16-year-old Coin Numismatist Gets Hold Of A Rare Coin As A Spare Change,uncovers Its Worth Years Later

The Rare Material

When Lutes discovered the coin in 1947, even though the second world war was over, the US was still in a state of war with Germany and Japan. As a result, the government was producing tons of ammunition. The issue was that copper was needed to produce shell casing, telephone wires and bullets along with other weapons.