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I Have This 1966 Lincoln One Cent. Is This Worth Keeping?

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 Posted 07/28/2023  6:38 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Tina_31 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hello to all, and thank you for allowing me to be a part of this group. Is there any suggestions I could get on this coin? Such as any errors or worth keeping?

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 Posted 07/28/2023  9:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add halfamind to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Appears normal to me, with quite a bit of environmental corrosion that occurred sometime in its 57 years since leaving the U.S. Mint.
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I see an off center strike with environmental staining. Just my humble opinion.
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 Posted 07/28/2023  10:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Just a spender to me.



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To CCF! Just a normal circulated Cent with corrosion. It has a very minor Misaligned Die (MAD), but won't add a premium, since it's too minor. It's a spender.
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Agreed, it's a corroded normal cent with circulation wear. Value is 1 cent.
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Tina_31 - to the Forum and may I congratulate you on your lovely clear photographs! Best of luck with finding something good in your change!
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 Posted 07/29/2023  07:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Tina_31,

Please tell us what caught your eye as too thinking this was a special kind of coin?
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Agree with most all above--and the minor misaligned die obverse.
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 Posted 07/30/2023  1:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Tina_31 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you for all your help! It was more of the color tone and a little off center to me, I just wanted to make I wasn't gonna let a good penny go
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I would keep it but only because I keep all pre-1982 copper cents.
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