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Went coin-shooting at a local park today and dug 30 items: 1 Chuck E Cheese token, 1 Canadian cent, and $1.34 in US. Very successful hunt for me!

The Canadian penny was crusty but showed hints of copper under the dirt. So, out of boredom, I started cleaning it up with my new set of André pencils. When I could read the date, I saw it was some sort of commemorative, so I looked it up online. The first image that caught my eye was someone selling a coin in similar condition to mine on Etsy for…

…wait for it…

$47,100!!!

After a few seconds of shock/greed/horror (I should have cleaned it more gently) common sense prevailed and I read the rest of the search results. A circulated 1867-1967 cent is worth between $0.25 and $0.45. The guy on Etsy must be, as we used to say in high school, “trippin.”

Still, a cool find.

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(These photos don’t do my find justice. I needed to exaggerate color/contrast/shadow trying to make the inscriptions legible.)

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Nice coin and great job with the pencils. 👍 I use a flashlight to get side detail a lot in my photos.

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Great job on the finds and nice cleaning of the coin.

Good luck on your next outing.

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10 hours ago, Old Line Paul said:

Went coin-shooting at a local park today and dug 30 items: 1 Chuck E Cheese token, 1 Canadian cent, and $1.34 in US. Very successful hunt for me!

The Canadian penny was crusty but showed hints of copper under the dirt. So, out of boredom, I started cleaning it up with my new set of André pencils. When I could read the date, I saw it was some sort of commemorative, so I looked it up online. The first image that caught my eye was someone selling a coin in similar condition to mine on Etsy for…

…wait for it…

$47,100!!!

After a few seconds of shock/greed/horror (I should have cleaned it more gently) common sense prevailed and I read the rest of the search results. A circulated 1867-1967 cent is worth between $0.25 and $0.45. The guy on Etsy must be, as we used to say in high school, “trippin.”

Still, a cool find.

44777E81-E2DC-4A29-B57A-992A8B52D223.thumb.jpeg.f51edd08f14b721b9759e898eb791fd0.jpeg3A079FBA-3CDC-4B7C-95C2-E35B7A31C6FB.thumb.jpeg.606692493df60d6e951642f92bf18b8b.jpeg
 

(These photos don’t do my find justice. I needed to exaggerate color/contrast/shadow trying to make the inscriptions legible.)

There’s no reason you couldn’t post yours up on etsy for $46,999!   

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