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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 8227924, member: 90692&quot;]This is an update to my post of 27Dec21, when I broke into a new jar of old cents.&nbsp; The last date in the jar was a single cent from 1991, and since then, I have gone through over 800 cents and saved/conserved 156... this equates to a 18.77 percent rate.&nbsp; Many found from 1980 onward looked brand new...but most had die deterioration issues or wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, when I got to 1988, I sorted about 40 cents as Denvers.&nbsp; 10 of these were set aside as spenders for wear.&nbsp; While I was taking a break for food (my wife insists on this kind of thing), I realized I had not checked for the transitional.&nbsp; I checked all 40.&nbsp; In the spender pile I found my first.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446127[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446129[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446130[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It has plating issues, has AU53/55 wear, discoloration and split plating on the reverse/USA.</p><p><br /></p><p>1 out of 40...and I almost turned it back to the wild.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have a clue what value it might have, but I welcome all comments.&nbsp; This will not be sold...it stays in the family.&nbsp; My 2 sons will have to flip a coin (pun not intended) to see who gets it...Spark[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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