Packed with humor and heart, JumpStart is a modern comic strip with a classic feel. At the core of the JumpStart family is Joe Cobb, a big-city cop, and his wife, Marcy, a nurse in a bustling Philadelphia hospital. Their jobs are easy compared to the challenge of raising four kids. At the end of the day, Joe and Marcy want what we all want: a good night's sleep. Their oldest, Sunny, is an avid reader who can answer your questions before you have time to do a Google search. Her brother, Jojo (aka Joseph Cobb, Jr.), has aspirations of being president. In fact, he already is president — of his second-grade class. Joe and Marcy's newest surprise additions are the twins, Tommi and Teddy. This talkative pair began conversing in the womb and are still going strong. Imagine what they'll say when they actually learn to speak! Rounding out the cast is Crunchy, a grouchy but warm-hearted police officer who is Joe's partner, and a host of extended family members and friends. You'll enjoy the wit and wisdom of this colorful, unpredictable cast, which includes the antics of in-laws, co-workers, a 6-year-old doctor, and a texting dog named Snoog-A-Boo.
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Joe Vanilla by Mark Litzler
Just Say Uncle by Dan Pavelich
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simpsonfan2 said, 4 months ago
A 1913 Nickel can be worth a million dollars, a 1883 nickel can be purchased in any coin store.
ghostkeeper said, 4 months ago
Up in Canada there are coins with colour, even one that glows in the dark. The first such coin was a quarter. True story= two American servicemen were in Canada. One of them got one of those quarters in change. He asked his friend what was with that little red spot. The friend figured ’it has to be spy technology, a little camera!" Upshot of the story, the CIA checked that quarter out! Sorry guys, it is what it looks like!
AshburnStadium said, 4 months ago
@simpsonfan2
I have a 1894 Liberty-head nickel (the same design as the unauthorized 1913 version, which was officially discontinued for 1912 – but a Mint employee illegally made a few ’13’s).
The most-valuable of the legal years of that nickel, in just VF-20 condition, it’s worth $145. I found it in a coin return of a newspaper box in Trenton, New Jersey!
On the other hand, I still find 1939 nickels in circulation on a regular basis.
Seeing the size of this coin, it could only be a silver dollar. The last actual U.S. silver dollar was made in 1935 after a 12-year gap. I think that these folks are a bit too old to be born in 1971, the first year for the cupro-nickel Eisenhower dollar. Therefore, they will be 78 this year.
(I’m a direct matrilineal descendant of Peter Filatreu Cross, assistant U.S. Mint engraver under James B. Longacre during the 1840s and 1850s – he is known to have designed the reverse of the 1849 $1 gold coin, the smallest U.S. coin in history at only 1/2" in diameter)
pschearer
said, 4 months ago
I haven’t seen a steel penny in decades. Or a silver anything.
(Ashburn: How do you regularly find 1939 nickels? Do you run a vending company or something?)
Gokie5 said, 4 months ago
@AshburnStadium
Interesting – I was born in 1935, and know my mom had saved some coins from that year. I’ll have to check with my daughter who appropriated them, and see whether any of them are valuable.
Potrzebie said, 4 months ago
What about defunct coins from other countries? I have some to include some silver coins from Mexico.
hippogriff said, 4 months ago
AshburnStadium: Wasn’t the silver half dime about that size? A large nuimber of “three-legged buffalos” still exist, but I doubt you will find any in circulation.
robb armstrong said, 4 months ago
I have the best fans in the entire blogasphere. I have decided to base a week of JumpStart on the coin -collecting factoids in todays list. Thank you guys so much. Keep tooned-in in the next three weeks or so!!
harebell said, 4 months ago
My younger child worked part-time in college for an archeology company. To get their certificate, needed for employment, it was necessary to do training which culminated in a minor dig at an 18th century fort. My wiseguy offspring told me the big find was a really old coin, “even older than you.” It turned out to be a 1942 Roosevelt dime, which is indeed a year older than I am. Served the kid right that the first job assigned after graduation was working in the back office eliminating old pint milk bottles and innumerable animal bones from storage.
Cartoonacy said, 4 months ago
When I collected coins back in the 1970s, the pride of my collection was a silver three-cent piece from the 1850s. That coin was so small and so thin, it kept slipping out of the album. I had to buy a special case just for that one coin.
ghostkeeper said, 4 months ago
Addendum= check out the Washington Post for May 7, 2007. An article by a Ted Brindis describes exactly what I mentioned earlier. The Defense Department actually warned contractors about the Canadian spy coins!
Hunter7 said, 4 months ago
@ghostkeeper
I remember that story. It was in the newpaper – and I think it had to do with one of our first red poppy quarters for Remembrance Day.
simpsonfan2 said, 4 months ago
@pschearer
The Jefferson Nickel design came out in 1938, remained the same until 2003 when the made design changes for Lewis & Clark. A 1939 is common, isn’t noticeable in a bunch of nickels like a Buffalo nickel is. But if you get one, and it had a little D or S on the right side of the building, it’s less common than ones with no letter there, and worth a few dollars.