Back in my day they did and we always had trouble getting them. I remember saving every "S" cent I found and once paying $7.50 for a roll of 1974...
My son the detectorist would be ill seeing all this. Nothing ancient in metal here in the good ole USA.
Looks like it was removed and retoned as there is no other evidence of a grease filled die. That is if it is correct in other measurements for a...
Yes. Damaged. I ask myself, "what could have happened during the mintage process to cause this"? If I can't answer that, it's either PMD or I...
PMD.
Oreos.
"Magician's" coin. Two separate coins put together.
If one isn't able to get rolls at a local bank and one wants a roll and has $5 they are willing to trade for the roll? Makes sense to me.
Ah Chris never mind. I'll just keep making money. It's easier than doing homework.
Start of a spooned coin perhaps.
My scrap yard buy brass at very close to the price that it pays for either #1 or #2 copper. When's the last time you went scraping metal?
Current circulation Lincoln cents. Worth a cent for all but the 1956 which goes for 3¢. The copper in them is worth a bit more than a cent but...
Corrosion. Those zinc cents can go very fast under certain conditions.
a one for sure. Nice coin.
Looks OK to me. Environmental damage though.
Not so. At first glance at the first pictures I would have thought it a business strike but the second pictures changed my mind. I have in my...
The motto of the United States of America?
Scruffy but not obviously cleaned. 50/50 chance of a straight grade. I helped a lot, huh?
Great picture though.
I still don't understand.
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