Pennies Contest 0

[Old Pueblo]

Greetings from the Old Pueblo!

I recently sorted and cashed in 6,717 Lincoln pennies from this rather magnificent penny jar. (Plus another large Pig bank)

I found 19 Wheat cents amongst the penny hoard.

 

First one to guess correctly the oldest date and mint Lincoln cent that I found in massive pile of one cent coins wins! ONE GUESS PER CONTESTANT!  

And what, you may ask is prize for your effort? 

It is a 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial One Cent Proof Set (4 coins)!

• Birth in Kentucky (1809-1816)
• Formative Years (1816-1830)
• Professional Life (1830-1861)
• Presidency (1861-1865)

 

 

Good Luck Cent Hounds!

 

 

Edited November 24, 2020 by Old Pueblo
update

[comicdonna]

I'll choose 1913 D  

Thanks for hosting the contest.  

[1917]

1937 (no mintmark, indicating philadelphia mintage)

[Just Bob]

1929D

[rocket23]

well its a 1 in a hundred and fifty shot........Ill guess 1945 philly no mint mark

[Old Pueblo]

Hint:

It is not a prime number

[erwindoc]

1946P

[Coinbuf]

1938P

Thanks for the chance, you must have had one heck of a headache after sorting all those.

Edited November 24, 2020 by Coinbuf

[rocket23]

1 hour ago, Old Pueblo said:

Hint:

It is not a prime number

neither is 1945.....but I doubt it is the date your looking for

[scopru]

1916p

[Old Pueblo]

9 hours ago, Coinbuf said:

1938P

Thanks for the chance, you must have had one heck of a headache after sorting all those.

Headached, eyes sored, and fingers blackened.... For contestants: I have submitted contest before and there's always a clue or riddle in the contest itself. 

Edited November 24, 2020 by Old Pueblo

[Old Pueblo]

10 hours ago, rocket23 said:

well its a 1 in a hundred and fifty shot........Ill guess 1945 philly no mint mark

Smart guess as the 1945 P had the second highest mintage just over a billion coins! Moreover, Philly minted more than Denver and San Fran combined until 1950

Edited November 24, 2020 by Old Pueblo

[Old Pueblo]

9 hours ago, rocket23 said:

neither is 1945.....but I doubt it is the date your looking for

Eliminated  1913 1931 1933 1949 1951 as possibilities 

[Moxie15]

I'll go with 1936 S

[RonnieR131]

1910 no mint mark

[Fenntucky Mike]

1921

[coinsandmedals]

1909 P

[jtryka]

I am going to guess 1918 for no real logical reason.  Thanks for the fun contest and I don't envy your dirty fingertips!

[Pghpete]

1954-D  Thanks for the opportunity.

[Walkerfan]

@Old Pueblo Nice to see you posting again, old friend!!  

I'll go with 1920.  

[Henri Charriere]

I have a guess but it wouldn't be fair to the member who submitted that date.  (Good thing you decided to empty the glass jar because most glass containers are unable to withstand the weight of metal.)

[Old Pueblo]

1 hour ago, Walkerfan said:

@Old Pueblo Nice to see you posting again, old friend!!  

I'll go with 1920.  

Greetings Mr. WalkerFan! Hey, it's been a while, doing other stuff, but that 2020 Privy Silver eagle got its hooks in me, and signed me back up Thanks for playing my game. Oh yeah, Contestants: HINT # 3: 39.95365° , -75.14804° 

[Old Pueblo]

1 hour ago, Quintus Arrius said:

I have a guess but it wouldn't be fair to the member who submitted that date.  (Good thing you decided to empty the glass jar because most glass containers are unable to withstand the weight of metal.)

Mr Arrius, you cannot win if you do not play!  

[Woods020]

I’ll take a stab at 1917 Philly

[Old Pueblo]

55 minutes ago, Woods020 said:

I’ll take a stab at 1917 Philly

WooHoo! We have a winner!

 

Edited November 25, 2020 by Old Pueblo

[Woods020]

1 minute ago, Old Pueblo said:

WooHoo! We have a winner!

 

Without reading your clues I admittedly would have been stumped. 

[Old Pueblo]

2 minutes ago, Woods020 said:

Without reading your clues I admittedly would have been stumped. 

Sent private message 

Awesome! Congrats 

Thank you everyone for playing

 

[Woods020]

Thank you for having the contest. These are always fun! I’ll have to pay it forward and do something similar soon. 

[rocket23]

14 hours ago, Old Pueblo said:

Smart guess as the 1945 P had the second highest mintage just over a billion coins! Moreover, Philly minted more than Denver and San Fran combined until 1950

Thanks...took one look at the ''red book'' mintage and figured what the hell,

[Just Bob]

Congrats, Woods. 

Fun contest, OP.