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Pillar of the Community
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Eaglefoot, I was really hoping that the rolls from this morning were going to come wrapped in Mint wrappers or at least a special wrapper to indicate they were released at the special ceremony this morning. Turns out they were just String & Son wrappers (oh well)  |
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United States
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Can't wait to get a few rolls, very nice design
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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afernbaugh,
It might be, but the pieces I have seem to come from a later stage die, so any fine retooling doesn't show too well. If anything, under a loupe the bust appears to be kind of "mushy". To support the possibility of a later stage die, on about a third of the coins from the roll I opened there is a small die crack beginning to form under Lincoln's ear.
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Pillar of the Community
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wrapper to indicate they were released at the special ceremony this morning. Turns out they were just String & Son wrappers (oh well) Yeah, that's kind of what I was wondering .... or something similar to the Cheerios Sac, as I mentioned, in some way....but relating to this Event. That would have been a wonderful idea for them to offer them in a separate way/wrapper. To set them apart from all of the others from Banks, Mint,etc. etc. And to know that these in particular came from a very special event honoring Lincoln. They might have been referred to in the future as the "Lincoln paper premium". heh heh heh Edited by eaglefoot
02/12/2009 2:04 pm
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Canada
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Canadian here, and I have been feeling not only the excitment over the new coins to be released but also have developed some keen interest in the great man. PBS has been broadcasting shows on him all week, and I have been captivated.
Unsure if I missed this, but is there a mint mark on these?..Will there be both a P and D mint mark?
Perhaps an acetone bath to help with the spotting issue?
Regardless, congrats!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As per usual/unchanged with that.......will be both "P" & "D".....but the Philly mintmark isn't on the coin....referred to as "Plain" as Hollywood says below.....  Edited by eaglefoot
02/12/2009 3:00 pm
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Gotta admit--the reverse looks better struck than as a drawing.  Great cents! |
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United States
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Congrats coppernikeldaddy once in a life time event I noticed that theres no mint marks on them pics or are them philadelphia plains ? |
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Every bank and area will be different I'm sure......some will take forever........some will get them pretty fast. At lunch today, the cashier had to break open a new roll of cents. They were all bright and beautiful! I immediately wished they would be 2009, expected them to be 2008, only to find out they were 2007! We are so behind here. I have only had two 2008 cents in change.  |
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United States
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I was there too. I ended up going through the line a few times and got 3 unopened boxes and 40 rolls.  The ones I got don't have the spotting like yours CND. They are as sharply struck as any cent I have seen. |
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I was there too. I ended up going through the line a few times and got 3 unopened boxes and 40 rolls. Are you going to share?  Edited by collect4fun
02/12/2009 3:18 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nelrak,
WOW!! I was near the front of the line at the beginning and I thought about going through again but thought that it would take forever for the line to die down. Darn, I should have waited and gotten more!! But, congrats on your take! You probably have more of them than anyone else in the country right now!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wondering if Nelrak brought his wheelbarrow to the event !.....   |
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United States
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Nelrak - Hook a new member up with a single. That sounds awesome.
In all seriousness, Congrats to you guys on getting those. I can't wait to get mine.
Does anybody know when you can order the set w/ the Silver?
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