a veteran of any of the U.S. armed forces, especially a person enlisted in the US Army. (GI means government issue and has several meanings.) To my knowledge, the US Army (ground forces) never fought in Poland during the war.

When the Soviets invaded Poland, the Polish government ordered the emergency evacuation of all troops to neutral Romania and Hungary. By 1 October, Germany and the Soviet Union completely overran Poland, although the Polish government never surrendered.

 

[michigan michael]

Re: I toured Europe in 1956..

I was ten years old. I recall meeting a boy my age in Germany who told me about the Soviet occupation of East Berlin. He told me the Soviets were so --deleted-- they drank out of toilets. They did'nt know what flush-toilets were for. I gave the boy all the American coins I had in my pocket. Who knows where those coins are now. Certainly,some of the coins were dated 1940s. After leaving Europe my family went to Pusan,Korea. I saw children starving in the streets. As our black,government vehical drove thru the dirt streets of Pusan little children would surround it at every stop ripping their fingernails off leaving bloody streaks on our vehicals side windows the children crying and begging for food.

I'm sure glad you shared that piece of history.

I am glad he did! To many people forget or was blinded by the cruelty of war! War is a terrible thing that only ends with suffering! Military and civilians! I sure wish the World could learn from the 2 World Wars we had. Find a way to live in peace!

 

[Moonshadow]

Geez.....I had no idea a little ole wheat penny could stir such controversy!

Congrats on a cool find so far from it's original home......no matter how it got there!!

HH,
Moon

 

[crazyjarhead]

The sand definetely helped preserve it. Had it been in clay or non-pourous soil it may not have survied. Very nice coin found in Poland

 

[WilliamBoyd]

It could have been from some kid's coin collection.

 

[allen]

good job on those nice coins !

 

[Matejko]

When the Soviets invaded Poland, the Polish government ordered the emergency evacuation of all troops to neutral Romania and Hungary. By 1 October, Germany and the Soviet Union completely overran Poland, although the Polish government never surrendered.

This sounds/looks much better. We won't argue about details, will we...?

Anyway.
Truth is that Poles never surrendered - not the Gov. Those days in Poland there were no shelters able to undertake Polish Gov.
So, they left for London....
But Poles were fighting to the end. End of themselves or end of War - Poles managed variously, but after all We did managed it.
It's OK, Mackaydon. Just a couple of details, nothing more.

Geez.....I had no idea a little ole wheat penny could stir such controversy!

Never mind.
I had no idea that is possible to find it in Poland, till I saw it. On the other side - History always gives birth of controversy.
Just take it easy, man.

Pozdrawiam
Matejko