Thursday, February 22, 2007

A Visitor from 1919

headsI got a thin, well-worn penny in change at the Safeway this noon when I bought my little salad. It looked elderly to me, so I shuffled the other quarters and dimes out of the way with a slight shake of the hand that cupped the change. When I saw the coin clearly, I was looking at the "tails" side and saw the twin wheat sheaves. I knew I had an early one. This coin is from 1919, which makes it one of the oldest I've seen.

2 comments:

B-a-r-r-y said...

Did you try to find out how much your penny is worth for?

mmahaffie said...

I did think about it, but the coin is I think too worn to be worth much.

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