Some of you are probably coin collectors (I'm not, I just spend them!), but I just stumbled on this on Pinterest:

1955 Double Die Penny [photo should have appeared here]

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This coin is supposed to look just like it does in the photo above: blurry.

The double image was created after a slight askew alignment during the minting process.

In 1955, only a few thousand doubled die pennies were released, mostly given as change from cigarette vending machines.

If this coin is in decent condition, it could be worth $1,800.

If this piques your interest, here's the link for more information on more coins (many of them Lincoln pennies): https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1408062258...edium=2012

If this piques your interest, here's the link for more information on more coins (many of them Lincoln pennies): https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1408062258...edium=2012
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Grammar kudos to Laurie. I'm so tired of seeing "peek" and "peak" in print for "pique."

Although it's completely worthless (beyond it's face value of 5 cents), I found this Buffalo Nickel in circulation in 2012. By the looks of it, it's never been out of circulation, which is supposed to be good luck. The last time I found one in circulation was in the late 1960's with my Dad. Still waiting on that good luck mess to show up....

   

   

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(05-20-2019 07:28 PM)Tom Bogar Wrote:  If this piques your interest, here's the link for more information on more coins (many of them Lincoln pennies): https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1408062258...edium=2012

Grammar kudos to Laurie. I'm so tired of seeing "peek" and "peak" in print for "pique."
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She's also the "Comma Queen", Tom. Them old school teachers......

What a coincidence.
While at New Salem, Anita and I found the very spot where Abraham Lincoln skipped a penny across the Sangamon River.

If he had been paying better attention instead of goofing around skipping pennies trying to impress the cute girl down by the river bank, his flat boat never would have gotten hung up on the dam, and the rest is history.

(05-20-2019 07:29 PM)J. Beckert Wrote:  Although it's completely worthless (beyond it's face value of 5 cents), I found this Buffalo Nickel in circulation in 2012. By the looks of it, it's never been out of circulation, which is supposed to be good luck. The last time I found one in circulation was in the late 1960's with my Dad. Still waiting on that good luck mess to show up....

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(05-20-2019 07:28 PM)Tom Bogar Wrote:  If this piques your interest, here's the link for more information on more coins (many of them Lincoln pennies): https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1408062258...edium=2012

Grammar kudos to Laurie. I'm so tired of seeing "peek" and "peak" in print for "pique."

She's also the "Comma Queen", Tom. Them old school teachers......
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Thanks, guys. I am not leaving this earth, however, until I teach Americans to not end sentences with "at" (as in "where's it at?). Every time my father would hear someone say that, he would mumble, "Behind the at." He has been dead for almost forty years, but I suspect he's rolling and tumbling in his grave over the almost constant use of that bad grammar now.

I also would like to eradicate the misuse of apostrophes. English was not my major in college, and I never taught English. However, I was raised in the same house with a father (high school diploma), mother (high school diploma), and a Victorian grandmother (6th grade education) who loved to read and were proud of the English language.

P.S. I have one bad habit that I need to correct, however. I use the southern dialect slang of "y'all..."

(05-20-2019 11:12 PM)Gene C Wrote:  What a coincidence.
While at New Salem, Anita and I found the very spot where Abraham Lincoln skipped a penny across the Sangamon River.

If he had been paying better attention instead of goofing around skipping pennies trying to impress the cute girl down by the river bank, his flat boat never would have gotten hung up on the dam, and the rest is history.

Just one of the highlights of the Springfield tour this past weekend!

(05-21-2019 09:23 AM)L Verge Wrote:  Thanks, guys. I am not leaving this earth, however, until I teach Americans to not end sentences with "at" (as in "where's it at?). Every time my father would hear someone say that, he would mumble, "Behind the at." He has been dead for almost forty years, but I suspect he's rolling and tumbling in his grave over the almost constant use of that bad grammar now.

I also would like to eradicate the misuse of apostrophes. English was not my major in college, and I never taught English. However, I was raised in the same house with a father (high school diploma), mother (high school diploma), and a Victorian grandmother (6th grade education) who loved to read and were proud of the English language.

P.S. I have one bad habit that I need to correct, however. I use the southern dialect slang of "y'all..."

The Oxford English Dictionary would seem to disagree with you about ending sentences with "at", at least partially:

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/at

(05-21-2019 04:48 PM)Steve Wrote:  

(05-21-2019 09:23 AM)L Verge Wrote:  Thanks, guys. I am not leaving this earth, however, until I teach Americans to not end sentences with "at" (as in "where's it at?). Every time my father would hear someone say that, he would mumble, "Behind the at." He has been dead for almost forty years, but I suspect he's rolling and tumbling in his grave over the almost constant use of that bad grammar now.

I also would like to eradicate the misuse of apostrophes. English was not my major in college, and I never taught English. However, I was raised in the same house with a father (high school diploma), mother (high school diploma), and a Victorian grandmother (6th grade education) who loved to read and were proud of the English language.

P.S. I have one bad habit that I need to correct, however. I use the southern dialect slang of "y'all..."

The Oxford English Dictionary would seem to disagree with you about ending sentences with "at", at least partially:

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/at

I notice that the two examples they give (out of a dozen or more) are termed "informal," which to me is a polite way of saying "Street English." I used to team teach with an English teacher who believed that slang and street English were perfectly acceptable as long as your meaning was understood. We argued about it all the time -- even though she became my best friend and my matron of honor.

Laurie, at least you know where your grammar heart's at.

(05-22-2019 11:44 AM)Steve Wrote:  Laurie, at least you know where your grammar heart's at.

With a warm smile on my face, Steve, I would have preferred that you phrase that this way, "...at least you know where your grammar heart lies." Or, just simply, "...at least you know where your grammar heart is."

Sorry, it's just an incurable trait that I have. About two thousand former students, my daughter, and now my grandson can tell you I am relentless. I'm afraid, however, that in today's culture, I am swimming upstream against the tide.

(05-22-2019 11:44 AM)Steve Wrote:  Laurie, at least you know where your grammar heart's at.

Steve, I can almost guarantee my little Rebel Pal muttered, "Well, Bless his heart" as she typed her reply.....

(05-23-2019 05:54 PM)J. Beckert Wrote:  

(05-22-2019 11:44 AM)Steve Wrote:  Laurie, at least you know where your grammar heart's at.

Steve, I can almost guarantee my little Rebel Pal muttered, "Well, Bless his heart" as she typed her reply.....

Don't all Southern gals mutter that under their breath at least ten times a day? It's part of our training from birth and is badly needed in our current world.