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<p>[QUOTE="Inspector43, post: 9890429, member: 89213"]What [USER=84179]@Oldhoopster[/USER] says is true.</p><p><br /></p><p>We had very little information available to the young collectors in the 50's. One thing we did have was a little advance knowledge of the pending change of the Lincoln Cent. We knew it was going to change in 1959. Many collectors started buying 1958 mint rolls. Then, when the Lincoln Memorial Cent came out, we bought rolls of them. The rumors then were that the LMC was only going to last for one year. So, we were saving many coins on both sides of the transition. </p><p><br /></p><p>Finding a 1958 or 1959 in high enough grade to slab is very near impossible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Inspector43, post: 9890429, member: 89213"]What [USER=84179]@Oldhoopster[/USER] says is true. We had very little information available to the young collectors in the 50's. One thing we did have was a little advance knowledge of the pending change of the Lincoln Cent. We knew it was going to change in 1959. Many collectors started buying 1958 mint rolls. Then, when the Lincoln Memorial Cent came out, we bought rolls of them. The rumors then were that the LMC was only going to last for one year. So, we were saving many coins on both sides of the transition. Finding a 1958 or 1959 in high enough grade to slab is very near impossible.[/QUOTE]
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