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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Putting togeter a circulated Memorial cent collection ? This set is by far the hardest I have started , the grading on these coins is as tough as it gets and to find prime examples is not as easy as it may sound . |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Lincoln cents don't interest me in the least, I wouldn't even get them in change if I could help it and usually if they have a give/take bin I will throw all of them in there
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...This set is by far the hardest I have started... Try putting a full set together while living in Australia.  Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bryan, please send them ALL to me, I will put them towards a good cause...LOL..
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United States
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Have not put one together yet but this sounds fun. I guess it would be the same with other circulated series but I like Lincolns  swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Pillar of the Community
United States
628 Posts |
I'm working on one. I agree, not easy. Lot's of fun though. I'm hooked.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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When you say "circulated", are you focusing on a specific grade or look? I've been focusing on upgrading my Lincoln collection to uncirculated red or red/brown coins - so I have circulated extras from the 60's and 70's if you need something specific.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is on the "back-burner" for me.......but I do intend to begin this feat at some point in the near future. Mine, however, won't be "higher grade examples", I fear .......so perhaps mine will be slightly easier to put together ! ....  |
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United States
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All of my business strike Memorial cents came from circulation, with a few exceptions (for example, those from the 1973 mint set I bought for the Eisenhower dollars). It had been pretty easy until a few years ago. Now it seems impossible to find nice ones in change. They seem to deteriorate so fast! |
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United States
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My circulation set is complete from about 1951 - 2009, excluding the Philly LP1 and Denver LP3. Obviously, this includes all the memorials. It wasn't that tough - most of the wheats are from my cash register, and all the memorials were pulled from 2-3 boxes worth of rolls. Most are still red, if not in fantastic shape. I occasionally come across really BU ones from my cash register, but not frequently, and they're usually 08 if they look good.
Joe
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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working on my second set most are red and AU+ and 90% are pulled from bank rolls
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have the circulated Memorial set completed from rolls, but some of them I would like to upgrade. My 1960s and 1970s Denver mint coins in particular are quite well circulated.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a few wheat's (4) to go in my 1909-09 set. They are a mixed group of uncirulated and circ. I'm slowly $upgrading$ them and putting the old ones into the 2nd album 1909-1990 that will be sold later. Also doing the same for Jeffersons 1st and 2nd albums. I also started collecting rolls of Lincoln's thanks to Bad thad.  so much work to do. Edited by coindexter
09/29/2009 6:35 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bryan1315 Said Quote:
Lincoln cents don't interest me in the least, I wouldn't even get them in change if I could help it  I will be fine with a nice example for my type set and leave the rest to the lincoln nuts. |
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United States
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i am almost done, and it wasn't to bad.
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Posted 09/29/2009 01:58 am
