Actually I’m Pretty Sure I Saw A Homeless Guy Nonchalantly Toss It Into A Gutter About 18 Months Ago
This guy again! They still haven’t found those rare valuable pennies he unleashed back in ’06:
Posted: January 10th, 2009 | Filed under: Well, What Did You Expect?Noted coin dealer Scott Travers announced three years ago he had released three rare and valuable pennies into circulation, but none of the coins has been reported found.
“Not only does it appear that these three pennies are out there waiting for someone to cash them in for a pretty penny, there are lots of others that are just like them that are out there,” said Travers, author of the book “One-Minute Coin Expert.”
In a bid to encourage a new generation of coin collectors, Travers parted with the three one-cent coins in April 2006.
He put the first — a 1914-D Lincoln cent valued at $300 — toward a pretzel at a vendor outside the Nasdaq offices at 4 Times Square.
Days later, Travers spent a 1909-S V.D.B. Lincoln cent valued at $1,000 on a bottle of water he purchased at a different vendor in Times Square. He then walked a block to a newsstand and dispensed a 1908-S Indian Head cent worth $250.
In the weeks after his high-profile stunt, seven people came forward saying they found the $1,000 coin Travers gave up.
“The coins were real, but none of them was mine,” Travers said.