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This passed across the news feed a few minutes ago. BIG bucks for a penny? You betcha!

1793 penny fetches $1.38M at Fla. auction

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) A once-cent copper coin from the earliest days of the U.S. Mint in 1793 has sold for a record $1.38 million at a Florida auction.

James Halperin of Texas-based Heritage Auctions told The Associated Press on Saturday that the sale was "the most a United States copper coin has ever sold for at auction." The coin was made at the Mint in Philadelphia in 1793, the first year that the U.S. made its own coins.

Heritage officials said in a news release that the name of the buyer was not revealed but that he was "a major collector." One of the coin's earliest owners was a well-known Baltimore banker, Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr.

"Mr. Eliasberg was nicknamed, 'the king of coins' because before his death in 1976 he assembled a collection that consisted of at least one example of every coin ever made at the United States Mint, a feat never duplicated," Halperin said in the news release.

The final bid for the coin last week was one of the largest sales at the Florida United Numismatists coin show and annual convention, which runs through Sunday. Halperin said a five-dollar gold piece from 1829 also was sold.

Halperin said there remain a few hundred 1793 coins in different condition, but that the one auctioned off Wednesday night is rare because it wasn't in circulation.

Officials say it shows no wear on its lettering, its Lady Liberty face or the chain of linking rings on its back.

The news release said the coin is known as a "Chain Cent" because its chain of linking rings was supposed to represent the solidarity of the states. The design was changed to a wreath after some critics claimed it was symbolic of slavery.

Halperin said the auction had more than $64 million in transactions. The show runs through Sunday.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Snippy has $45,000. Uke has a bandage.

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Be advised BurningJournaldotcom members, fans, and readers everywhere, Snippy lyes. Now back to our story, the million plus dollar penny.

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1793 penny fetches $1.38M at Fla. auction.
This undated photo provided by Heritage Auctions shows the front and back of one of the first pennies struck at the United States Mint in Philadelphia. This 1793 Chain Cent sold for a record $1,380,000 in a public auction conducted by Heritage Auctions at a coin collectors convention in Orlando, Fla. on Wednesday evening, Jan. 4, 2012. The linking rings on the back of the coin were intended to represent the original 13 colonies, but critics claimed the chain was symbolic of slavery and the design was quickly changed with a wreath replacing the chain. (AP Photo - Heritage Auctions)
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January 07, 2012 11:30 PM EST


-- Edited by Uke on Monday 9th of January 2012 10:50:19 AM

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You should know it if you have it. I believe that was a "large cent" which should be closse to the size of half or dollar piece.



-- Edited by Knucklepin on Monday 9th of January 2012 10:03:28 PM

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I think the oldest random coin I've seen is a 1904 dime, worth more in silver than its age.

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Be advised BurningJournaldotcom members, fans, and readers everywhere, Snippy lyes.


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I got a couple of them on my dresser..

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I have one of these from 1838. It is slightly larger than a current quarter.

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One of these from 1865

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Uke doesn't even believe in Gawd, but will ophpher ya three US dollars phor your two cents. Phinal ophpher tu!

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One of these from 1865

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 They must be worth a fortune! They say 1864 on them? Wow!



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My prediction which I stole from someone else.... Harris 52.7 percent of the vote and takes all the swing states...... You read it here.....


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 They must be worth a fortune! They say 1864 ? Wow!


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-- Edited by Calvin on Thursday 12th of January 2012 06:00:37 AM

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