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Here's a 1960-D (SD, I think). I found this in a roll and it still looks as good as it did 48 years ago (I'm assuming, since I'm only 31...lol)   |
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My theory on that is pretty simple, CoinStar. Countless people had jars of old coins that finally got cashed in. I admit, when I'm desperate I take all the "silver" change from my jar to buy sodas at work, but the pennies remain. I'd bet that the pennies remained for a lot of people for a long time.
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Wow...very nice! Congrats on finding that...I've looked through boxes without success!  |
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Minus the fuzz, hair and lint, how would you grade this? (Did you notice the nice MD on the back?)
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I agree. I've been searching rolls and find coins like this too, it's amazing really. I realize millions were made etc, but for a thin copper wafer to survive years without being scratched or dinged or encrusted with the crud is really remarkable. At least I think so.
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I have a hard time grading red Lincolns because I'm usually looking at VG-XF IHCs!  If there's no circ wear on the high points of the cheek and shoulder, then I might say MS64 RD. Update: I just found two of these (circ) just tonight! First ones ever.  Edited by KurtS
02/29/2008 12:00 am
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Millions of coins were set aside each year in those days and the SD cent was extremely popular. It was so popular to save that as recently as 5 years ago it was the cheapest BU roll of US cents. Even the current year cents sold for more than the '60-D SD.
Collectors often spend old BU rolls after checking for gems and varieties. The circulating coinage is overrepresented with recently spent coins because most of the old cents are destroyed or sitting idle because they have no value.
It's unlikely that so many will be spent that they become hard to find. It's not impossible but bags and bags of such coins are dug out every day. Even if it were noticed some were getting tough there'd likely be more bags being found.
This applies to many of the coins from 1934 to 1964 but most especially 1958 to 1964 cents and nickels.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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I'm just surprised to find two 60-D SDs in the first 10 rolls I searched from a shipment from the E.Coast. Contrast that to looking through thousands of pennies here in CA and not finding a single one!  |
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1960. The year I graduated from high school!
I often times find both cents and nickels that are 30 or 40 years old, and look like new. Not sure how that happens.
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Totally awesome find. I don't care what anyone says or what the pundits are saying.
You got a roll of pennies, you open it up and you find something like what you've posted. Priceless. OK. It's probably only worth 5 cents, but it's still Priceless - if you get my drift.
I've spent more money than I should have on a lot of coins, but my most PRECIOUS collection is the 1940 - Current Date collection of Lincoln pennies. They are ALL taken out of circulation. I know, that one day, I'll pull out a coin like the one you found and I'll be able to put it in my coin book.
It's what keeps me (and a lot of other collectors!) going........
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Kabiye Lady, You are so right! I examine every handful of change a cashier gives me --usually while they're bagging things! Have found some pretty pennies for my Lincoln collections! Gussyboy1 Edited by gussyboy1
02/29/2008 07:57 am
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