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<p>[QUOTE="jetshack, post: 442106, member: 11725"]I agree with mrbrklyn logic to a point, but I think he's missing something by solely focusing on mintages. It will never be "hard" to complete a lincoln set. It's probably a pretty safe bet that we aren't going to be "losing" very many keys from here on forward.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the logic of "it's modern / there's tons of them / they'll never be worth anything" is exactly why I think High Grade examples of these WILL be worth something. </p><p><br /></p><p>Take the 1909 P... easy enough to find BU example of in the $25 range. People hoarded these because it was a first year issue. Now look at the 1910 P. Similar mintages but they weren't hoarded. You'll end up spending 3x the ammount for that 1910P that looks similar tothe 1909 P that you spent $25 on. Once you get into the 64/65/66 grades, throw the book away and get ready to reach for your wallet. I've seen one Red 64 sell in the last year that was problem free. Sale price = $499.</p><p><br /></p><p>Try to find well struck uncirculated examples of any coin made during 82 from P. If you can find one for less than 100x face, buy it and then call me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the prices we're seeing for high grade lincolns will continue to go up as these prices are being created by serious collectors. New collectors aren't driving these prices. I think you might see a let up in circulated prices in the near future.</p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.org/member.php?u=4381" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.org/member.php?u=4381" rel="nofollow"></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jetshack, post: 442106, member: 11725"]I agree with mrbrklyn logic to a point, but I think he's missing something by solely focusing on mintages. It will never be "hard" to complete a lincoln set. It's probably a pretty safe bet that we aren't going to be "losing" very many keys from here on forward. But the logic of "it's modern / there's tons of them / they'll never be worth anything" is exactly why I think High Grade examples of these WILL be worth something. Take the 1909 P... easy enough to find BU example of in the $25 range. People hoarded these because it was a first year issue. Now look at the 1910 P. Similar mintages but they weren't hoarded. You'll end up spending 3x the ammount for that 1910P that looks similar tothe 1909 P that you spent $25 on. Once you get into the 64/65/66 grades, throw the book away and get ready to reach for your wallet. I've seen one Red 64 sell in the last year that was problem free. Sale price = $499. Try to find well struck uncirculated examples of any coin made during 82 from P. If you can find one for less than 100x face, buy it and then call me. I think the prices we're seeing for high grade lincolns will continue to go up as these prices are being created by serious collectors. New collectors aren't driving these prices. I think you might see a let up in circulated prices in the near future. [URL="http://www.cointalk.org/member.php?u=4381"][/URL][/QUOTE]
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