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You are here: Home / Google+ Posts / First U.S. penny contained text: Liberty Parent of Science & Industry

First U.S. penny contained text: Liberty Parent of Science & Industry

March 31, 2015 by Paul Spoerry 5 Comments

 

The first U.S. penny, which is 223 years old, sold for $1.2million bucks. Known as the "Birch Cent," was made in 1792, months after the one-cent denomination was first authorized by Congress and there are only ten known to be in existence.

Thomas Jefferson and George Washington discussed the design in letters dated August 1792… how shocking they didn't suggest anything to do with religion but instead had a completely different focus. Oh how times have changed.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/03/27/news/first-u-s-penny-auction/index.html

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About Paul Spoerry

I’m a groovy cat who’s into technology, Eastern Thought, and house music. I’m a proud and dedicated father to the coolest little guy on the planet (seriously, I'm NOT biased). I’m fascinated by ninjas, the Internet, and anybody who can balance objects on their nose for long periods of time.

I have a utility belt full of programming languages and a database of all my knowledge on databases... I practice code fu. Oh, I've also done actual Kung Fu, and have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

I run. I meditate. I dance. I blog at PaulSpoerry.com, tweet @PaulSpoerry, and I'm here on Google+.

I'm currently work for IBM developing web enabled insurance applications for IBM and support and develop a non-profit called The LittleBigFund.

Comments

  1. West Kagle says

    April 1, 2015 at 2:36 am

    Holy Cow…… I need to build a time machine, go back to 1792, pocket one of those pennies, and bring it back to 2015.

    …….of course if I could build a time machine, more than likely I'd have more that $1.2 million already, as something like that costs mad cabbage…….so yeah, I'll just shut up now…….. 😐

  2. Paul Spoerry says

    April 1, 2015 at 7:35 am

    I think you just need 1.21 gigawatts and you can time travel… just need a Delorean.

  3. bob down says

    April 1, 2015 at 5:43 pm

    Im 49 with a worthless coin collection …..just have to hang in there for 174 years

  4. rodriquez thomas says

    April 2, 2015 at 7:52 pm

    turn down for what

  5. West Kagle says

    April 2, 2015 at 8:47 pm

    +rodriquez thomas
    What?
    I went back over all the comments here to see what and how your question was about. I couldn't place it.

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