Are 70's Lincoln Cents with 'S' mint marks worth setting aside

Back in the late 70's I bought over 75 mixed date rolls of
68-74 S mints from a local dealer. I still have them and plan
on looking thru them for the "better" ones. Would not mind
finding a deal like that again.

 

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Cent, penny...?

When I do a search on eBay for Indians, I have learned to put in "Indian Head Penny Cent". If I put in cent, and a separate search using penny, I get different results/coins.

The way English is butchered using 'I' and 'me', why do we have to have a debate on 'cent' and 'penny'?

Is it really that important? ...as long as we understand the intent...

 

OK is everybody done "Putting their 'two cents' worth in" ?

 

Only worth saving in red, mint state condition.

I used to save them in circulated condition because on the east coast they are scarce. But after talking with a few west coast collectors, I dumped them all since they are actually common out there.

 

nah, haen't put me tuppence in the whilst.

 

Yes, penny is a slang word for cent, just like Chevy is a slang word for Chevrolet. And it's perfectly acceptable. But penny has never been found on any circulated US coins, as far as I know. And unlike a lot of other members here, I wasn't being a prick about it.

 

"hey guys, I just bought a 1909-s vdb penny graded AU55. What cha think??"

"I think you meant to say cent"

 

This country started because we left one. One that used pennies, pence, shillings and pounds. And for a lot of people, it was political. We didn't want to have anything to do with England. So our currency was adapted to a already existing currency, the Spanish dollar. Cent comes from the word Centavo.

So.just like joining any community or country, you adapt to its language. I'm sure some Yankee can order a glass of milk in Vietnam, but the conversation will go a lot smoother if he spoke Vietnamese

 

And dont worry, my UK friends correct me when I call their pennies cents lol

 

Well that makes "sense" !

 

it really does not matter what you call them cent penny I call them pennies and I am older than most of you and have been collecting longer than most almost 50 years just enjoy the hobby for what it is and yes I save all s pennies someday my grand kids can enjoy them besides on the east coast we don't see may s anything

 

I don't have the penny note from the same series, they were literally issued in the hundreds of thousands but are quite rare these days because they circulated a long time and saw lots of use, but here is a three pence note from the same series:



Pennies as an actual monetary unit were used into the early 19th century. Rather than being upset and getting all munched up about it, enjoy the fact that a very old term has stayed in the vocabulary that long.

 

Okay people, Clutchy was just being generous in giving me a tip. Everyone has their differences, some say penny some say cent, it doesn't matter. From doing my research most collectors say cents. But again everyone has their own opinions and ways of saying things.

 

The problem is that S-cents often have a strange odor about them, so you might as well S-penny them.

Chris

 

Words can have more than one meaning. Objects can have more than one name. Demanding that somebody use "cents" instead of "pennies" is pedantic and basically arguing semantics. Besides, do you call those coins that are a little larger than pennies "nickels"? Everyone does. They're "technically" 5 cent pieces. If you ask anybody what a penny is, they will know. "Penny" is an acceptable term for the US small cent.

 

I keep these when I come across them. I have found a lot of them while CRHing. I keep hoping to find an elusive 1970-S small date but so far I've found many large dates but no small dates.

 

After reading this thread, I'm going to boycott the term "cent" and use the word "penny" exclusively.

 

Some people kind of bring that out in those of us with a wry sense of humour, make you say things just to irritate people.

 

Sure. Stand your ground, even if it means I cant sleep at night over it. Thanks a lot.

 

Okay let me get this clear. No one ever demanded people to say 'cents'. Clutchy was just being generous in giving me and possibly others a tip. Everyone is just over-reacting and getting upset over literally nothing. Grow up. Just because one person does something doesn't mean you need to criticize them and others because you do it in a different way. So seriously it doesn't matter whether you say cents or pennies.