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A 1969 cent. I see all kind of great 69 D's but can't find a plain 69 to save my soul!
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Mine was the 1920D Lincoln Cent. I have 10 completed sets of Lincolns. They are in order of grades from all MS to whatever. I spent many, many, many years looking for the 20D in MS and just not anywhere. I go to 3 or 4 coin shows a month and seveal coin stores and all say the same thing, "oh that shouldn't be hard to find". Yeah, right but they never have one. Finally after all those years a dealer at a coin show said "Hey, guess what? I have two of those 20D's" Finally. I was starting to think there was no such thing. |
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puman; I don't know if anyone has mentioned this to you but if you look to the left of your post under your username you will see the number of posts you have.
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08/22/2008 11:47 am
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 ........yup.....to the left !....you can't miss it !... |
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Quote:Mine was the 1920D Lincoln Cent. I have 10 completed sets of Lincolns. They are in order of grades from all MS to whatever. I spent many, many, many years looking for the 20D in MS and just not anywhere. I go to 3 or 4 coin shows a month and seveal coin stores and all say the same thing, "oh that shouldn't be hard to find". Yeah, right but they never have one. Finally after all those years a dealer at a coin show said "Hey, guess what? I have two of those 20D's" Finally. I was starting to think there was no such thing. That is a tough Lincoln, I don't care what anyone says. I can't find one in MS either! Another tough Lincoln is the 1931D in BU MS Red, problem-free. Man, I searched the world over for that coin! I wouldn't trade it even for a 31S of the same grade! Image Insert: Image Insert: |
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puman; I don't know if anyone has mentioned this to you but if you look to the left of your post under your username you will see the number of posts you have.
Oh am I glad to hear that. I was ready to complain to the forum people that they were posting my age under my name. Hey Thad. I have to agree with you there. I forgot about that lousy 31D also. That too gave me a real lot of trouble finding. And with that one also, it sure is a pain when dealers keep saying OH, that one is easy to find. |
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Carl - I've heard that "easy to find" comment over and over.....never believe them! LOL There's quite a few Lincolns with decent mintages, but finding that right coin is very tough. Another tough one is the 1910P in red, BU. The "book value" is next to nothing. A dealer at a coin show had one some months ago, she wanted too much for it.....I showed her the CDN value and she still wouldn't budge on the price...oh well, I moved on.
Lincolns are a funny thing! Sometimes mintageas don't really mean a thing....unless you're willing to accept anything...and that's not me!
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Yeah! Found that elusive 1969 in BU condition. What a battle!
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Yes, I've noticed but for the most part I don't pay very much attention to myself. However, I am extremely impressed at the number of posts some of you have accumulated. I "lurk" more than anything; I enjoy the stories and educational factor. Keep posting and I'll keep reading!
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I know that I'm coming into this topic kind of late, but there are a few in circulation coins that boggled me. The 1971 and the '78d Roosevelt dimes were unbelieveably hard for me. I think the last count was like almost eleven hundred dollars in dimes. Wasn't even roll searching, just change that had been saved up by my friends and family over time. I found one '71 but it had some slight tarnish on it. And I ended up buying the '78d at a coin show becuase I was sick of searching dimes and I was going blind. And in all those dimes no silver at all. I hate dimes. |
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One thing I have discovered over the years of being in this business is that some coins which should be "easy to find" aren't. Any older coin with a mintage of 10 million or less is RARE. I have found it to be true over and over again. This is especially true for wheat pennies, barber and Mercury dimes, quarters and of course Walking Liberty halves and Morgan dollars. I can tell you that I do have coins that are priced above the RedBook and the other coin periodicals simply because I know how rare they are and the price in these books DOES NOT reflect the rarity. I have never had anyone complain when I point this out to them. It is the simple law of supply and demand. I have the supply, they have the demand. They usually AGREE with me and smile as they buy the coin they have been searching so long for. The small premium they pay saves them a fortune in gasoline and allows them to fill the hole in their collection after what has sometimes been a VERY LONG search. Sincerely, John Leckrone |
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I have one in about BU condition. I could give it to you for nothing, if I can find my board. Do you want it? - coincrazed
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12/07/2009 10:16 pm
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not to brag but I found a solid roll of 1973 s pennies wish I had kept more I could give one to you I put 2 in both of my lincoln books and put the other in 2x2 and traded the rest at the coin shop, they got me some buffalos
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Quote:One thing I have discovered over the years of being in this business is that some coins which should be "easy to find" aren't. Any older coin with a mintage of 10 million or less is RARE. I have found it to be true over and over again. This is especially true for wheat pennies, barber and Mercury dimes, quarters and of course Walking Liberty halves and Morgan dollars. Jefferson nickel issues under 10 million are tough to find in circulation. Besides the key date 50-D, this includes 38-D, 38-S, 39-D, 39-S, 49-S, 50, 51-S, and 55. 42-D is also tough to find even though 13 million were struck. Since I started searching change and rolls 15 years ago, I have found 49-S, 50, 51-S, & 55. So far, I only have one example of each issue. It was only a few months ago that I found 51-S, searching my Dad's coin bank, while visiting my parents 5 hours away. Lately, I have been searching nickel boxes, hoping to find the other dates, although I am not counting on finding a 50-D. But who knows, anything could happen. |
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Yep and with a little over 3 million circulated 73-S compared to over 3 billion on the 73-D is one of the reasons its hard to find. It's 300 million 73S, not 3 million. And I've found a few - not a zillion, but probably 4-5 over a year of searching rolls and my cash register. Joe |
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