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<p>[QUOTE="davidh, post: 1204988, member: 15062"]Geez Louise! Such a simple question; such a wealth of non-answers!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the Memorial Reverse Cents to look for (by the way, many posters here resent the use of the word Pennies and insist that the correct term is Cents, even though the US Mint has refered to the coin as a Penny):</p><p><br /></p><p>1960 D/D</p><p>1969S Doubled Die Obverse</p><p>1970S Large Date Doubled Die Obverse</p><p>1972 Doubled Die Obverse</p><p>1983 Doubled Die Reverse</p><p>1984 Double Die Reverse</p><p>1992D Close AM</p><p>1995 Doubled Die Obverse</p><p>1998 Wide AM</p><p>1999 Wide AM</p><p>2000 Wide AM</p><p><br /></p><p>Also you might want to pull out any 1982 that you find and set them aside for later consideration. Some are rarer than others but require measurements more than a casual glance.</p><p><br /></p><p>D/D means a D mint mark stamped over another D mint mark</p><p>Doubled Die means that some or all aspects of the design are shifted and appear to have been stamped twice</p><p>Wide and Close AM refers to the AM in America on the reverse and the relative spacing between the letters.</p><p>The S mint mark is on proof coins not normally found in loose change - but can be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="davidh, post: 1204988, member: 15062"]Geez Louise! Such a simple question; such a wealth of non-answers! Here's the Memorial Reverse Cents to look for (by the way, many posters here resent the use of the word Pennies and insist that the correct term is Cents, even though the US Mint has refered to the coin as a Penny): 1960 D/D 1969S Doubled Die Obverse 1970S Large Date Doubled Die Obverse 1972 Doubled Die Obverse 1983 Doubled Die Reverse 1984 Double Die Reverse 1992D Close AM 1995 Doubled Die Obverse 1998 Wide AM 1999 Wide AM 2000 Wide AM Also you might want to pull out any 1982 that you find and set them aside for later consideration. Some are rarer than others but require measurements more than a casual glance. D/D means a D mint mark stamped over another D mint mark Doubled Die means that some or all aspects of the design are shifted and appear to have been stamped twice Wide and Close AM refers to the AM in America on the reverse and the relative spacing between the letters. The S mint mark is on proof coins not normally found in loose change - but can be.[/QUOTE]
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