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We have established the Lincoln Memorial Cents made from 1959-1982 will produce a few key dates such as the 1970-S small date and 1960 small date, and maybe the 1968-S? Anyhow, which zinc ones will become key dates someday? 1986? 1984-D? 2008s?
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Not to many. Unfortuately organizations, like Whitman, make places for some really poor choices in their Albums and Folders. I'm sure that they will eventually have slots for the odd balls like the 83 Doubled, 84 Double Ear, wide and close varieties of lots of years. And lots of other just error coins. However, not many in that area can be or should be considered a key date.
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Not being a "series" collector, would vatieties (83/83, 84/84 and 95/95 Double Dies) be considered part of the "series"? 1994-D is the only Zinc Lincoln (non-error that I seen in Numismedia) that is in double-digits in MS64RD, then quite a few join in at MS65RD.
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01/08/2013 10:16 am
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Could some of the '80s dates have such high attrition rates that they may become less common, in spite of their enormous mintages? It seems like a lot start bubbling even when fairly well stored.
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 IMO, finding and holding on to " primo" Red Zinc Lincolns would be a good move. We have seen some of these "plating" issues, especially earlier coins (80's) and there probably are not many survivors that are decent. I see too many disgusting, corroded zinc pennies in the registers that I want to cringe whenever I reach into it.  Back in 82, when the seven types were produced, I bought a roll set from Virg Marshall III ("The Penny Merchant") out of Nebraska and put them aside...I wonder what they look like now? I may have to check that out tonight after work. Edited by oih82w8
01/08/2013 11:17 am
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Any zincoln that survives in a grade higher then ms65 in the future will be rare. Also keep any 1982's SD's. John1  |
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John1. I don't know much about lincolns but I do know a lot of higher grade zincs are hard to come by. They had so so strikes or they just rot away quickly. |
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Although so many of the ones in the 80's were so horrible for quality, the virtual 4 to 6 Billion made, makes them still a lost cause in any grade. I remember back in the late 80's starting to collect all the ones I thought were error coins. Then I started to notice that almost all of them looked like that. Maybe not key dates but finding any of the late 80's without being a mess would make them a bit valuable in about 200 years.
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The quality of early 80s lincoln cents are bad? Do you mean early zincolns, because I don't know what the fuss about bad quality zincolns is, but maybe it's because I don't pay attention to zinc pennies. On the other hand, my rolls are full of Red 1981 pennies, and I'm frankly not sure what to do with them all! I'm sure that's not the early 80's you guys mean, though.
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I figure that since I mentioned the 95/95 Double Die, here is my 7070 Zinc Lincoln representative;  |
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With the start of another year, this is my opportunity to start putting together some good condition rolls from both P and D. I've been putting together at least two or three rolls for the future with the thought being that like what has been said here "The attrition rate will be horrendous and if you have a few good condition rolls, you'll be ahead of the game in years to come. I wouldn't go crazy and put boxes of these coins aside, but I do just a few. You can never tell. However, if you go crazy and put lots of rolls aside you'll soon get buried in coins. A few is good, tons are a pain. Of course, if you find complete boxes of new pennies there is a market on ebay for those who can't find them. However, that window of opportunity is short lived and closes fast, plus shipping a 16 pound box of pennies is expensive. For a $25 box you may be able to sell it for $30-35 + $6-7 shipping costs less what in ebay fees. I don't know if it would be worth it. Comments? |
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It's difficult to say where we'll be and what will happen in 30 years time. I'm setting aside all MS condition Zincolns I find during my roll hunting. Not expecting them to be worth alot in the near future, but at some point in time they will be worth more than face value (especially since their material value is worth more than their face value right now). A world zinc shortage will only help put the situation well into our favor:)
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