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PostPosted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 8:54 pm    Post subject: Cool Coin I found Reply with quote

Hey I found this neat coin in my backyard (i will post picture later if i can) It is from Calico Ghost Town and on one side it says Calico Ghost Town in the middle and around the edge it says " Southern California's Settlers (I think, too much dirt there not to readable) Silver Camp. On the other side it has a picture of a guy with a pitch fork or what ever the hammer pole with a sharp pencil type thingy and a mule behind him and 2 small rocks at his feet and then at the top on the edge it says Calico and then it says on the bottom Ghost Town. It looks like it is Very Very Very Very old...
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well it had to be after the town was abandoned because it says ghost town. I don't know how long ago it was, but that might give you an idea of it's age. Or maybe you can do a search about the town.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 9:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

One tiem I found a canadian penny
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 9:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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One tiem I found a canadian penny


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PostPosted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 9:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i found some crazy nazi coins in my grandpas basement, could probbably sell them for a good amount but they have memorabilia value or whatever
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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i found some crazy nazi coins in my grandpas basement, could probbably sell them for a good amount


Just not on eBay.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sharkbyte wrote:
PondScum007 wrote:
i found some crazy nazi coins in my grandpas basement, could probbably sell them for a good amount


Just not on eBay.



Sell em at a coin collecter's shop
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Calico Ghost town was a real silver-rush boom town in California.
Now its a tourist stop off the Hwy 15 interstate leading from California to Las Vegas.
I’ve been there a few times. Its kind cool they had gunfights and other stunts going on all day long. On Halloween they have a hanging

I used to have a coin like the one you mentioned.
But again, I'm older then the coin you have
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 9:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

well we think its at least pre 70's. We have lived here since 1974. I have visited the ghost town too as a kid but we did not buy any coins.

It is cool to find. and it seems to be solid copper!
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 9:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ROOFCUTTER wrote:
well we think its at least pre 70's. We have lived here sense 1974. I have visited the ghost town too as a kid but we did not buy any coins.

It is cool to find. and it seems to be solid copper!


Good thing you guys found it. At my house it would be like

[Me]:"Hey, the wiring's been chewed through. Let's go buy a new wire."

[My Dad]: "Why waste money on a whole new wire, when you can just do THIS? *sticks copper coin between two wire parts, and wraps duct tape around it* Good as new!"
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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well we think its at least pre 70's. We have lived here sense 1974. I have visited the ghost town too as a kid but we did not buy any coins.

It is cool to find. and it seems to be solid copper!

That must be worth..........1 cent!!!
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 10:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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That must be worth..........1 cent!!!



hahaha pennys are made of aluminum now! Everyone just assumes they are worth one cent!

It heavier than a candy bar and about the size of a half dollar but thicker.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 12:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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That must be worth..........1 cent!!!



hahaha pennys are made of aluminum now! Everyone just assumes they are worth one cent!

It heavier than a candy bar and about the size of a half dollar but thicker.


Right it is pretty heavy.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 12:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ROOFCUTTER wrote:

It heavier than a candy bar


Ah, but is it as delicious as one?
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 12:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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hahaha pennys are made of aluminum now!

Not the pennies I know. Anyway, when did I say penny?
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