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<p>[QUOTE="NOS, post: 3153314, member: 2098"]I didn't find any keys or even semi-keys but I was okay with this as I wasn't expecting to. The Indians were nicer than expected. I found some that had full Liberty headbands on them. I found that 1917 and 1919 P cents were the most commonly encountered from the teens, which correlated to them both having the highest mintages from the decade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also interesting with this is I found many of these 1917 and 1919 coins to be highly worn. This stood out to me because you just don't see worn cents like this at coin stores. I made the conclusion that these coins were likely removed from circulation in the 1960's or early 1970's and that coin stores filter these worn coins out from what is offered to the public. It is in that sense I enjoyed finding coins that weren't overly filtered and came more directly from original sources.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and I did find wheats from the 1950's in a high grade of condition that still exhibited a nice level of mint luster.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NOS, post: 3153314, member: 2098"]I didn't find any keys or even semi-keys but I was okay with this as I wasn't expecting to. The Indians were nicer than expected. I found some that had full Liberty headbands on them. I found that 1917 and 1919 P cents were the most commonly encountered from the teens, which correlated to them both having the highest mintages from the decade. Also interesting with this is I found many of these 1917 and 1919 coins to be highly worn. This stood out to me because you just don't see worn cents like this at coin stores. I made the conclusion that these coins were likely removed from circulation in the 1960's or early 1970's and that coin stores filter these worn coins out from what is offered to the public. It is in that sense I enjoyed finding coins that weren't overly filtered and came more directly from original sources. Oh, and I did find wheats from the 1950's in a high grade of condition that still exhibited a nice level of mint luster.[/QUOTE]
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