Help please?

[hrnewsome]

Found this in a roll of cents. I've never seen one before. Any info would be appreciated.





It's from the Philadelphia Mint and says uncirculated.



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[Iamrussell]

Someone posted about this several months ago- somekind of token I cant really remember much else sorry

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[ArkieBassMan]

Its from a mint set.

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[SanMartian]

It's from a US mint set.

 

[Will45]

I have that with my mint set from 1989

 

[Hunter612]

I found one from a Denver mint set.

 

[hrnewsome]

Is '89 the only year they came out? Is it worth keeping. It's kind of ironic that it's a circulated 'uncirculated' coin.

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[MIhunter]

It is not a coin, a better term would be token or trinket.

Two (one from Denver and one from Philly) were included with us mint sets from 1984-1999.
They were located in the cello wrapper like the coins of the mint set. Someone opened up a mint set and dumped the coins for face value. Given its size it was probably read by a coin counter as a penny.

A different token made from cardboard was used in pre 1973 sets.

It isn't worth anything, I would suggest dumping it for a what you paid for it, one cent.
You could try and sell it to a sucker on eBay?
They are listed on ebay

 

[hrnewsome]

It is not a coin, a better term would be token or trinket. Two (one from Denver and one from Philly) were included with us mint sets from 1984-1999. They were located in the cello wrapper like the coins of the mint set. Someone opened up a mint set and dumped the coins for face value. Given its size it was probably read by a coin counter as a penny. A different token made from cardboard was used in pre 1973 sets. It isn't worth anything, I would suggest dumping it for a what you paid for it, one cent. You could try and sell it to a sucker on eBay? They are listed on ebay

Thank you!

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[jamesandsons]

To me weird finds like that are worth a lot more than dumping it for $0.01. I keep a tray full of "odds-and-ends" finds, just for posterity and amusement value. Tokens, any coins mutilated or defaced in an amusing way, etc.

 

[ArkieBassMan]

I have seen these sometimes sell for $1 or so on ebay. Just an FYI.

Also, I always thought - maybe mistakenly - that these were struck on cent planchets. Definitely not 100% sure on that, and dunno what it matters anyway.

 

[50cent]

good find dawgslice

 

[mr.landpirate]

good find dawgslice

 

[Eminem]

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nice one dawg