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My First Box Of Lincoln Cents!

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 Posted 07/28/2011  11:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CelticKnot to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yeah, felt weird to me too, walking out with boxes of metal, when in years past (before I was a collector), it was the other way around (me bringing tons of change to the bank).

And you're right - 50 (100, 150, 200...) rolls of pennies aren't exactly liquid. The danger is hoarding the silly things and not getting them back to the bank before inflation depreciates the face value of your metal.

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Celtic-Did you find any nice 83-90s cents? Those are hard to find in great condition and would be a good addition to the collection IMO. I found a gem of a 83 in my last box...
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Jayman, I did find a few decent ones from '82-89, but nothing terribly special. Here are a few pics. Sorry for the poor quality -- my camera is not great for this kind of thing. But then again, the cents aren't really all that great.

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Here are a couple other finds that I'm pretty happy with. The 68 is a bit tarnished on the reverse but the obverse is nice.

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I have yet to do a whole box. I have done 13 rolls still have 3 more to go though till I'm out I have gotten 30% copper and 3 wheats, but the bank always makes sure to give me older looking rolls. have actually found a lot of MS 60-80's
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Wow, I must live in a pretty good area. A typical box for me goes something like: 1768 zinc, 700 copper, 9 wheats, 8 canadian, and 15 2009's. I keep all 2009's since they are pretty scarce here. I don't think I've ever gotten less than 25% copper (except for those 4 boxes of 2011's that Chase just stuck me with).
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