Misprinted cent a center misstruck discussed in 1960s guide
The reader asks about a misprinted 1968 one cent with a thin off center design. The column explains planchet errors and value depends on degree of misalignment, cites Spadone guide and prices, and suggests researching via Coin World and Webster definitions of numismatist. It also addresses a reader asking whether a coin collector is a numismatist.
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Mr. Reed
Ann N
Perich
Masury
Ohio
Frank Spadone
Andiess
United States
Krause Publications
Tola
Wis
Numismatic Society
Spadone
Jamel Johnson
Coin World
Mr. Steed
Carl
Memphis
Webster
Man lives six hours in air pocket after capsized ship
Amelie England AP reports 22-year-old David Ashton survived six hours trapped in a four inch air pocket amid capsized Royal Navy patrol near a Northumberland port. Frogmen pulled him free after 10 men aboard were capsized. four saved, three drowned. Ashton described praying as rescue occurred.
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Amelie
England
Troyal
Royal Air Fores
David Ashton
Northumberland
Ashton
Royal Air Force Base
Third son born on Sept 30 shocks Tiverton parents
In Pall River Massachusetts AP reports Mr and Mrs Dennis Pontes of Tiverton Rhode Island welcomed a third son born on September 30 following the births of Jeffrey on the same date three years earlier and Michael a year later. The Pontes family marked the latest Sept 20 birth by describing the newborn as a red son.
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Pall River
Mass
Dennis Pontes
Tiverton
R.T
Jeffrey
Michael
Gowon Orders Release of Civilian Detainees in Independence Gesture
Nigerian leader Major General Yakubu Gowon announced on radio the release of all civilian detainees from the two year civil war as a goodwill gesture for independence anniversary. The exact detainee count is not officially published. detainees reportedly include leading public figures held in Lagos and other major cities.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Yakubu Gowon
Gowon
British Post Office joins moon rover bids in NASA prize pick
London and Huntsville reports indicate Britain's Post Office and Bendix, Boeing, and other firms entered competition for NASA prize related to moon rovers. NASA awarded select firms to advance four rover project contracts with a goal of readying a 400-pound vehicle for lunar duties by early 1971.
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London
Britain
Huntsville
Ala
Montreal
APT
National Aeronautics and
Consolidated-Bathwst, Ltd
public car/Space Administration
U.S
Ind
Space Agency
Bendix Corp
Ann Arbor
Mich
Boeing Co
NASA
Simitar T
Bowater Paper Corp
Viscount Hall
Abitibi Paper Ca ' al
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Paarraery
Carreel
P.O
Moon Rover
Hewsprint
Dial
Osco
Rahe
Usto Passport Radio Phonograph Ag-Dg
Ecu
Lmit
Cats Pride Kitty Litter
Soupek Cc
Keyrere
Staples
Exh
Caunon
Ires
Ecko
Pires
Vosco
Osco Rey
Crisco
Metal Magazine
RES
Custom
DUP
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