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Pillar of the Community
United States
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In pocket change? Wow - very nice cent!
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Pillar of the Community
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Thad, that is beautiful. I find those late decade 1980's to be very poor in general. mushy dies, dirty planchets, weak strikes all make it hard to find descent examples. You have definitely found the exception to the rule. Jim  |
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Will you be sending this one out to be graded?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Indeed Jim, the 80's Zincolns are generally horrible. I was actually more excited to find this coin than my MS-65 1999 WAM. Based on my experience, finding a conditional rarity coin like this is more difficult than finding a variety or error. Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Unreal that was in a roll. :-)
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Unreal that was in a roll. :-)
Not even in a roll! It was in my friends 25 year old change stash with about 20,000 other Lincolns.  |
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Incredible find!  |
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Valued Member
United States
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What a beautiful coin! Your pics are fantastic...I gotta learn to do that!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm not a huge fan of memorial cents, but I have to say that one is the best I've ever seen. That tone is great!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Congrats,
Great find, and a beautiful cent!
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02/03/2010 5:46 pm
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United States
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A VERY strong coin. As others have mentioned the 1980's were not that great as a general rule and even as the mints efforts got better as the decade progressed it was not often a coin of this caliber was produced. Spend the 5 cents and put it in a 2 x 2. I know I would. Great find! Sincerely, John Leckrone
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Very nice find Thad.
Congrats!!
What would you grade it at?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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John - One better, it's in an Airtite now. :)
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What would you grade it at? The luster is insane, looks like a proof. A lot of weight is given to luster on the Memorial cents. I'd be mad if a TGP didn't give it at least a 66, but I'm calling it a 67 with a star designation.  |
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