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<p>[QUOTE="gbandy, post: 3147181, member: 20695"]I did already complete a set of of Lincoln’s up to 2009 with the exception of most of thof key and semi key dates. Majority of the memorial cents were pulled from circulation: including buying a few boxes from banks. A lot of the wheats I found searching from bulk lots, also received as a gift from my grandfather several of the scarcer dates including a nice 1931-s in AU.</p><p><br /></p><p>It seemed like it would be a fun sidetrack to look for upgrades to my Memorials versus shelling out big bucks for 09svdb and 14d, etc. After finding a few examples of nice coins in mint sets and searching a handful of bu rolls, it’s been interesting to see how difficult it is to find really nice examples of coins that were minted in the billions and should theoretically be “commonplace” I’ve probably looked through 20 bu rolls of 1963d cents without finding any gems. 80% of what I’ve see can be eliminated for unattractive spotting, another 10% for nicks and contact marks, and another 10% for poor strike, lot of these seem to have a depression on the reverse at the base of the stairs where Lincoln’s Head is.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s been interesting and when I do find one that I find acceptable to put in a 2x2 it’s pretty satisfying.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven’t spent any time looking for varieties, sounds like another project for the spent rolls I have![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gbandy, post: 3147181, member: 20695"]I did already complete a set of of Lincoln’s up to 2009 with the exception of most of thof key and semi key dates. Majority of the memorial cents were pulled from circulation: including buying a few boxes from banks. A lot of the wheats I found searching from bulk lots, also received as a gift from my grandfather several of the scarcer dates including a nice 1931-s in AU. It seemed like it would be a fun sidetrack to look for upgrades to my Memorials versus shelling out big bucks for 09svdb and 14d, etc. After finding a few examples of nice coins in mint sets and searching a handful of bu rolls, it’s been interesting to see how difficult it is to find really nice examples of coins that were minted in the billions and should theoretically be “commonplace” I’ve probably looked through 20 bu rolls of 1963d cents without finding any gems. 80% of what I’ve see can be eliminated for unattractive spotting, another 10% for nicks and contact marks, and another 10% for poor strike, lot of these seem to have a depression on the reverse at the base of the stairs where Lincoln’s Head is. It’s been interesting and when I do find one that I find acceptable to put in a 2x2 it’s pretty satisfying. I haven’t spent any time looking for varieties, sounds like another project for the spent rolls I have![/QUOTE]
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