Photograph
One Penny Buys $300 Hearing Aid
| A man and woman examine a rare penny. The penny was a 1856 Indianhead, called a Flying Eagle Cent. Only 1,000 of those coins were struck. The penny was worth about $500 to coin collectors (as of 1958). The man holding the penny was Gorden Gill and the onlooker was Betty (Mrs. D.C.) Whitford. Both were past presidents of the Madison Coin Club, an organization with about 35 active members. Mrs. Whitford, whose husband owns a hearing aid business, sold a $300 hearing aid to Mr. Gill in exchange for the rare penny. Gill said Whitford got "much the better of the deal." |
| Image ID: | 97472 |
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| Creation Date: | 03 11 1958 |
| Creator Name: | Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Arthur M. Vinje photographs and negatives, circa 1914-circa 1962 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, duplicate |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6442.6670 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4 x 5 inches |
| Image and information published in the Wisconsin State Journal on April 21, 1958. |
| Suits (Clothing) |
| Eyeglasses |
| Men |
| Women |
| Indoor photography |
| Portrait photography |
| Clubs |
| Money |
| Antiquities |
| Clothing and dress |
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