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Bedrock of the Community
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 No  couldn't resist! They are a very common pre 40 wheatie aren't they. Edited by TNG
04/14/2018 8:10 pm
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Whassamatter? I like that date. Anything that old is special, even if you can't buy a boat with it.
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It's the only Lincoln Repeater so far...  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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That is why I want them to wait until after 2020 before they consider eliminating the Lincoln Penny. |
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I have 240 of them, compared to 6 S mint and 1 D mint, I just want to pick up some more S and D mints, no more phillys
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I have 240 of them Yikes, that is quite a few! However, I do note that you have a ways to go if you are trying to corner the market: your stash represents about 0.00061% of the roughly 400 million minted. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Yikes, that is quite a few! However, I do note that you have a ways to go if you are trying to corner the market: your stash represents about 0.00061% of the roughly 400 million minted.  Not trying to corner the market, that's for sure. Just want to have a few more mint marks, so I can make up starter sets for younger relatives about to join scouts so they can get their badge, and hopefully carry on their uncles hobby. |
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The 1919 three mint series was actually one of the larger runs. WW1 had ended, production was increasing and the US was ramping up to a pretty solid economy. Cents were a very necessary purchasing denomination back then, many small staple items and produce was 1-5 cents in cost. The "penny candy", The "nickelodeon" flash card videos, many items of produce, an apple was 2 cents, the cry for "Buddy can ya spare one thine dime?" later in the twenties was the cost of a good meal at a diner.
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The 1919 three mint series was actually one of the larger runs. WW1 had ended, production was increasing and the US was ramping up to a pretty solid economy. Actually the 1919 to 1922 period was one of recession. The "roaring 20s" didn't really kick in until the middle of the decade. |
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Quote: That is why I want them to wait until after 2020 before they consider eliminating the Lincoln Penny. This is not the worst reason I have heard to keep the cent in circulation. |
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