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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1417625, member: 26030&quot;]My colorfully-toned 1960 Proof Lincoln Set (small date and large date).&nbsp; Both of the coins below were graded the same by PCGS ... PR65 RB.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The 1960 Small Date Story:</b>&nbsp; The 1960 small date variety was produced early in the year, but several experts at the Mint were concerned that the zero in date was too small and might lead to the interior of the die to break away, which if it happened, would cause the numeral to fill in (as it actually did on some 1930-D Lincolns).&nbsp;&nbsp; The Large Date variety soon replaced the Small Date and was produced in much larger quantities.&nbsp;&nbsp; The estimated mintage of the 1960 small date was a lowly 2 million -- while an estimated 586 million 1960 large date cents were coined.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]172345.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]172344.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>This led to a huge spike in interest from numistmatists and speculators for the 1960 Small Date Lincoln.&nbsp; In the Summer of 1960, the coin dealer below offered to give any person a new Pontiac convertible for a $50 (face) bag of 1960 Small Date Lincolns.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]172346.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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