The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 33, July 31, 2005, Article 17

SRI LANKAN PARALLELS TO THE 1974 ALUMINUM CENT

Kavan Ratnatunga writes: "ICG—Independent Coin Grading
of Englewood, Colorado—announced 2005 July 1st that it had
recently certified a 1974 aluminum Lincoln cent. It is the first and
only aluminum cent ever certified by a professional third-party
grading service. The coin was submitted to ICG by a well-known
national dealer on behalf of the Toven family. ICG has graded
the coin AU-58 and pedigreed it the “Toven Specimen.”

I wonder if this will lead to a deal like the 1933 double eagle ...

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On my web site I have posted the 1975 Sri Lankan equivalents,
which are also very rare.

Sri Lankan Coin
Sri Lankan Coin
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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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