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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 532763, member: 68&quot;]In addition to the strike issues and the marking that plagues many dates there&#039;s a far more insidious problem that is going to make attractive coins quite rare for some dates; corrosion.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Already every single 1968-P cent from mint sets has carbon spots either small or huge and 95% of these are very ugly.&nbsp; The &#039;84-D seems to be headed the same way.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>While all these cents were made as gems and all dates were saved in large numbers the simple fact is that time has not been kind to them.&nbsp; Low values causes them to end up in circulation and proper storage often isn&#039;t afforded.&nbsp; Since people haven&#039;t collected them the attrition on gems has been as high as the attrition on junk.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As has been noted only a small proportion of some datyes are gems so when huge numbers of raw coins ends up at the tender mercies of time and tide it means that many of these coins will be scarer in high grade than their older counterparts.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I used to go to coin shows and bet people I could find more well struck gem &#039;09-S VDB&#039;s than he could find well struck gem &#039;72-D&#039;s.&nbsp; The former coin went for hundreds and hundreds of dollars but if I could find the latter it was probably going to be a dime.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Even today...</p><p><br /></p><p>!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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