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I'm having a hard time with 85 and 88. The other mid-80's I'm finding 2 or 3 worth keeping from any given box. Tough!
10,000 rolls! Pure goodness!
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I'm saving reds sorted by decade all the way to 2010...the quality of the 80's is not good at all.And there is a plus to saving them like coppertop..when I needed weight for my garden tractor to plow...it got $225 in pennies that were going to be dumped at the bank.
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I'm having a hard time with 85 and 88. The other mid-80's I'm finding 2 or 3 worth keeping from any given box. Tough!
What percentage of these would you say are true uncs? 5%? Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Pennies don't circulate much so they don't migrate much. Coins in high grade have probably migrated even less than the average coin for the date since they've been used fewer times. The implication of a dearth of a pecific date is that your area was in recession or was rturning coins to the Fed during that year.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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The implication of a dearth of a pecific date is that your area was in recession or was rturning coins to the Fed during that year. Do you know somewhere they are plentiful ? |
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Percent unc? None. I'm pulling from circulation. They have to be real nice to keep. Considering this thread I may lower my standards :)
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I save ALL red BU cents from 1982-1989 and roll them up for storage.  coppercoins I'll also add that I'm saving ALL 1991D and 1993D red BU cents as well. According to CDN, these 2 dates are well worth hanging on to. |
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I have nearly 10,000 rolls (about 500,000 coins) worth of Lincoln cents in bags, tubes, rolls, etc. I basically have more than most of the banks in this area (300,000 population) put together.
Not sure how you store them and hopefully where ever it is you had it structurally checked for stresses and strains.  Only saying that due to I once worked in an Engineering Office that moved into a building that was not intended for massive storage weights. The walls actually started to bow out from that weight. Just something to think about. |
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Carl I hope he has a concrete slab for all that weight |
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I once worked in an Engineering Office that moved into a building that was not intended for massive storage weights An engineering office ? Tell us what they built so we can stay away  |
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I'll also add that I'm saving ALL 1991D and 1993D red BU cents as well. According to CDN, these 2 dates are well worth hanging on to.
Indeed. As you well know Scott, the 90D and 91D are just impossible to find in my area in MS red. I may find ONE MS-62 or less out of every 25 boxes searched. Even beat up brown circs are scarce here. Regardless of where you live, I highly recommend saving 1990-D red, BU cents. Besides being somewhat scarce the vast majority are MS-63 and lower. Out of ALL of my BU rolls, filling up my 90-D (and 91-D to a lesser extent) tube with red, MS-64 & up coins gave me a nice feeling of accomplishment. The other really tough gem BU roll to complete is the 1984-D. These were all SO poorly made it's not even funny. Regardless of listed/perceived marketplace values, I wouldn't sell that roll for anything less than $100. |
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An engineering office ? Tell us what they built so we can stay away
Here is a really scarry situation. That company specialized in Nuclear Power Stations and reactors. |
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It seemed like the 93D roll is also pricey on CDN too; what are some of the expert take?
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I save every single BU cent I find. Each one costs me one cent and it will eventually be worth more than one cent. Since I don't plan to sell any of my collection, my kids or grandkids . . . will reap the benefits.
That being said, anything after 2005 must be gem BU, or back to the bank it goes. For 2004 and earlier, I will save choice BU coins.
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hmm I guess I need to add more to my save list.
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