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<p>[QUOTE="zekeguzz, post: 847236, member: 15455"]My friend who helps take care of the appartment building I live in told me he had some ' pennies' that he found when szome people moved out several years ago. He finally got around to bringing them to me for my opinion on what they are worth.</p><p>Well, they were not stored very well so they oxidized and started corroding.There are several if not more cents which are really collectable .....but their condition is questionably poor. I would like opinions on want might be able to be done to rescue these Lincoln cents.</p><p>It looks like the person who owned this collection was fairly knowledgable except in storing them. It could have been that he died and his wife kept these until she either died or moved which happens often here.</p><p>The collection must have been started in the late 1940's or early 50's the Whitman folders are copyright 1949. There is also an old Whitman box No. 9601 which contains 100 slots for clear round plastic cent tubes, 2 1/2h x 7/8w. The printing on the box says you can buy the tubes--- two for 15 cents any denomination. Now that's a good deal.</p><p>So here are a couple of scans showing the condition of the cents. And the are five partially full Whitman folders are like this. One of them is for Indian Head cents and they are in the same condition.</p><p>The numbers on the folders are 9003, two 9030, two 9004. </p><p>Pictures to follow because I have to resixe them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zekeguzz, post: 847236, member: 15455"]My friend who helps take care of the appartment building I live in told me he had some ' pennies' that he found when szome people moved out several years ago. He finally got around to bringing them to me for my opinion on what they are worth. Well, they were not stored very well so they oxidized and started corroding.There are several if not more cents which are really collectable .....but their condition is questionably poor. I would like opinions on want might be able to be done to rescue these Lincoln cents. It looks like the person who owned this collection was fairly knowledgable except in storing them. It could have been that he died and his wife kept these until she either died or moved which happens often here. The collection must have been started in the late 1940's or early 50's the Whitman folders are copyright 1949. There is also an old Whitman box No. 9601 which contains 100 slots for clear round plastic cent tubes, 2 1/2h x 7/8w. The printing on the box says you can buy the tubes--- two for 15 cents any denomination. Now that's a good deal. So here are a couple of scans showing the condition of the cents. And the are five partially full Whitman folders are like this. One of them is for Indian Head cents and they are in the same condition. The numbers on the folders are 9003, two 9030, two 9004. Pictures to follow because I have to resixe them.[/QUOTE]
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