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Posted by: Ed_Turbo Aug 25 2019, 03:36 PM

Wanted to share this interesting moment when I was working inside the cabin.

A 1975 penny hidden underneath the carpeting of my 1975 914.

The Porsche gods are watching over me

-Ed

Posted by: Porschef Aug 25 2019, 04:01 PM

Looks to have minimal wear, prolly been in there since then.

Put it back, acknowledging it as the good fortune talisman it be...

Posted by: Superhawk996 Aug 25 2019, 04:14 PM

Nice find! For sport, I sift my pocket change looking for pre-1982 pennies.

Keep it - pre-1982 copper pennies are the only coins left in circulation actually worth more than face value. The nickel is close to par but hasn't tipped over $0.05 yet. The day is coming. Pre-1964 silver is worth more of course, but it's been over two decades since I found silver coinage in my pocket change.

New pennies are garbage zinc with a light plating of copper.

http://www.coinflation.com/unitedstates/

And we wonder why 914's are now trading for crazy prices. Prices aren't higher, the value of the dollar is lower.

Posted by: pete000 Aug 25 2019, 05:01 PM

I would put it back and document your car has a lucky penny installed since new !

Posted by: bobboinski Aug 25 2019, 05:42 PM

Check its hell hole for rust before you put it back

Posted by: mmichalik Aug 25 2019, 10:29 PM

My dad rebuilt a early sixties sprint car recently and when he was finished he glued a nickel to the rear push bar. When I asked him why he did it he said "all the old racers did that. That way if they crashed the car it was always worth at least a nickel"

Posted by: Mark Henry Aug 26 2019, 05:08 AM

In my 67 bus I found a 1966 german nickel (pfennig) during the resto, US bus so it must have fell out of a workers pocket during production. Not worth anything but a cool find.

Posted by: 76-914 Aug 26 2019, 08:13 AM

I keep the coins, business cards, pens, pencils and once even a .38 casing in a bag in the glove box. It's part the cars soul that I won't remove. Brings me good luck. I call it a Ju-Ju bag.

Posted by: amfab Aug 26 2019, 01:26 PM

I found a couple quarters in my car
Unfortunately, it was after I had removed the rusted outer driver's side long and I was cleaning out the dirt and rust flakes.

I realized I had poked through into the passenger's compartment.
Worst feeling I ever had finding money.

-Andrew

Posted by: orthobiz Sep 4 2019, 05:41 AM

My black 1976 sold two days before I could buy it back in 2008...found the seller and he was holding my old hospital ID ca. 1977 in his hand, stuck behind the seat.

Paul

Posted by: BK911 Sep 4 2019, 06:28 AM

QUOTE(Superhawk996 @ Aug 25 2019, 06:14 PM)

Nice find! For sport, I sift my pocket change looking for pre-1982 pennies.

Keep it - pre-1982 copper pennies are the only coins left in circulation actually worth more than face value. The nickel is close to par but hasn't tipped over $0.05 yet. The day is coming. Pre-1964 silver is worth more of course, but it's been over two decades since I found silver coinage in my pocket change.

New pennies are garbage zinc with a light plating of copper.

http://www.coinflation.com/unitedstates/

And we wonder why 914's are now trading for crazy prices. Prices aren't higher, the value of the dollar is lower.

Thanks for Posting this info.
Very cool.

Posted by: Minerva's 914 Sep 4 2019, 08:02 AM

QUOTE(BK911 @ Sep 4 2019, 08:28 AM)

QUOTE(Superhawk996 @ Aug 25 2019, 06:14 PM)

Nice find! For sport, I sift my pocket change looking for pre-1982 pennies.

Keep it - pre-1982 copper pennies are the only coins left in circulation actually worth more than face value. The nickel is close to par but hasn't tipped over $0.05 yet. The day is coming. Pre-1964 silver is worth more of course, but it's been over two decades since I found silver coinage in my pocket change.

New pennies are garbage zinc with a light plating of copper.

http://www.coinflation.com/unitedstates/

And we wonder why 914's are now trading for crazy prices. Prices aren't higher, the value of the dollar is lower.

Thanks for Posting this info.
Very cool.

It is very cool, for a very good read on way this debasement has happened download this free pdf of Murray Rothbard's tome https://mises-media.s3.amazonaws.com/What%20Has%20Government%20Done%20to%20Our%20Money_3.pdf sorry for the OT link

Posted by: 73-914 Sep 4 2019, 08:10 AM

QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Aug 26 2019, 07:08 AM)