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Expert: - 5/4/2008


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I have a wheat penny that has been struck with the state of Nevada and "NV" inside the state.  Is this worth much?

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Hello, Kirk, actually the piece wasn't struck with a map of Nevada on it and NV inside; instead those were stamped into the cent after striking.  Each state was featured in this novelty set, which sold for about 99 cents a piece.  It is a novelty that has little resale value today.  Try going to www.ebay.com and going a search for state stamped cent or state stamped penny and you may see a couple for sale (if not today, try back in a bit, some may come on later).  Hope this helped, Jim Lawniczak

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Jim Lawniczak

Expertise

I will answer your questions about encased coins (lucky pennies), which are advertising and event tokens with coins, unually cents, struck with the token.

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Long time collector of encased coins and author of several articles on encased coins.

Organizations
TAMS, ECI (Encased Collectors International)

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TAMS -- several articles on encased coins, in particular the encased coins of the 1901 Buffalo Pan American Exposition
Casement -- many articles on encased coins

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