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I have searched about 3/4 of a million cents and have saved all the "S" mints and I think I have around 20 rolls. I am in Michigan. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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That's about what I get in Ohio too John. There's hardly any S mints in this part of the country which creates the perception they are somewhat rare when they in fact are not.
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BadThad is right, I used to think the S-Mint cents were rare several years ago. But, based on the fact that there are more S-Mints found in San Diego and about that area, does that mean by definition if someone finds a 1909-S VDB, it would be found out west?
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Yes, but a 1909 S mint has had more time to make its way over to the east coast than a 1970 S mint.  |
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Right on Willy! And if anything you'd get a 1909-S with no VDB but either way I'll take it! I am in Michigan so to me any S mint is a geographical rarity! I don't know whether or not to trust About.com, but there is a Memorial cent value listing there, and it stated that the value of the 1968-1974 S-Mints can be Three Cents (the same as common wheats). |
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Forum member Scotty finds so many I think he had to quit saving them. LOL I'm still saving 'em Thad! I quit saving other "coppers" though. I only hang onto BU-"ish" copper now, but I still keep every S-mint I find. At last count, I have over 100 rolls. |
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Just being a "show-off"...  Pulled this one out of my pocket-change today. |
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Thanks, folks! I appreciate y'alls insight. I'll continue to stash 'em away. My son is a collector too, and he'll probably end up with 'em when the worms are eating me.
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I think I've found perhaps 3 red 1968-S cents in all of my searching....and you pull 'em out of your pocket.  |
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Thanks, folks! I appreciate y'alls insight. I'll continue to stash 'em away. My son is a collector too, and he'll probably end up with 'em when the worms are eating me. I still remember the day... I was 8 or 9 years old when my grandfather "gave" my father his 1909s vdb...(I lived next door to my grandparents at the time, and I'd followed my grandfather out into the yard that separated the two houses...) I remember him "hollerin'-at-the-house" for my dad... "Jimmy!...Come out here!...and bring your metal-detector!" I then watched as my grandfather tossed a penny onto the grass...and gently placed the toe of his work boot over it...to protect it... Dad came out the back door with his detector...turned it on...and my grandfather pointed towards his toe and said..."I think I've found something down here"...  The coin now is in a pcgs slab...with a "genuine-not-gradeable" stamp on it.... The coin isn't nearly worth the memory imho.... I lost my father in 2009, and my grandfather in 2005. |
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Fugio - if interested, check out this post I started a while back: https://goccf.com/t/88992&whichpage=1RELATIVELY SPEAKING, these are very low mintage coins. On the other hand, lots of them were made. I'm saving all I find. |
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HAHAHAHA....cool story Scotty!
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I would think that "S" cents would be scarcer due to the fact that the only "S" coins that have been minted since the late 80's (or somewhere in that time frame) have not been for circulation, but for Proof sets only.
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I would think that "S" cents would be scarcer due to the fact that the only "S" coins that have been minted since the late 80's (or somewhere in that time frame) have not been for circulation, but for Proof sets only. WHAT? They don't make S coins for circulation? No wonder I don't see them anymore. I wonder if the S Mint people did that to drive us nuts looking for them. |
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Scotty11: Touching story! Thanks. Drdave: WOW! Roll searching REALLY gives one a sense of the state of available coins. Your excellent analysis in your posted link definately disputes (and affirms) conventional wisdom of rarity and value of circulating cents.
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