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I'm not sure why any of the mints still mint Lincoln cents.  |
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Quote:I'm not sure why any of the mints still mint Lincoln cents. It is part political and part incompetence. Some would say those terms are synonymous.  |
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I Love the Lincoln cents. Hope they never stop making them. |
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They can keep them in the mint sets. While they are at it, make these NIFC cents 95% copper.  |
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"What you may not know is that they actually minted them for circulation after 1975, as did West Point, but without mint marks so they could augment the Philadelphia production" Something else that is interesting is that the West Point facility wasn't even an official United States Mint when they were making all those cents. "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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What you may not know is that they actually minted them for circulation after 1975, as did West Point, but without mint marks so they could augment the Philadelphia production.
If I recall correctly, West Point did this in the 1970's and San Francisco in the 1980s. I am sure Conder101 or cladking can verify or correct my memory. Thanks jbuck  Learnt something new today. Always a good thing. Quote:
Something else that is interesting is that the West Point facility wasn't even an official United States Mint when they were making all those cents. I was wondering about that when I read jbucks post. Didn't West Point become an official mint sometime in the mid 90's? |
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From Wikipedia. Emphasis is mine. Quote:
The West Point Mint Facility was erected in 1937 near the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, United States. Originally it was called the West Point Bullion Depository. At one point it had the highest concentration of silver of any U.S. mint facility, and for 12 years produced circulating pennies. It has since minted mostly commemorative coins, and stores gold. It gained official status as a branch of the United States Mint on March 31, 1988. Later that year it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Something else that is interesting is that the West Point facility wasn't even an official United States Mint when they were making all those cents. The San Francisco facility wasn't a mint at that time either. After it's shut down in 1955 it became an Assay Office and didn't regain Mint status until 3/31/1988 along with West Point. San Francisco struck cents without mintmarks from 1978 to 1983. West Point struck them without mintmarks from 1975 to 1986. West Point also struck quarters without mintmarks from 1976 to 1979. West Point struck 376,000 bicentennial quarters. Edited by Conder101
06/22/2017 12:02 pm
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The San Francisco facility wasn't a mint at that time either. After it's shut down in 1955 it became an Assay Office and didn't regain Mint status until 3/31/1988 along with West Point.
San Francisco struck cents without mintmarks from 1978 to 1983. West Point struck them without mintmarks from 1975 to 1986. West Point also struck quarters without mintmarks from 1976 to 1979. West Point struck 376,000 bicentennial quarters. I knew you would have something to add.  |
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I didn't realize that the SF mint had closed down for a while. Interesting.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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If there is a key date for LMCs, it's probably the 68-s in uncirculated condition right? Mintage is about a quarter of a billion, which is still a lot.
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I would think the 1970-S Small Date would be considered the key to the LMC series. |
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Quote:I would think the 1970-S Small Date would be considered the key to the LMC series. I agree. It was the last LMC I bought for my set. |
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If there is a key date for LMCs, it's probably the 68-s in uncirculated condition right? Mintage is about a quarter of a billion, which is still a lot. The '84-D is more expensive as is the '86-P. The most expensive regular issue is the '86-D. The ranking will change in the future because the real scarcities are invisible in a market with no demand and there is not really any demand for these coins. I think the '68-S and '69 will do very well in nice choice bright condition but the '68 will be second in MS-64 and above and the '84-P will be first. These dates are corroding in the mint sets and the '84 looked like junk when it was new. Early zincs had gaps in the plating and most roll coins will turn to zinc oxide. In very high grades there are some key dates that are invisible because they have high populations now due to the way we grade coins. None of the memorial cents are really tough in Unc but people would be surprised to know how few corroded or blackened zincs still survive of many dates. The varieties are interesting and some are popular with collectors. Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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