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The modern day coin folder's invention is disputed by two major rivals. One take has that the folders were invented by R.S. Yeoman of The Whitman Company just before World War II. Yeoman took the old penny board design and simply folded over the portions to create a book (or folder). [3]
Bowers discovered that 484,000 had been minted and became inspired to find one himself. Rusbar would give Bowers a couple of blue Whitman coin folders and a few mintmarked Lincoln cents to get started. Inspired with the idea of making money by selling coins, rather than cutting grass, Bowers traded a $10 bill for 1,000 mixed Lincoln cents.
The new company sold Whitman Coin Products and other adult lines to St. Martin's Press. St. Martin's, in turn, sold Whitman Coin Products to the H. E. Harris company, another publisher that specialized in coin and postage stamp collecting materials. H. E. Harris was then renamed Whitman Publishing, which continues to produce primarily coin and ...
The 1914-D coin is very rare, with just 1.2 million minted. You can find these pennies ranging from hundreds to thousands on eBay, but one of the pricier coins in mint condition sold for $159,000 ...
This variety of the Lincoln cent was produced from 1998-2000, with 1999 being the rarest. As Spruce Crafts noted, the U.S. Mint mistakenly used a proof die to produce coins intended for circulation.
Other publishers of coin boards included Colonial Coin & Stamp Company and Gramercy Stamp Company, both located in New York City, J. Oberwise & Company and Lincoln Printing Company, both located in Los Angeles, California, and Earl & Koehler of Portland, Oregon. Whitman and Oberwise boards are seen with some frequency, but the other companies ...