Saturday, November 11, 2006
The most expensive vote ever cast
Oops.
In other "collectibles news," I conducted two U.S. dollar transactions today -- I bought a mocha at Starbucks at Newark airport, and some Guinness at Claridge's liquor store in Princeton -- and I got a "wheat" cent in change in both (a 1939 and a 1953-D, for the numismatists among you). What are the odds of that happening in 2006?
7 Comments:
By 
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Sat Nov 11, 06:57:00 PM:
I got a wheat this week buying beer, but your double across two places is pretty cool.
The inverted Jenny, though, that's just plain incredible.
By 
lilfeathers2000, at
Sat Nov 11, 07:57:00 PM:
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Remembering All Our Vets
God Bless our Vets
One and All
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By blert, at
Sat Nov 11, 08:44:00 PM:
All the better if they were Jefferson nickels....
Sounds like some kid has busted into dad's collection.
My brother totalled mine, just so, decades ago.
By The Tiger, at
Sun Nov 12, 09:42:00 AM:
That's like a scene from the 1980s version of Brewster's Millions...
By , at
Sun Nov 12, 10:39:00 AM:
I get Wheat pennies occassionally, and am surprised by that too.
My dad was a coin collector and had us all doing penny collections and I never did find a 1954 - I think it was an S. Dont' remember, lost the collection in a house fire.
a few years ago I got a 1953 silver quarter from a vending machine, since it's the year I was born, it's still on my desk at work.
By , at
Sun Nov 12, 11:14:00 AM:
I think the guy who attributed this to Alzheimer's was most likely right. The sad thing is the old guy's vote didn't even get counted.
By , at
Wed Nov 15, 04:07:00 PM:
Great article, but experts say those stamps were probably fakes.
Another good reason to not include your name. Have a feeling post office wouldn't appreciate someone faking their stamps.
