WoW!!! Would you pay this much for a Memorial????

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Not me, but it looks like someone will.

 

I agree, there are some who get all excited about coins like this. Lotta money for a bucks worth of plastic and a penny...

 

Maybe it was the fantastic photography that impressed 'em...

W-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-y overpriced. To each their own.

 

Probably appeals to people putting together registry collections.

 

People have and will continue to pay a lot more for Memorials. You can thank PCGS/NGC collector's clubs for that.

 

"Would you pay this much for a Memorial????"

I would buy the right Memorial for $80, but not this one, and probably not from eBay.

 

Nah, it was the *Wow!* put in just about every single listing title!

 

Oh, gotta bid! Gotta bid! Gotta bid!Gotta bid!Gotta bid!Gotta bid!Gotta bid!Gotta bid!Gotta bid!Gotta bid!Gotta bid!


Phew, okay, I hit myself with a hammer, and I feel better now.

 

Let me see if I have this straight, you've got to what? Bid?

 

nah, the hammer to the head cured me.

 

school me... what is a 'memorial' or what makes it a memorial?


No, I don't know much about pennies or memorials... but I'm eager to learn!

 

The Lincoln Memorial is on the reverse of the coin.

Take Care
Ben

 

And the earlier Lincoln cents are called "wheat cents" (wheaties) because they have wheat stalks on the back!

 

gotcha! Many thanks!

(and I have started looking at all pennies a lot closer...)

 

At least you have sense enough to ask... in the begining I thought wheat cents had something to do with the price of bread "back in the day", and that Barber dimes were called Baber dimes because that's how much a haircut cost "back in the day".

I laugh everytime I think about it now! lol

 

Same here. :thumb: IMHO, the higher grade (MS-67 and up) grade Lincoln prices can all change dramatically if a nice OBW roll turned up. Not to mention I think that price is a little inflated.

Phoenix

 

Check the sellers other items. He's got alot of bids on the coins and hardly any on the skivvies. . Coins do outsell skivvies just as I thought..LOL John

 

My mother, who was born right in the middle of the wheatie era, still calls them "feather pennies" even though I've tried to correct her many times.

 

Good thing!!!
You know I was thinking, I have a couple bu rolls of 79' Lincolns, mabey I should pick through and have a couple graded. Being the nice guy I am I would sell any ms 67,s I get at 10% less than the final price of this auction.:whistle: