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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jetshack, post: 443118, member: 11725&quot;]I think you&#039;re overestimating how many high grade cents will pop up by a huge factor.&nbsp; Just consider</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Most of these coins were poorly made.&nbsp; </p><p>2. Most of these coins that you find are late die state examples as well</p><p>3. These coins were beat up during packaging before they left the mint. </p><p>4. They were fed into poorly made high speed counters (maybe more than once)</p><p>5.&nbsp; The automated rolling process also led to more dings and hits</p><p><font size="1"><span style="color: Silver">Many thanks to BadThad for helping me with this list.</span></font></p><p><br /></p><p>And this is BEFORE they ever touched circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once in circulation the actual planchet proved to need some work done to it.&nbsp; Copper plating and stamping Zinc was a brand new thing for the Mint.&nbsp; They didn&#039;t do it well in the beginning.</p><p><br /></p><p>So on the off chance that someone actually found a high grade example (even though few were made), they would have had to have the foresight to properly store this example BEFORE environmental effects could damage it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unlike the earlier copper cents where even rudimentary storage techniques could help preserve them (read paper wrapped rolls),&nbsp; the early Zincolns required more sophisticated storage.</p><p><br /></p><p>This whole argument might be centering around what our definitions of &quot;acceptable grade&quot; are.&nbsp; If you think MS63 and below is acceptable then I&#039;d agree with you.&nbsp; My idea of acceptable for Moderns is 66 and above.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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