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Just wanted to brighten your day. 😀

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Love that and the T-shirt that shows the same photo/caption, and underneath says "How's that Hopey-Changey thing working out for ya?"

Yup, it's true that "In God We Trust" is relatively recent. But prayers opened all congressional sessions (and more) involving the folks who wrote the original documents.

Totally agree with JSC - the First Amendment words were very carefully chosen by those who knew quite well the alternative phrases available to them. There is nothing at all in there about separation of church and state. Their actions prove that, if proof is needed.
 
Its more a non state appointed religion, ala the Anglican church, which is English, which is who we fought, which makes sense
Anyone twisting history considers their followers stupid
The more you know, the more dangerous you are to those people
 
Yeah, I owned a major league rare coin company for 10 years. I was an American, as well as western, history buff in high school and college. This is a 1794 One Cent I owned and sold. No In God We Trust to be found. The U.S. mint was established in 1793. From 1776 and before, the various coins of European country's were used a s money. This coin is rare, few were made. In addition, back in 1794 the coins were physically 'cut' in half when used as a 'half' cent to purchase something. American/western history is a subject I enjoy a lot.

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In 1995 Jimmy Lee a grade school neighborhood friend and St. Louis Blues Guitar local legand flew out here and we drove to Vegas and then on to St. Louis. we stopped at all the pawn/guitar shops along the way looking for vintage Fender Strats and the like. At Hollywood guitar centre we found some. As Jimmy played, the price kept coming down! From 18K, to 15 to 12 if you reallyn want it! We were looking for a hiden treasure really. Jimmy will never forget Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top had left his slide in his handprint in the concrete in front of Guitar Center holowood.

So, I discovered old coins looking for vintage stratocasters is what happened. I shut down my company completely in 2005. Ebay made it impossible for me to compete with every guy in the country who had a coin for sale. Before Ebay, circe mid-late 90's, I managed to become a major dealer on the interwibble. I hung with the best of 'em. Attended or bought from the biggest sales offered. The network of dealers I was with tried with everything we had to defeat Ebay back in the late 90's when they camem on the scene bgtime. we were selling cars, airplanes, yo name. We went head to head with meg's little enterprise. And we lost. I still have a nice certified PCGS gem set of Lincoln cent, 1934-1958 PDS wheats. At one time I owned one of the top three or four such certifed sets know to exist.

One coin I refuse to part with is my 1923-S Peace dollar. I have cracked it out of certified holder mabye two dozen times or more and tried for a MS65 certification. MS65 is worth almost 10k. I refused to give up trying. I am a published author on the subject of grading mint state coins. I be bad.

My 1923-S Peace dollar. Actural pic I took of the coin.

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LOL
Looks nice
Best Ive done is that bad condition 1885 liberty nickle
I have a few worth more of course, but none so low in mint

I remember reading about the guy at the bowling alley who got 2? rolls of pennies, and it turned out, they were all 55 double dies
 
I discovered a minor Lincoln cent error when I purchased two mint sewn bags and searched them. I got my name in the numismatic newspapers complete with pics of myn discovery and had the coin certified as a genuine U.S. mint error. I sold dozens of the certified coins and eventually sold the bulk of the rolls at auction. I still have many.

Wow, I have owned bought and sold a lot of liberty nickels. I knew a woman who wrote a reference book on the Shield/Liberty nickel.



I bought, owned and sold this toned NGC Certified Proof 66 Liberty nickel. I dealt primarily in high grade gem certified U.S. coins.

I did the close up photograpy on this.

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I have quite a few coins and stamps that I've been given over the years by relatives and people that just didn't want them anymore. I honestly do not know what I have, but I'm assuming that there isn't much of value, if any. I have been through the stamp collection in the hopes of locating the almighty "Inverted Jenny," a very very rare stamp that sold for $525K a few years back. Believe it or not, I have one, but it's not upside down, so it's essentially worthless. Would have been nice...😉

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On a random note (a badge like post), there is a big blue jay that keeps taking shots at the screen on my bedroom window. I'm unsure of why he's doing it, but I'm not about to stop him. Why? Because one of my cats is waiting underneath the window for it just in case he succeeds. A far more amusing conclusion than shoeing it away...😀 Don't worry, the cat that is waiting is an "experienced" killer. There's a patch in the backyard that is an unmarked grave from all of his prey.
 
My search for coins growing up went far and deep. I found peace and solitude in my search. And a few rock concerts as well. :lol:

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LOL. I sympathize with you. Just a word of caution, many of the companies that advertise to buy your coins with offers to just package them up and ship them to us, we will send out a check immediately and you can choose to cash it or not...beware of these companys. Getting to kniow a local con dealer and determining his honesty and willingness to give you a fair wholesale price is a good idea. Or go to a coin show and talk to the larger dealers where ripping you for a few thousand dollars is not in their best interest.

I bought mainly from major auction houses and bought certified coins most often.
 
I plan to hang onto the coins and stamps for the foreseeable future. I figure it wouldn't hurt to see if anything could potentially go up in value as the years go by. Plus, I occasionally add to it if I happen to find anything in my change, i.e. "wheat backs." I'd love to find one of these beauties:

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i.e. a 1943 steel penny.
 


This guy shows up in the yard a lot along with his buddies. My cat NEVER goes out. The neighbor's dog was found reduced to a state of 'fur in a pile' in their lawn. You could go buy a birdhouse and put it up. That would make things a lot easier for the cat on judgement day. :lol:

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Ugh a coyote. They are not to be trusted! They are sly little devils... If him and his buddies come around a lot, you should invest in a superior creature to scare them off or do away with them. I'm thinking a bear or perhaps a jaguar would suffice. 😉
 
I love those war issue steel pennies. Made from steel due to the demand for copper used to make ammunition. The Lincoln cent issues from 1944-46 I believe are made from melted shell casings from the war.

On January 1, 1944, the Mint was able to adopt a modified alloy, the supply being derived from expended shell casings which, when melted, furnished a composition similar to the original, but with a much smaller trace of tin.The original weight of 48 grains (3.1 g) was also restored. Shell casings were no longer used after 1946 and the original composition was again used.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_(United_States_coin)

I have owned a 1914-D Lincoln. Never owne a '55 Doubled Die, but have placed bids on them numerous times.
 
Well, the manufacturing process has taken on many new advances in 'modern times.' The dies produced that were able to produce a 1955 doubled die Lincoln are not manufactured anymore like they were in 1955 and are no capable of producing such an instance like that. I haven't kept up in recent years, but there are some error coins still showing up. Amazing with the technology used today that errors occur. One of the recent dollar coins was released with no initials on the edge or something to that effet. The coins were selling for a lot of money a few years ago. I was geting a hundred dollars for a single certifed coin I mentioned that I discovered at one time.
 
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