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Quote: And, isn't this about as good as the '68 busts ever got, detail-wise, due to a worn hub or something? It was replaced the next year. Yes. The hubs were worn so they all look mushy. They recut them all in 1969 and these are often sharp.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Are any "S" coins found by roll searching count as be being found in circulation, then I've found 3 tonight so far.
Cents that is.
Edited by ghostrider 10/02/2014 11:29 pm
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Quote: Can't remember the last time I found an "S" in circulation You sir, are looking in the wrong places  Quote: Are any "S" coins found by roll searching count as be being found in circulation, then I've found 3 tonight so far. My sentiments exactly! I've at least a roll of "S" pennies pulled out of circulation from other rolls. 
Edited by CopperCastle 10/02/2014 11:55 pm
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I have found a large number of uncirculated red cents from the 1960's in the last year or so. I think it is the results of the people who were putting back BU rolls of coins throughout the 1950-1970's. Many were sure that the high prices paid for Unc rolls would return so a large amount of rolls were set back. It is now nearly fifty years later and the hoarders, or their heirs, are attempting to reap the promised profits and being told by the dealers "Spend them, we do not buy these." Perhaps in a few more decades they will be worth Two Cents each, perhaps not.
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Depending on your location, "S" mint coins are more rare than you think. I have never found one in pocket change down in Florida (never got a box either). I've found, maybe 3 in the last 10 years home in SE VA. The one you posted is a beauty and you're right I'm finding a good many 68s in great condition. I got a beautiful 1963 D RB in change just yesterday. It looked like it came out of a UNC set.
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 I live near Tampa find 68 to 74 S cents regularly. Just lucky I guess. If I actually saved them I most likely would not see them.
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I found another lustrous s cent today this one from 1960
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68's are known to be mushy looking. Here in the Northeast I see on average 5-10 S mints per box that I go through. Only keep the above average ones though. John1 
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I've found that the "S" mint cents appear in boxes sporadically. There is a drought and then a number of them put in an appearance.
I keep all that I find and sometimes sell them at my coin club's auction. Not for a lot of money but enough to make it interesting for me. Although I only sell the unattractive ones. Those that are attractive I put into rolls for some later purpose.
I do admit, that I find them most often wile doing roll searching. I can't remember the last time that I've received them in change, but I must have because I've found a couple when I check my change every couple of weeks, but not much.
srcliff that coin is a keeper.
Edited by ghostrider 10/03/2014 9:37 pm
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I agree with Ghostrider, your LMC is a keeper. IMO, Coins are a bit difficult photograph well, the coin you posted looks focused on one side and slightly out of focus on the other side. You might have to play around with the manual settings on your camera to take pictures of coins. Here is the Coin Photography link of this forum: http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...?FORUM_ID=81Cheers
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I looked through the pennies that I had put aside at work recently and am sort of feeling like I may have gotten someones penny collection. Mixed mints all from the 60s and all nearly mint. I'm going to organize them and see what I got.
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Looking through the shiny old cent pile today looks like most of the others range from 59 to 73 and are no mint mark or D with a lot of 63s. I don't get it. I was thinking it would be one from each mint and year like someone had cashed in the old collection but now I'm just confused. When I have a chance I will post pics.
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Someone may have simply been spending a lot of rolls and you're closer to the source of the '63's.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Put a couple of pics of the bunch of Lincolns I've found recently in another topic "a bunch of shiny 60's lincolns".
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Looks to be MS-64 RD to me. Pretty coin!
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