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Amazing Finds in Average Change

I got a half dime in my change from McDonald’s.

Scott Anderson Florida

When the pandemic hit, I was motivated to take another look at my wheat back cents. I remembered some oddballs from 50 years ago, but they were not listed in the “Red Book” back then. One is a 1936 doubled die, Type 2 and spot-on with the images of the variety shown on the PCGS site. The others are a 1929 with

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