May, 2004:
not part of a collection

I've got coins in most of my pockets. In our house small change can be found just about everywhere. Much of this is already out of circulation (and worthless) and Hila, following in Nadav's footsteps, likes to play various games with it. A few fistfuls of foreign coins have also accumulated over the years, and these also generate some interest every so often. Except, however, for a very short period of time in my childhood, I can't recall ever actually collecting coins.

This penny, however, wasn't just inside the plastic bag I uncovered. It was inside a plastic case in that bag, along with two others pennies similarly kept. That suggests that I did do at least a bit of "collecting". Was/is this particular coin worth anything? A bit of web searching informs me that a 1911D Lincoln Wheat Penny in very fine condition is worth about $12. I have no idea how the condition of a coin is measured, but my guess is that the condition of this coin is somewhere between good and very good. That probably means that the coin, if anybody wanted to buy it, is worth about $6. I'm neither selling, nor collecting. I'm simply holding on to the coin - primarily, I guess, because the fact that it's in plastic casing means that I once thought it was worth something.

I find it a bit strange that the "head" and the "tail" don't seem to be aligned with each other. I wasn't aware that this was the case, and only noticed it while scanning both sides.


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