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Found A List Of Lincoln Cents To Look For

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 Posted 07/24/2008  11:18 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add kdkenn to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Here is the one that I found. Now can you fill me in on what these mean so that I know what I'm looking for. I don't know what all of these abbreviations are.

1959 DDO 1
1959 D rpm 1
1959 D wrpm 3
1960 D DDO 1 rpm 100
1960 small date
1960 D small date
1960 D rpm 1, 2, 13, 17, 19, 23, 60
1961 D rpm 1
1963 D DDO 1
1964 DDR 1
1964 DDR 8
1968 D rpm 1
1968 D DDR

1969 S DDO 1 - Super Rare
1970 S small date
1970 S DDO 1- Super Rare
1970 S rpm 1
1971 DDO 1
1972 DDO 2-8
1972 D DDO 1
1972 D rotated reverse
1973 D rotated reverse
1980 DDO 1
1982 DDR 1 - two Known
1983 DDO 1, 2, 3
1983 DDR 1
1983 CLO-001
1983 CLO-002 "extra letters in motto"
1984 DDO 1
1985 D rpm 1
1987 D rpm 3
1988 RDV-006 - Super Rare
1988 D RDV-006 - Super Rare
1992 Close AM - Super Rare
1992 D Close AM - Super Rare
1993 D rotated reverse
1994 DDR 1
1994 rotated 165 degrees
1995 DDO 1
1995 D DDO 3
1997 DDO 1
1998 Wide AM
1999 Wide AM
2000 Wide AM
2004 DDR 1
2006 DDO 3
2006 DDO 4 "doubled ear"


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 Posted 07/24/2008  11:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add murty to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
These are varieties of coins. The CherryPickers Guide volume 1 4th edition would help.
It is out of print and somewhat hard to find1
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 Posted 07/24/2008  11:45 pm  Show Profile   Check GO's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GO to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
www.coppercoins.com is also a great resource for cent die varieties
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 Posted 07/25/2008  08:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add eaglefoot to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Purchase a RedBook too........GREAT reference guide for everything and all denominations from every coin ever minted in the U.S. by the U.S. Mint.
You can gain "some" info from this book on errors and varieties too.
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 Posted 07/25/2008  10:53 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ziggy9 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
for the 1982 DDR 1 look at my avatar. its the first of the 2 known.
Good luck
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 Posted 07/25/2008  1:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ImTheCrew to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
What do those g letters mean!!? :-)
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lol!! those g letters make me nuts sometimes too. I'm slowly learning though. I wish I had a list of those too.
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Nice thorough list! The only ones I didn't see on there are the 1982 Large Date Copper DDO and the 1984-D DDO.
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Also, it takes A LOT of patience to check for all of these varieties. I try, but I tend to get frustrated with the amount of time it takes. I usually just go for the really obvious / valuable ones and skip the minor varieties.
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 Posted 07/25/2008  2:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add malissadawn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I found a list of these abbreviation explanations

AU - Almost uncirculated, grading term used to define a coin that has been slightly circulated or worn but has uncirculated characteristics. A number between 50-59 usually follows the AU abbreviation, signifying the grade of coin.

BU - Brilliant Uncirculated, grading abbreviation defined by a coin's uncirculated characteristic of brilliance or cartwheel luster. This abbreviation is commonly used for higher grade uncirculated coins and are sometimes preceded by "choice" for even higher grades.

CAMEO - Proof coins struck producing a dramatic contrasting white or light color on the raised graphic (portrait, lettering, etc.) that differs from the deep mirror finish in the field. Note: Some SMS coins have a cameo prooflike finish but are not proofs.

Cartwheel Luster - The spinning-lighting effect a coin produces while under direct light and tilted under that light on the surface of the coin. Coins with carwheel luster are usually in higher differing grades. Other terms like white, BU, Unc., mint luster, can and often have this characteristic.

DDO - Double Die Obverse, front side of coin is a double die variety.

DDR - Double Die Reverse, back side of coin is a double die variety.

MS - Mint State, usually followed by a number between 60-70 that indicates grade for an uncirculated coin.

OGP - Original Government Packaging from the United States Mint.

Raw - Coins taken out of OGP, mint and bank rolls, or circulation that have not been encapsulated by a third party grading company.

RPM - Repunched Mintmark, the mintmark has been repunched making it a variety or error.

Slabbed - Coins encapsulated into a plastic airtight holder and graded by a third party grading company.

Slider - Term "loosely" used to grade a coin that cannot be determined between AU or MS (Circulated - Uncirculated).

SMS - Special Mint Set provided in place of proof sets in the years 1965-67.

VAM - Van Allen & Mallis - Authors of Morgan & Peace dollar Encylopedia noted for die variety and error dollar. Term used to identify variety Morgan and Peace dollars.
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 Posted 07/26/2008  12:05 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kdkenn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks MalissaDawn!
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 Posted 07/26/2008  12:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add malissadawn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
you're very welcome
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Thanks!
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 Posted 07/27/2008  6:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
As already noted you could go to https://www.coppercoins.com The person that has that web site has two books out on just Lincoln Cents. He has explanations on every type, grade, variety, etc. in his books and on his web site. Another site is The Lincoln Cent Resourse
There too are examples and explanations of the ones on your list and many, many others. If you have a 2008 Red Book or possibly other editions, you would see on pages 390 to 394 many explanations of error coins and approximate values.
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Just a little off topic here but not worth a new tread...Aren't VAMS given to coins that have been altered by these two gentlemen, Van Allen & Mallis? And even though altered still carry a premium through some VAM collectors? Thanks all.
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Van allen & Mallis have published a book that helps identify the various pair dies on morgan and Peace dollars. The coins are not altered but identified by die pair. The scarcer die pairs cary a definate premium.
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