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Got A Box Of 1973 S Lincoln Cents From The Bank And I Had A Couple Question

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 Posted 09/16/2020  09:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mcshilling to your friends list

That is an incredible find 72S all in one box. Keep the better ones and sell the rest.
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 Posted 09/16/2020  09:33 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Blind Squirrel to your friends list
Wow, another bank find. Guess I need to visit my bank today.
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 Posted 09/16/2020  10:53 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TNG to your friends list
I bet theres a S over S rpm or minor doubled die or two in there. Maybe a clip or Cud?
Perhaps the coin shortage has things like this coming out of holdings?
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 Posted 09/16/2020  12:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add machine20 to your friends list
Amazing find
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 Posted 09/16/2020  1:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add suipakpaikungfu to your friends list
TNG, what S/S are you referring to? I don't see it in the cheerry pickers guide.
Can you please provide some more info? I've got about 20 rolls of BU 73-S.
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 Posted 09/16/2020  1:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TNG to your friends list

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TNG, what S/S are you referring to? I don't see it in the cheerry pickers guide.
Can you please provide some more info? I've got about 20 rolls of BU 73-S.


I don't collect rpm's as a rule. I just thought there may be an S/S somewhere out there. I think I saw some on ebay but they might be sellers dreamed up sales. Others here know a ton about Lincoln varieties. I know next to nothing. Just thought they deserve a close look if you are going to open them.
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 Posted 09/16/2020  2:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GrapeCollects to your friends list

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TNG, what S/S are you referring to? I don't see it in the cheerry pickers guide.
Can you please provide some more info? I've got about 20 rolls of BU 73-S.


There are literal thousands of varieties that aren't in the CPG. Just because they're not in there doesn't mean they aren't well documented.
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 Posted 09/16/2020  2:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add cladking to your friends list
If you take 40 1965 quarters and put them in a roll it will be very short (~1/2" short).

But the odds of a roll of only old quarters coming together by chance are practically the same as walking into a vacuum. Both are possible but it won't happen by mere chance in the here and now.

It's the same thing with the mints' poor quality control of weight.
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 Posted 09/16/2020  4:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Riellyscions to your friends list
Very cool !
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 Posted 09/16/2020  11:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Conder101 to your friends list

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Every roll weighed 155 grams, but every penny in every roll ranged in weight from 3 grams to 3.21 grams. And everything in between. I've only gone through a few rolls, but in the ones that I did I only found a few that were 3.11 grams and I found 2 pennies that are stuck together somehow.
So first, do all copper Lincoln rolls in a box weigh the same, but the pennies themselves are not consistent in weight?

The spec weight of a cent is 3.11 grams and they have a tolerance range of +/-.13 grams so they can weight anywhere from 2.98 to 3.24 grams and still be considered within specification. In your roll you found cents weighing for 3 to 3.21 grams. ALL of these are within spec. Now that spec weight is basically and average of the weight range. In this case your rolls weigh 155 grams and there are 50 coins per roll. That comes out to an average weight of 3.1 grams compared to the "official" weight of 3.11 grams. Pretty accurate if you ask me.
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Thanks for all the replies! I soaked the two pennies in distilled water like suggested and they separated with no problem. I was hoping to find something cool, but they were just normal with more scratches on them. I did however find this one in a different roll. I think it's Struck Through Grease and it looks like there's still grease on the coin. Should I remove the grease or just leave it? If I should remove the grease, what's the best way to do it? Thank you in advance!
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 Posted 09/23/2020  04:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list
It is a nice Struck Through Grease. I don't know if you should remove the grease or not. Coop knows though,he mentioned it before.
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 Posted 09/23/2020  08:18 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SensibleSal66 to your friends list
Hmmm, now I know where all the pennies are .
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You can remove the grease with an acetone soak .
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