What do 1,200+ lbs of Lincoln cents look like?

Yeah I get that. Luckily I have a dedicated desk (in the basement) that I can do all my CRH at. Do stack same year coins togther? I usually dump a bunch of coins on the desk, sort the dates I look at more closely and stack them, put the others in a ziploc to go back to the bank, lather rinse repeat until finished. Then I bust out the loupe and search each date for whatever variety I'm looking for.

 

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Ice finds so far! I

 

The problem is, I’m only here a year and a half longer. If I get the opportunity to buy this again, I literally won’t be able to sort it all. But, if I at least pull out copper cents, I can sort those and look for wheats and the goodies there. The errors and varieties there are worth more (as far as I’ve seen) than the ones in the newer cents.

 

Well I would certainly dump the shields, but there are some varieties in the other zincs.
Must have been a ton of postage on 1200 pounds.
If you just keep at it, there's plenty of time.

 

Yes, I stack the years I’m looking for. That’s the photo with all the Tupperware in it. I need to find a quicker method for sorting, or maybe I will just get a little faster over time. I appreciate the tips; feel free to share any more.

 

Actually, the seller drove it to my house to save on postage and time. We unloaded it together and talked politics (in German) for a good 30 minutes.

 

Out of curiosity, are WAMs and CAMs really valuable? I’m considering no longer looking for them after I find an example of each, maybe each year. Thoughts?

 

Looks like a lot of goodies have been found. Lots of fun!

 

99 WAM and 92 P&D CAMs are. 00’sand 98’s aren’t super valuable, maybe a few bucks a piece depending on what shape they’re in.

 

I believe this list (Lincoln Cent Resource) goes from the rarest, to the least rare.
1. 1992 Close AM - extremely rare
2. 1992 D Close AM
3. 1998 S Close AM
4. 1999 S Close AM
5. 1999 Wide AM
6. 1998 Wide AM
7. 2000 Wide AM - least rare

 

@furryfrog02 @Michael K
Thanks guys. Maybe I will just pull the 1992s. It’ll save me a lot of time ignoring the other ones. I’m not really into selling coins; I’m more interested in them to have an example of them.

 

Would 99 WAMs be worth looking for? If they’re not super sought after, it does me no good to have more than one.

 

I’d check 99 as well. I’ve found a whopping 1 in all my searches. Compare that to the ~70 of each 98 and 00.

 

Judging from that list, and that the S coins are proofs, personally, I would
only go after the 92 and 92-D.
The others may be a specialized variety, but will be a difficult sell.

 

Should be approximately 175,000 cents if they were all copper. Good luck.

 

I am most amused by the fact that you have found a bank that will take the non-copper back without charging and arm and a leg.

 

To suckers, I presume, because they are worth less than face value.

Chris

 

I’m not following. Copper value is almost 2x face.

 

5%. I roll everything but Lincoln’s. I’ll take a loss to not have to roll them.

 

Okay. I might stack the 99 then, but not search it until the very end. From now on, I’ll just search the 1992s.