Gangrey
Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

Burning a hole in his pocket

Steve Rubenstein gives us the story of one man and a dime worth $1.9-million.

Perhaps, though, the dime is again fated to be locked away in a bank vault as a penalty for being ugly. The coin is known as a Barber-style dime, bearing a ghastly likeness of Madam Liberty on the front and a boring wreath of corn and wheat and the words "one dime" on the back.

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