Artificial. There was intent and intervention.
I use air-tite capsules in guardhouse white boxes for all of my single coins, which cover 1930 to the present day. It is a bit more expensive than...
Here is one that is not beat up. It must have stayed away from the bullies. [ATTACH]
Two more Lincoln cents down, this time from 1980 and 1981: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
So as not to take sides, a 1954 and 1958, both courtesy of the Philadelphia Mint: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Since the most recent part of this thread is about the 1963 Lincoln Cents:
Yes, it is. As with everything else involving people, do your homework beforehand. People lie and cheat, but in many years of buying on eBay...
There is no spiral version of the book. I just ordered the 8th edition (2023) and look forward to its' arrival.
Finally, a coin older than me. And it even looks much better.
And that is what we have in this thread, noise.
I continue to work on my collection of MS66 RD Lincoln Cents, presently covering 1932 to 1971 with some gaps. The gaps are 1951-1953 Philadelphia...
A Lincoln Cent, this one from Philadelphia in 1930. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] This week's purchase of a 1963D Lincoln Cent, MS66 RD. I started with 1932 and have built a set of MS66 RD Lincoln Cents...
1949-S MS66 RD $25[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It is always refreshing to read replies from the mint haters. They have to tell everyone what they think and do just to justify their course of...
I did not get that letter, and I am glad for that. My Purple Heart Hall of Honors half-dollars and silver dollars are lost in "processing" which...
Given the fact that all five coins from the Purple Heart Hall of Honor program are sill on "Processing," I will likely cancel them and cut back to...
My most recent acquisition that arrived yesterday: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
So far this year, proof set, silver proof set, AWQ proof set, AWQ Silver Proof Set, US Navy silver medal, US Marines silver medal, Uncirculated...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I am working on my 1932-1958 Lincoln Cents in (mostly) MS-66 RD condition. This is the 1947(P) example purchased last week.
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