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Toven Specimen
Do you know what is a Toven Specimen? Well, actually it is a coin, a US penny made of aluminum that held the 1974 Lincoln cent pattern.

More than a million of Toven Specimen were coined or minted and there are only 2 coins being officially discovered and one of them is found from the ownership of Smithsonian Institution. However, in response for the elevation of price of copper, these cents were elaborated from basic elements into a more valuable coin.

Moreover, this particular coin was owned by Toven family where the name was originated.





2 comments:

wow, very interesting...thanks for this information...agoy, wa jud koy hanaw aning butanga dah...

Only 2 coins discovered out of more than a million ones? That will definitely make this Toven Specimen something of a much higher value than. Coin collectors would probably find this item a valuable addition to their collection. Thanks!