"s" Lincoln Memorials

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BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19961 Posts	Posted 07/21/2011 11:41 pm I think I've found perhaps 3 red 1968-S cents in all of my searching....and you pull 'em out of your pocket. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
scotty11 Pillar of the Community United States 1042 Posts	Posted 07/22/2011 12:34 am Quote: Thanks, folks! I appreciate y'alls insight. I'll continue to stash 'em away. My son is a collector too, and he'll probably end up with 'em when the worms are eating me. I still remember the day... I was 8 or 9 years old when my grandfather "gave" my father his 1909s vdb...(I lived next door to my grandparents at the time, and I'd followed my grandfather out into the yard that separated the two houses...) I remember him "hollerin'-at-the-house" for my dad... "Jimmy!...Come out here!...and bring your metal-detector!" I then watched as my grandfather tossed a penny onto the grass...and gently placed the toe of his work boot over it...to protect it... Dad came out the back door with his detector...turned it on...and my grandfather pointed towards his toe and said..."I think I've found something down here"... The coin now is in a pcgs slab...with a "genuine-not-gradeable" stamp on it.... The coin isn't nearly worth the memory imho.... I lost my father in 2009, and my grandfather in 2005. Report this Post to the Staff
drdave Pillar of the Community United States 721 Posts	Posted 07/22/2011 11:43 am Fugio - if interested, check out this post I started a while back: https://goccf.com/t/88992&whichpage=1 RELATIVELY SPEAKING, these are very low mintage coins. On the other hand, lots of them were made. I'm saving all I find. Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19961 Posts	Posted 07/22/2011 2:32 pm HAHAHAHA....cool story Scotty! Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
coinmap Valued Member United States 266 Posts	Posted 07/22/2011 2:45 pm I would think that "S" cents would be scarcer due to the fact that the only "S" coins that have been minted since the late 80's (or somewhere in that time frame) have not been for circulation, but for Proof sets only. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 07/22/2011 4:07 pm Quote: I would think that "S" cents would be scarcer due to the fact that the only "S" coins that have been minted since the late 80's (or somewhere in that time frame) have not been for circulation, but for Proof sets only. WHAT? They don't make S coins for circulation? No wonder I don't see them anymore. I wonder if the S Mint people did that to drive us nuts looking for them. Report this Post to the Staff
Fugio New Member United States 13 Posts	Posted 07/22/2011 11:04 pm Scotty11: Touching story! Thanks. Drdave: WOW! Roll searching REALLY gives one a sense of the state of available coins. Your excellent analysis in your posted link definately disputes (and affirms) conventional wisdom of rarity and value of circulating cents. Report this Post to the Staff
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