16-YEAR OLD NUMISMATIST GETS HOLD OF A RARE COIN AS SPARE CHANGE, UNCOVERS ITS WORTH YEARS LATER

The Beginning

This exceptional story began on an ordinary day in the summer of 1947 at Pittsfield High school when a young student named Don Lutes Jr. stumbled upon an unusual item at the high school cafeteria. Little did he knew his little discovery will one day become a story that will leave a mark in the history of numismatists.