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mk  ·  2885 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: May 25, 2016

I broke down and bought 1900-1909 indian head pennies. It's not like I am ever going to get those in change. However, I now have both the indian head and Lincoln 1909, and I am not sure which one should be in the 100 that I frame.

Now I just have 21, 32 and 33 left and my 20th century penny project will be complete. Anyone have a penny from those years?





user-inactivated  ·  2885 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is cool! My coin collection is in a closet at my parents' house, but I had a lot of old pennies, since I inherited it from my great-grandfather. We should combine forces and corner the market.

mk  ·  2885 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have a lot of extra wheat pennies. If you have doubles of those dates, I'll send you whatever I have.

user-inactivated  ·  2885 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't know when the next time I'll be staring at my coin collection is. Don't count on me. But next time I am, by some quirk of memory, I'll probably remember this conversation.

user-inactivated  ·  2885 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Have you tried antique shops?

mk  ·  2885 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, that's where I got the indian heads. I'll pick up the last three at one if need be.

steve  ·  2885 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've asked my pop. If he has any, I'll let you know. He has a bucket of old pennies. If you're in the hood - maybe he'd let you just swing by and dig through them.

user-inactivated  ·  2885 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Besides coins, do you do much antiquing? I'd love to hear about you collect.

mk  ·  2884 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not much, really. I used to keep all of my movie ticket stubs. I have a bunch of MtG cards, but that was playing, not so much collecting.

If I could collect art, I would.

user-inactivated  ·  2884 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You live in Michigan, yeah? I hear Ann Arbor is kind of an artsy town. I bet you could probably find some pretty decent folk art and such there at reasonable prices. Probably not anything you could buy as a potential investment, but at least stuff good enough for decorating your house.

mk  ·  2884 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm a step ahead of you there. But my dream is to collect original D&D art.

That and the works of some tonalists.