Rick Lank of Hagerstown, MD writes:
I just came back from the Harrisburg coin show and looks like we are headed back to PAN this month! Pat McBride from PAN was at show as the famous founding father, Ben
Franklin, and he fits into the garb and the part perfectly. Very convincing!
Also at the Show was a metal detectorist (and detector salesman) by the name of "A. Blessing" - nice. Anyway, his finds were legend and he had many a colonial copper
and some "chopped" coins -- including a US silver three-center that was cut in half.... so somebody made 1 1/2 cents in change. I had never seen that before......
Rick kindly provided these photos. Thanks! -Editor
Coin Finds
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Rick Lank
"Ben Franklin" and Rick Lank
"Ben Franklin" and Harrisburg Coin Club President Dan Nettling
For more information on the clubs, see:
https://harrisburgcoinclub.com/
https://pancoins.org
Rick and his wife Becky are writing a book on Civil War numismatics - see the links below for more information. -Editor
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