I am certain I have a -- one of a kind -- out of a Gazillion Cent pieces.

Whenever I travel I look for some out of the way shop that sell coins. The dustier the place, the more fun I end up having, looking for coins.

This time while visiting Northern New York I came across a consignment booth that had nearly 500 cardboard flipped sealed coins, in a bin container. The owner of the booth was gone for the day but, I asked the owner of the shop about the coins and was told that all of the coins were for sale and for the prices listed on the cardboard flip covers.

After about two hours of purging the pile, I came away with some very interesting error coins and some REALLY nice modern coins -- Cents; dimes; nickels, in crisp condition. Many that I purchased also had some rich NTs.

One of the error coins was a 1936 Lincoln Cent (BN). The condition of the coin is Fine but, what was interesting about it was that the date had -- extra metal -- that murged and connected the numbers 9 and 3. The extra metal appears to be a circle punch of sorts.

After returning home to southeastern North Carolina I pulled this cent and other error coins and put them under the microscope and took some pictures. I hope someone who reads this post can give some insight on this error coin.

To me, it is the first that I have seen. Maybe, just maybe, it is the only one in existance, in all coinage, of the whole world.

Best wishes to all and thanks for stopping by to read this post and looking at my images.

Semper Fi !

Jack

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