1980's Decade Lincoln Cents (Moved To This Board)

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kdavis21 New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 7:58 pm Ooops, I previously posted this on the wrong board. Hope this is the right one. I'm relatively new to Lincoln cents. I live on Coppercoins.com looking up my small 'treasures' and learning about these cents. I have a great, small community bank here and they let me buy customer rolled cents so I can practice my common 'cents' grading skills, but I've noticed that almost every cent from the 1980's seems to have a lot of die scratches. Is that the norm for that decade? Thanks Report this Post to the Staff

coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 8:03 pm Yup, pretty normal. As are trapped gas bubbles, discoloration, split plating, and a whole host of other 'problems' the mint later took care of for the better part. Cents from the early zinc years are second in line to the 1943 cents for the worst planned, worst executed coins in US Mint history. SBA dollars follow in third place. Originally intended to be a decent multi-sided coin, it's failures far outweigh its successes. Report this Post to the Staff
kdavis21 New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 8:10 pm Thank you. After spending weeks on my indian heads, 'wheaties', 60's and 70's cents, the consistant bad quality of the 80's was disappointing to say the least. But I'm new, so thought I better check before I 'chuck'. Thanks again. Report this Post to the Staff
OrDirtDevil Valued Member United States 214 Posts	Posted 01/19/2008 9:15 pm Chuck, in your opinion, you think this will make the better Graded 80s coin raise in value faster over the years? I too see tons of bad 80s coins. Report this Post to the Staff
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