Show valuable pennies the familiar old english saying take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves proves its worth whenever a big coin collection ia I 1 sold in london a few days ago a penny coined in the reign of brought 2100 by auction one which was minted when alfred was king was sold for these were coins dug out of finds either the secret stores of 0 the thrifty of one thousand years ago or the ruins of some ancient disbursing office there is a great deal of hidden treasure in the earth and it if pennies are to be found in veins it would pay english capitalists to start mining operations the numismatists cannot expect to continue the trust which has been so enormously profitable to them |