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  • Devil-head penny sold-Bought by 'Pegger for $170(Pegger=Winnipeg)

    08/23/2006 5:51:40 AM PDT · by Marius3188 · 12 replies · 1,112+ views
    Winnipeg Sun ^ | 22 Aug 2006 | ADAM CLAYTON
    The devil got his due yesterday. An American penny with a mark thought to resemble the devil sold for $170.10 through an online auction yesterday. A Winnipeg man topped 13 other bidders when he bought the coin, which has a mark on its surface that looks like a demon's face, complete with horns, to the right of former U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. Dieter Hoch said he bought the penny on behalf of a friend who lives in Germany. Hoch said his friend -- a holistic medicine practitioner -- wanted to add the demon coin to his collection of strange and...