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Message:: [QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 532712, member: 16510"]Yes I have seen and a couple of other things Yes I have seen 1959 thru 1963 pretty much all with full steps but remember,I have search a bunch!  Not only that but those years/dates almost always are the ones found in hoards because they were on the tail end of "the roll keeping phase".  I'll show my age here once I bought a roll of 1960-P smdt for $40 I think and the guy said they were full steps and beautiful and he was right they were.The old timers used to also use "full Beard" designation for the Lincoln's from 09 thru the teens - talk about tough, wow!My set that I have put together from 59 to date is at least a MS-67 average - I have many MS-68's I am certain,  it took me over 20 years to put that set up practically all from mint sets, numerous mint sets.It's not that there are no 1959 thru 1964's out there in early die state there are but they made so many to sift through.Now the dates that will not have any (steps and early dies) in my searching are:1965, 66, 67,  68, 691975 thru 1979 - 1980 & 81 - some of the 7 varieties in the 82's particularly the zinc ones.1983 thru 1989 Seriously, I only get about 150 pieces out of a 2500 brick ever that I am willing to put my name.reputation on it.Last week I went thru a 2008-D box and only got about 120 that meet my needs, I am very tough.  Not only do you have the coins beat up and scratched but with those little black rinse spots all over them - it's a challenge.It's only logical that this, (modern gems) is the next frontier for Lincoln's after folks figure it out.So it begs the question,How much is a 1986-P in MS-68 really worth?????[/QUOTE]

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