He Was Waiting In Line
He did not for a second doubt that the mysterious coin he discovered in 1947 would be the most iconic one. Back then, he was just 16 years old. He had been queuing up at the school cafeteria in high school when he first noticed it. He took out his lunch money in preparation to pay for his food and saw the penny. However, what exactly was it about this coin that caught his eye?
He Was Waiting In Line
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Ordinary To The Inexperienced Eye
If you looked at the coin, you might think that it was no different from the other coins in circulation back then. Abraham Lincoln was on one side, while the other one had these words etched into the surface: “One Cent, United States Of America.” It looked rather ordinary, so why was he so excited about it?
Ordinary To The Inexperienced Eye
