Where has it been for 98 years? Received in change 1912 penny

WilliamBoyd

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I received this 1912 penny from a change machine at the local Safeway grocery store.

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Where has it been for 98 years?

:)
 

treasuredog

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Wow!!! Nice shape to. Way to go,keep looking :hello2: :headbang:
 

slowNsteady

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Every once in a while, I get silver coins or a wheatie in change. 1912? Wow! Great find!! :icon_thumright:
 

billjustbill

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The times are tough and as tobacco, alcohol, and gasoline prices start going back up, people will again use all their coins to make ends meet. Going through piggy-banks, looking in the back of those deep thin cabinet drawers, and getting to the bottom of that old jar of coins, now give old coins new life....

Take a look at what pre-1965 silver coins are really worth:

http://www.coinflation.com/silver_coin_values.html
 

cyberdan

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Gaijun1 said:
One i Have a Silver Penny I Belive The Date On That One Is 1908
somebody probably silver plated an indian in a school science project.
or, if it looks undersize maybe you have a real winner. Indian head stamped on a barber dime planchet.
 

jackie blue

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Congratulations on your find! I am finding more older coins recently. Like billjustbill said, people are digging into their piggy banks but have not found a coin nearly that age yet.
 

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