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Bedrock of the Community
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My brother-in-law told my wife that he went to the coin guy at the flea market yesterday. He said the new Phila cents will have a "P" mintmark, that they will be selling for $3.50 a roll.
And .... I have not read it here on the CCF forum or heard it anywhere else but my brother-in-law may have been misinformed that this is the last year that they are making the Lincoln cent and that is why the "P" is put on it. Is there any truth to that?
I say good riddance, there's enough of them around.
But take it from the flea market dealer for what that's worth. He's not the director of the mint.
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04/24/2017 6:42 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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ebay is already 2 bucks and 3 for shipping on a roll of 2017 P
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United States
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I was on ebay looking at the 2017 and ended up buying a bunch of clad Kennedy's. I have three Kennedy collections running and of course I was short on most of the Philly coins, |
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And .... I have not read it here on the CCF forum or heard it anywhere else but my brother-in-law may have been misinformed that this is the last year that they are making the Lincoln cent and that is why the "P" is put on it. Is there any truth to that? I would love it to be true, at least for circulation cents, but it is probably just speculation at best. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I would love it to be true, at least for circulation cents, but it is probably just speculation at best. It's just Fake News jbuck!  |
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Yes, speculation at best, fake news at worst.  |
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United States
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I go back far enough to when you could still buy penny candy, not just one piece but two or three for a penny. Hard to image the passing of the penny.
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04/26/2017 1:55 pm
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The cent needs to go NIFC at the very least.
The nickel should go as well, but unlike the cent a composition change could save it.
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United States
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Anymore, when I have change coming back, they will round it down and not give me pennies. Ninety six cents becomes ninety five and I get back a nickel. A business don't want to deal with the pennies. seems the penny has outlived its usefulness.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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We ended up with a bank wrapped roll from Subway today of 2017 P cents. Quote:
The nickel should go as well, but unlike the cent a composition change could save it. I wish nickels would end rather than end up with plated zinc 5 cent coins .... yuk!  Edited by TNG
04/26/2017 8:39 pm
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I agree on the plated nickel, better to disappear than become zinc.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The U.S. Mint reports that so far 1,182,800,000 2017 Philadelphia Cents have been struck!so sooner or later we're all going to end up with some!
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sooner or later we're all going to end up with some! Maybe. I have a feeling that the "one-year mintmark" thing is or will be a huge incentive for hoarding. Possibly greater than most or all past incentives considering the long history of the Philly cent without a mintmark. In some way, I think the mint did a service to the hobby with this move.  Quote:
The nickel should go as well, but unlike the cent a composition change could save it. That could be pretty interesting. Maybe a nickel with a pre-1982 cent composition? The composition/weight would be worth less than face and could open a whole new chapter for nickels! Realistically however, that won't happen. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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04/27/2017 12:57 am
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Maybe. I have a feeling that the "one-year mintmark" thing is or will be a huge incentive for hoarding. Possibly greater than most or all past incentives considering the long history of the Philly cent without a mintmark.  The speculators are definitely coming out. There is someone in my area offering to buy $25 boxes for $40 each. Just to be clear, not me and not my ad. I found a pretty good looking Philly P in change, put it in a 2x2 for my album. That's enough. |
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Anymore, when I have change coming back, they will round it down and not give me pennies. Ninety six cents becomes ninety five and I get back a nickel. A business don't want to deal with the pennies. seems the penny has outlived its usefulness. It happens here a lot, too. |
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