On The Road To 5,000 "Lincoln Cents"

1960 D http://goccf.com/t/380866 I still have no idea what's up with the date on this coin.

1963 D http://goccf.com/t/380929 Minor die clash. It's a bit hard to see in the picture. The 3 in the date looked neat.

Nice finds!

I know none of you believe me, but I sure remember this like it was yesterday haha. We sat in the back yard and put down a piece of newspaper.

My dad had a couple different cans of gold spray paint back then, that he used for certain pieces on his HO gauge model train layout and let me spray a couple coins.

I kept them on my dresser for years, then one day I decided to take apart my old coin collection. I kept my 1980 proof set which is still in my dresser.

The proof set was basically all that I had left, except for a gold plated half dollar a few small bags of coins/paper from other countries, that my uncle gave me over the years.

I also have part of a Jefferson nickel set that I came across CRH'ing a few years ago, but it was missing a lot of the key dates and War Nickels.

Then I started collecting again a couple weeks ago, made a membership here, bought 2 boxes of Lincoln cents, plus some other random rolls of change and started learning all about coins again.

Edit - The other day I ended up buying a box of 100 2x2's and a few of those plastic coin tubes.

My parents got it for me when I was born. I remember opening it when I was young, so the coins most likely have fingerprints all over them. You can see a crack in the case where the nickel is.


Edit - Found a few more today.

1982 LMC Small Date Zinc (Spikehead) http://goccf.com/t/381286

1982 LMC Small Date Copper (Reverse Double Die Crack, Possibly Full Roof) http://goccf.com/t/381287

1982 LMC Large Date Copper (Reverse Triple Die Crack, Possibly Full Roof) http://goccf.com/t/381288

I get about 10 wheaties per box of pennies, but ususally quit a bit of pre 1982 coppers. My experience with customer wraps have been horrible in turns of the condition of the coins so I try to avoid them.

Fun finds.

I just closed up the 50th roll, so I'm halfway through them.

Just to bring everything to this page, so far I found,



15 Wheat backs
18 Canadian
1 Dime

1960 D http://goccf.com/t/380866 I still have no idea what's up with the date on this coin.
1963 D http://goccf.com/t/380929 Minor die clash. It's a bit hard to see in the picture.
1965 http://goccf.com/t/380821 Die clash.
1967 http://goccf.com/t/380824 Die clash.
1970 D http://goccf.com/t/381000 Lots of Machine Doubling and a few letters got pinched on the back.
1971 D Spikehead SKH-1c-1971D-13 http://goccf.com/t/380992
1973 D http://goccf.com/t/381042 I thought it was another die clash, but it turns out that it was recurring die subsidence.
1980 D http://goccf.com/t/381238 Struck Through Grease.
1982 LMC Small Date Zinc (Spikehead) http://goccf.com/t/381286
1982 LMC Small Date Copper (Reverse Double Die Crack, Possibly Full Roof) http://goccf.com/t/381287
1982 LMC Large Date Copper (Reverse Triple Die Crack, Possibly Full Roof) http://goccf.com/t/381288
http://goccf.com/t/381358 1982 D reverse die break
http://goccf.com/t/381363 1983 LMC, Reverse Quad Crack + Large Hive (RCD-1c-1983-03R Stage-A)
SKH-1c-1983-28 (Spike head)
SKH-1c-1983-41 (spike head)
46 of the 1983 cents had minor reverse die breaks (I didn't check if any were listed)
1984-1990 A few more minor die breaks and clashes.

1990 1¢ WDDO-003 http://goccf.com/t/381618 My very first DDO on September 2nd

Nothing much in the 1991s, just a couple minor die cracks.

I didn't find much in the 1991-1998 cents, until I came across my very first DDR yesterday.

That brings my total to 1 DDO and 1 DDR, ever since I join this website.

LMC 1998 P-1 Dr-001 Coppercoins http://goccf.com/t/382409


Edit - Plus a few minor die cracks among the other years.