Hi all, I'm new to coin hunting. I just picked up a case of Pennies and noticing alot of MS-65 Pennies from the 90's. Is that something I should squirrel away?
You would need to check the population reports to see if any are condition rarities and would be worth having graded to confirm the grade. That being said, I highly doubt that any of them would be worth keeping as any sort of investment. You could just assemble a few rolls of the nicest ones that you can find and stash them though. Pretty small investment for a roll of nice coins.
Thanks, I did come across a 1999 with no mint mark that looks to be proof quality. I can see a great reflection in it, if I could get a picture up using my phone I'll do so. But as far as I know this shouldn't exist. I put my thumb in one for the reflection.
Thanks, I'll set it aside for an example. Found a few minor MADs, it will be correctly labeled and sit with them.
It could be proof like, but the images certainly don't tell us whether it is just extremely lustrous or whether it is truly a full PL.
I agree that this coin would likely not get the designation because only the obverse looks to be PL, just wanted to explain what causes a business strike coin to look like that.
I don't have that great of a camera set up and took those pictures on the fly with my cell phone . But both sides seem to be about the same. Tomorrow I'm going to take a few more pictures.
High grade cents are fairly common in the mint sets of the '90's but I'd still suggest saving aside Gems.
One thing I've noticed with zinc cents - the dates aren't nearly as bold as the earlier copper pennies. Once these zincs start to get worn, we're going to have a lot of "dateless" pennies floating around.
Given that zinc is highly reactive, I think wear is the least of the problems with this coinage. I think a lot of it will be corroded and removed from circulation before becoming dateless.
I couldn't put a grade on it, but its one of the nicest 1999 cents Ive seen. I don't think I ever found one this nice.
