Cool Lincoln Roll Finds (From Bank Rolls) - Post Yours!

Wife got me a $25.00 box today and it included a 1909 (no vdb) in g4 as well as a half dozen other wheat pennies (mostly from the 1940's). Also got some nicer bu coins to include a 1970 S large date and a 2009 D presidential cent which is only the second one I have found to date. Tommorow I will check for the am errors on the 1992, 1998, 1999 and 2000. Sincerely, John Leckrone

The San Francisco mint pennies always had much lower production numbers and so they got pulled out of circulation pretty quick. Additionally they were only produced from 1968 to 1974 for circulating coinage so that also limited the supply. A LOT of them were removed from circulation early on and as the years went by more and more were pulled. Most $25.00 boxes will only generate 5 or 6 s mintmarks. I always kept them seperate as well when searching pennies. Sincerely, John Leckrone

Since you all are talking about the 68S, what would a roll of them that look brand new sell for?

Wornslick

These are the best cents out of roll hunting for me. Got them about 8 yrs ago...I probably went thru every roll in our town tho lol.

I may go get a few more now

A camera with macro mode. I use a Canon SD700IS and love it.

I live over here in the bay area, just an hour south of SF. After reading the last several posts about the scarcity of s-minted cents I checked my Whitman folder, and to my amusement, some of my nicest cents are s-mints. (I've searched through only about five boxes.) I am in need of better p-mint cents, however.

Is there some kind of trade network set up where people from different parts of the US can trade coins with different mintmarks?

Anyway, here are some pictures of my SF cents found in rolls:

Living near Sacramento, I too have had an easy time of finding S cents. Yet so far, none look as nice as lizzyjo's. I search bank rolls when I have the time, but wanted to pass along an interesting tidbit that may be old hat for you pros: look on top of vending machines. In that last year I've found about four dollars worth of cents up there. I don't know what possesses people to throw away money but I'm happy they do.

Troy