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<p>[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 551016, member: 16510"]<b>From my previous post, composition changes Lincoln Cent</b></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Also the composition chaged in <b>1943 (steel)</b> then to <b>Shell Cased Bronze</b> <b>(1944 to 1946)</b> then back to <b>French Bronze (1947)</b> then in <b>1962 to Brass</b> and finally <b>1982 both Brass and the new Copper Plated Zinc.</b></i></p><p><i>***Source The Authoritive Reference on Lincoln Cents, pg. 304 " by Wexler/Flynn*** </i></p><p> </p><p>And no I do not think the pre-1982 Lincoln Cents will be the next frontier because of the copper content - but in gem condition I think all 1959 to dates will be. I mean gems to not MS-64 Reds I mean the spot free full strike type moderns just about have to be the next and only frontier in the Lincoln Cent. They really are going to do away with them in less than 12 years, (my own prediction).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 551016, member: 16510"][b]From my previous post, composition changes Lincoln Cent[/b] [I]Also the composition chaged in [B]1943 (steel)[/B] then to [B]Shell Cased Bronze[/B] [B](1944 to 1946)[/B] then back to [B]French Bronze (1947)[/B] then in [B]1962 to Brass[/B] and finally [B]1982 both Brass and the new Copper Plated Zinc.[/B] ***Source The Authoritive Reference on Lincoln Cents, pg. 304 " by Wexler/Flynn*** [/I] And no I do not think the pre-1982 Lincoln Cents will be the next frontier because of the copper content - but in gem condition I think all 1959 to dates will be. I mean gems to not MS-64 Reds I mean the spot free full strike type moderns just about have to be the next and only frontier in the Lincoln Cent. They really are going to do away with them in less than 12 years, (my own prediction).[/QUOTE]
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