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United States
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So about a year ago I inherited sarcastically 20,000 pounds of various coins. I have been slowly working through it, seperating, organizing, putting some in books, some in 2x2's and learning all I can. I am building a set for me, a set for/with my teenage son and a backup set. The most numerous of this inheritance is the lincoln cents 1959-1970. I have already scoured them for crazy noticable errors and specifically for the 55dd and pulled what I found. Here is the crux: I am hard up for space and money. I can't hang on to roughly $100 face value worth of these cents that do not seem to have any real collector value. However, they have all been sealed in plastic tubes within thick bank boxes for the past 50 years and are all roughly mint condition. And I mean SPARKLY. Do I: A) Toss them in the coinstar and cash them in putting thousands of near mint peices back into circ? B) Try to peice them out by the roll on ebay and see if I can get a premium? C) Something other....? Thanks community! |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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 to CCF BiggDaddE! For starters, pictures always help us determine the best course of action. Plus we just like  ing over your collection.  There are some folks here that are experts on cents and should be able to offer some good advice for you. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3463 Posts |
to CCF! Pictures are always helpful. BU rolls always bring a premium, so don't put them in a coinstar. Also, if they are original bank wrapped rolls, don't open them. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1307 Posts |
I'd love to see what 20,000 lbs of pennies looks like.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
7096 Posts |
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I'd love to see what 20,000 lbs of pennies looks like. Me too, just over 9 Metric ton's of coins would make an impressive photo  |
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New Member
 United States
21 Posts |
Something like this I would imagine....lol  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
Do not throw them into coin star or the bank . from what you are describing they are BU rolls of various dates . there are many collectors like me who are into BU rolls of Lincolns . BTW , To CCF . |
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Sounds like a great work in progress.
As has been mentioned, photos would really help us give you more informed recommendations.
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Rest in Peace
United States
7075 Posts |
If you are willing to accept face value, please consider finding a local coin club or coin show and selling them for face value to a collector or a dealer so that the coins will stay in AU and BU condition.
Once you dump them they will never be the same.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3540 Posts |
Post pictures of what you have. This info will help in making a decision.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
10743 Posts |
20,000 lbs..  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Good grief! to the CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4211 Posts |
Wow...talk about overwhelming! No, please do not just dump them in a coin star.  at least a few |
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Valued Member
United States
147 Posts |
Holy (all kinds of stuff)! The last thing to do is Coinstar. The second last is the bank. Pics....
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New Member
United States
21 Posts |
Ok ok, here is a taste of what I was talking about....   |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Posted 12/18/2016 01:02 am
