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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 42874, member: 68"]'77-D cents are distressingly common in BU. Hoarding of cents fell off sharply in 1965 but then slowly climbed as the US dollar lost value. It peaked again about 1975 and stair stepped down for several years as people seemed to just get tired of saving coins they thought would never gain any collector premium. The best bet with most coins made since 1964 was to go through and pull out all the well made coins and the varieties. Sometimes there wouldn't be a coin worth saving in an entire bag and other times there might be dozens of varieties and gems. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now days many of these post 1964 coins have substantial value even in MS-60 so you should be sure what you have before you spend them. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you go through your 10 rolls be careful not to finger print the coins or do them any damage. Check out CONECA and Coppercoins to get a start on recognizing varieties. Low grade examples of this date are unlikely to get much premium in the foreseeable future but nice choice pieces can sometimes be quite common in rolls. If one of the rolls appears to contain mostly nice choice coins you may even want to keep them intact.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 42874, member: 68"]'77-D cents are distressingly common in BU. Hoarding of cents fell off sharply in 1965 but then slowly climbed as the US dollar lost value. It peaked again about 1975 and stair stepped down for several years as people seemed to just get tired of saving coins they thought would never gain any collector premium. The best bet with most coins made since 1964 was to go through and pull out all the well made coins and the varieties. Sometimes there wouldn't be a coin worth saving in an entire bag and other times there might be dozens of varieties and gems. Now days many of these post 1964 coins have substantial value even in MS-60 so you should be sure what you have before you spend them. If you go through your 10 rolls be careful not to finger print the coins or do them any damage. Check out CONECA and Coppercoins to get a start on recognizing varieties. Low grade examples of this date are unlikely to get much premium in the foreseeable future but nice choice pieces can sometimes be quite common in rolls. If one of the rolls appears to contain mostly nice choice coins you may even want to keep them intact.[/QUOTE]
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