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? About Older Good Condition Coins (60's)

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 Posted 07/24/2008  7:43 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add kdkenn to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Not that thats really old or anything BUT looking through coins today I had 2 Lincoln cents that popped out to me. They are a 1964 D and a 1961 D both look shiny new I'm used to seeing these years in a MUCH darker color.

Are these worth saving?
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 Posted 07/24/2008  7:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Amazon99 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Probably not, but if you do your out only 2 cents...
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07/24/2008 7:45 pm
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 Posted 07/24/2008  7:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kdkenn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You are probably right. LOL They just popped out to me though. I'm new to this and have no idea really what I'm looking for.

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 Posted 07/24/2008  11:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SpringCypress to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
When it comes to roll hunting, I have to set myself a few rules.

I roll hunt Jeffersons, BUT you could apply the rules to Lincolns as well.

I have a pulled from circulation set. When I run across a coin that isn't in my set, I keep it regardless of the condition.
If I pull a coin from circulation which is better than the one in my set I keep that new one and then do one of two things with the old one.
I either put it back in circulation or if it's an example which has enough value to be ebayed then I do that.

I also pick a specific date and keep all coins older than that. For Jefferson's I picked the year 1960. If it's a 1959 I keep it. If it's a 1960 I toss it. Ever so often I'll keep excellent examples of 1960 and 1961 Jeffersons, the reason being is that the first Whitman folder for Jeffersons ends in 1961. When I run across some old folders for a buck at the coin store I buy them.

Right now I have 8 empty folders and about 30 roles of pre 60 Jeffersons. Sooner or later I'll go through those roles and put partial sets together and then ebay them. I won't make a ton of scratch, but I will make more than I've put into it.

When I roll hunt Lincolns I only keep pre 59 coins (and if I ever run across a Wide AM coin I'll keep it too). You should be able to put together an AU/BU set of Memorials from circulation.

Anyway... To answer your question... Do they have any value? Numismaticly not a whole lot, to you possibly depending on what you currently have.
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 Posted 07/25/2008  12:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add penny pincher to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Since you are just starting to collect I would say to save it. It is not worth a lot but is going to look nice in a starter collection. Then as you get nicer coins you can swap them out.
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