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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I am actually doing fine on the Pre-75 years, it is just the 75 and more recent I don't have high hopes for as I understand S mints weren't made for general circulation. Am I wrong?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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well cents from 1974 and earlier that have an s on them were made for general circulation. 1975 and on cents that have s mint are proofs only and it will be really rare to find any in circulation. so are you collecting proofs and business strikes, or what? because if you are only collecting coins that were issued for circulation then you dont have to worry about any s mint coins from 1975 to present!
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Valued Member
United States
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Ahh 75 til now are Proofs only with the San Fran Mint. People Find them rarely in Rolls and Boxes
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3276 Posts |
for example, I have done 29 boxes of cents. I have found 624 s mint cents from 1968 to 1974. and I have found exactly 0 from 1975 to present.
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New Member
United States
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I live on the east coast, and I've never seen a post '74 Lincoln in change.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1903 Posts |
Well, it would be really fun to get them all in the wild including the proof S's I am doing this more for the fun than anything else. To be straight honest I started CRH just to pick out copper cents to hold back, but I got a really nice run of some super nice 60's cents in rolls and thought "why not start collecting the nice ones as well" and now I am hooked. Getting that 1906 Indian Head in a roll is what really sealed the deal for me that there was more to this than just picking out copper.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Dansco-7100-Coi...em45fb4acf8athis is the album I have. it does not include proofs so you could have a fun time filling the whole thing out pretty easily from 1959 to present. only one that might be a bit of a challenge is the 1970 s small date.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1903 Posts |
I have the rather "exhaustive" Whitman book. It even has spots for the double dies....good luck with those in the wild :-)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i have several 74 and older "s" mm cents. mostly from previously hoarded coins, form my own jars originally hoarded in the 70's and 80's.
Edited by dbrablec
07/11/2011 4:37 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I pulled an 82 S from circulation a couple of years back. I have found 4 proof nickels in circulation. So,don't give up hope! If this economy falters again I would not be surprised to find anything in circulation again.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have found exactly one post 74 S mint cent in circulation, a 1977-S
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07/13/2011 11:56 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
838 Posts |
YES! I found a 1982-S here in Canada about 2 years ago!
(not my most valuable roll-search find by any means, but definitely my wierdest!)
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Valued Member
United States
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What is easier is to work on the #2 and #3 whitman penny folders, easier to fill, cheaper too. Or, you can buy about nine of them partially filled for about $30 on ebay right now, for the next 2 hours or so anyways. Listing 260814543612. |
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United States
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Can't say I've ever seen a proof-only issue in the wild... It will take tons of patience and almost as much luck, but I think a set of 1975-present "S" mint pennies pulled from circulation would be an amazing achievement, just due to the amount of effort it would require to complete. Good Luck!  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Looking in the right place is the key. If you can check out stores, arcades, pizza places or any place that kids would use a cracked out proof set to pay for things. I worked in a game room and we always had Proofs, Silver and old series coins show up all the time. I even found the broken cases in the trash from time to time. Kids would bring proof SBA dollars and halves to the counter for change all the time because the change machine didn't take them. This was back in the early 80s, but I'm sure it still happens today. ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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Posted 07/11/2011 3:53 pm
