As far as is known the third set is still in place. As a result a second set, buried beneath the foundation stone of St Mary’s Church, Hawksworth Wood, Kirkstall, Leeds, was removed on the instructions of the bishop and sold. In August 1970 it was discovered that thieves had stolen the set of coins deposited beneath the foundation stone of the Church of St Cross, Middleton, near Leeds. The coin came at a period when the country was experiencing an economic. The most exciting thing is you can find some of these rare, valuable pennies easily because theyre still in circulation. With no precise record of the number made, and with the coin having been struck to ordinary circulation standard, it seemed possible that one might turn up in everyday use, prompting a generation to search their change for the rare but ultimately elusive penny of 1933. Of all the Indian Head pennies, this is the rarest date. Some pennies, originally worth a single cent, are now worth thousands of dollars. No record was kept at the time of how many pennies dated 1933 were made but it is thought to be no more than six or seven. Consequently three 1933 pennies were struck for buildings erected in that year, along with a small number to be kept as record copies by the British Museum and the Royal Mint Museum. But there was a convention at the time that complete sets of coins of the current year were buried under the foundation stones of new buildings. Currently, these coins sell easily for between 20 in their circulated state and can reach prices of 15,000 or higher in a finer uncirculated grade. The banks possessed such large stocks of pennies in 1933 that it was not necessary to strike any more for general circulation. Numismatic experts estimate that around at least 250,000 pennies (the number of pennies produced in a die run) were struck with this error. This rare Lincoln penny doesn’t look very different from any circulated penny. The AU58 penny was sold at 18,800 on August 3, 2017, at the Stack’s Bowers auction. ![]() Not too long ago, a 1982-D small date bronze penny was auctioned. ![]() Indeed, people have spent a lifetime sifting through their coins in a vain attempt to find one. Queen Elizabeths portrait is found on all coins with a marked value of 50 pence that equals one half of a pound sterling. The penny is worth 2¢ in its circulated version but very expensive for the rare uncirculated version. For some reason this coin, more than any other, has lodged itself in the public consciousness. If you have heard of only one rare coin, there is a good chance that it is the 1933 penny.
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