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1961 LMC

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 Posted 04/03/2011  9:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add fenton to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Some chance this is an MS-67 or MS-68 business strike of a 1961-P. If so, enormously valuable coin particularly if you keep it for the long haul. I don't have the specs for that date but I believe few are known in that grade I can't find any price history above 66 on NGC.
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This is a proof coin, it's obvious from the photos. Proofs and business strikes look totally different from one another.

When proof dies get near the end of their life cycle, they start to show flow lines. It is very common.

This coin has no cameo, and has a little haze here and there. In fact, it is a very typical 1961 proof cent as I see at shows for sale between $1 and $5 all the time. I personally wouldn't spend over a $5 bill on it...but that's just me.
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Yeah you are probably right those rims do look pretty square.

Found a picture of the highest graded (MS-67) NGC example. Looks like they have just graded 1:

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