Jerry Brown Collects More Than Just Rare Coins

My colleague Dan Morain has noticed that Jerry Brown, candidate for California attorney general, has received an unusually large amount of contributions from rare coin dealers. Turns out, the former governor and rare coin dealers are two sides of the same ... coin.

The Oakland mayor owns a rare 1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent — known as "the coin that Lincoln collectors dream about when they go to bed at night." Coin dealers have donated $24,950 to Brown's campaign, according to Morain's newest "Spilt Milk."