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Well I'm not much of a CRH anymore, although it still can be exciting when first opening the roll (my grandkids love to do it). I'm still a hunter, but I "hunt to buy" rather than "hunt to find for free" - for me, the rate of return is much better because I narrow my focus & I no longer end up with multitude of coins I don't want. I can still cherrypick some great stuff from a shop or on-line; the more knowledge & experience one has, the easier it is. Plus, I have "adjusted" my coin collecting philosophy & method many times over the years.

As you read posts, particularly in this forum, you will see that there are many ways to hunt (including "detectorists") - there's no one best way.

 

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I haven't been posting in any particular order, but here is a 1960 Small Date proof. I plan to follow up with the Large Date pretty soon.

 

And Large Date.

 

Those are some nice proofs Ron!

Did I ever tell you? I work with a Don Sanderson. LOL

 

I found this in the end of an OBW roll:

 

I assume not because i cant find anything on a 1973 d reverse, it just looked a bit different than most machine doubling ive seen. Had me a bit curious. Cen in cent and rica in america is where im seeing.

 

Nope. Machine doubling.

 

That is what i had figured, i havent run across a whole lot of these, here and there but more often i see die deterioration, so when i saw this there was a faint glimmer of hope lol. Thanks for the info! Back to searching

 

Yeah, never give up the search...when you find a good one in the wild, the feeling is sublime! They're out there, but not as often as people seem to think. Samples of machine doubling & die deterioration may be interesting to keep as examples, but really there are many of them out there and not worth more than face value.

 

Im not sure if this is the aproppriate place to ask. But im weary of my judgement with those coin grade you rourself thing. i looked at a couple things but, no confidence. I was just wondering with all the years of knowledge here, bsllpark estimate what do you think it has l oooked onee

 

MS-62

 

Thank you! I downloaded this app that was supposed to kind of be like that show you a picture and then tell you what it's grade was although it was kind of iffy so I had really no reference to go off of thank you very much I appreciate the help

 

I would guess its not too uncommon to stumble across dates in this condition? Given very new to this Hobby but I have come across 10 or 15 ranging from the 60s to the early 80s in this condition. Either way finding something that old that still has such a shine and color to it is really cool to find

 

1961 proof with some toning just beginning on Lincoln’s collar.

 

Anytime, I'm one of the few that love Memorial cents. The best place to learn to grade from photos is the PCGS website. Look at their stock photos and completed auction results photos. HA.com is also awesome, you can spend HOURS looking at slabbed coins - and the pictures are great.

https://www.pcgs.com/prices/priceguidedetail.aspx?ms=1&pr=1&sp=1&c=47&title=lincoln+cent+(modern)

 

Coincidentally, my 1970-S Large Date Proof was next in line for its photo shoot. I went ahead and took that just so it could join yours.

It's not as fine, though, having a couple of spots on the obverse and some scuffing on the reverse. On the plus side it seems to be developing yellow-orange toning across both surfaces.