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Show Rock hounds report finds A rock-hunting expedition to an area near Fairfield netted Fritz and Thelma Degn and son Butch ,a rare find in the form of a U. S. penney minted in 1805, it was disclosed this week. About the size of today's 50-cent piece, the coin appears to be of copper but is somewhat some-what blackened bluring the inscriptions, but there appears to be a circle of 14 stars and the face of the Goddess "of Liberty. Jefferson was president at the time the coin was minted, and it has evidently been hiding hid-ing in the desert for many, many years. Mr. and Mrs. Degn have not determined the value of the coin as yet but it is believed to be very rare. Along with the coin, the couple and their son found in the sand and sage brush arrow ar-row heads and some rather pretty rocks to add to their collection. |