Wednesday, April 26, 2006
 
Checking My Change Jar Right Now
A collector deliberately placed three valuable U.S. coins into circulation in New York in April 2006:
    To help introduce more people to "the magic of coin collecting," Scott A. Travers, a 44-year-old former vice president of the American Numismatic Association and author of The Coin Collector's Survival Manual, decided to mark National Coin Week in mid-April 2006 by deliberately spending three valuable old pennies as he made routine purchases around Manhattan. "I'm planting a seed, and I hope that a new generation of people will come to appreciate the history that coins represent," he said.

    The three coins Scott Travers planned to spend were all relatively low-mintage U.S. one-cent pieces nearly one hundred years old: a 1908-S Indian Head cent, and 1909-S VDB and 1914-D Lincoln cents.
Hey, it's less than the Powerball but since I'm to stingy to drop change in the jar at Starbucks, I have a better chance at winning.


- posted by Brian J. @ 8:39 PM
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