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Valued Member
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It's indeed in nice shape for its age.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
10472 Posts |
A nice "hole filler" or 2x2 worthy.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Not much value but would look good in an album.
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Moderator
United States
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a very nice looking cent.
I have been noting that you never really have no questions on errors or varieties about the coins you have posted about your coins so far, so I think that moving forward you should post coins you are displaying mostly due to how nice they appear, that they should be posted in the Main US Coin forum area and not in the V&E sub forum.
I'll move this one up to the correct location for you.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes, good album hole filler until better comes along.
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Valued Member
 United States
338 Posts |
Thanks for all you input, ill delete my account dont want anyone to waste your time because my post are a waster of it
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Moderator
United States
94672 Posts |
What are you talking about? your posts are not a waste of time, we ('I' enjoy) looking at the coins posted here. Please keep posting your nice coins here.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2270 Posts |
It's a nice cent. Most of these are severely carbon spotted now days.
The coin has some problems but finding one nicer has become difficult.
The real problem with discussing such coins is that very few people are interested in later date coins and few people can tell a good one from a bad one. Welcome to my world!
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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United States
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Nice looking example!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1108 Posts |
A very nice looking coin.
I have noticed personally that for whatever reason, there seems to be an abundance of 1968 cents of all mint marks in remarkably good condition.
I've come across quite a bit in rolls.
A lot of them seem to be near BU.
Wonder why this year in particular?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A very nice looking coin.
I have noticed personally that for whatever reason, there seems to be an abundance of 1968 cents of all mint marks in remarkably good condition.
I've come across quite a bit in rolls.
A lot of them seem to be near BU.
Wonder why this year in particular? A lot of people saw the restoration of mint marks and proof sets as well as the first S mint coin since 1965 to set aside huge numbers. Well, not huge numbers compared to something like the '58-D, but still many millions. All three mint marks were impacted but the Philly was saved in the largest quantity and nice chBU or better coins constituted more than two thirds of the mint sets which were also popular with a mintage over 2 million. The S mint has always had a premium but I suspect is a lot of people thought they didn't have enough. Also SA mints seem to be more widely saved but the absolute number won't be known until the markets seek them out. I would guess that in very high grade (MS-65 or better) the S will be the second most common after the Denver. But in nice chBU it might be the scarcest. The Denver was the most common in nice chBU and nice specimens still survive after all these year. The Philly will be tough in chBU unless you don't mind carbon spots. All three '68 cents will prove difficult in nice Gem condition with Philly far and away the tough one. Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
Edited by cladking
12/17/2025 1:52 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree with cladking, the 1968P is a tough coin in gem! I'm still looking for a better one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5029 Posts |
That is a beautiful example!
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Valued Member
United States
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Nice LMC. That would look great in one of my collections too! |
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United States
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Interesting. I was sorting out all of the change from my wife's car today. There was a bunch. One of the coins was an almost perfect 1968 one cent coin with full mint luster. Made me stop and wonder where it had been for the last 58 years. It's going into my hoard of copper pennies.
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Posted 12/17/2025 01:42 am
