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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 974846, member: 15199&quot;]In another thread on &quot;original rolls and toning&quot;, I mentioned this thread to be , but I didn&#039;t want to hijack the thread, so made this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a very elderly collector friend who has been at it for 60+ years and his vision is very poor. I had gone through a 1970-S bag of cents for him previously and we found some varieties. He said he had bags from that era other than the 70-S, and mentioned 1969-S. I said I would do the same for that bag, hoping we could find a couple of 69-S DDO, and go have some fun. Well I went to pick up the coins and I found them rolled in this containers. 100 rolls as tight as could fit. It wasn&#039;t until I got home that I found he had given me the 68S rather than the 69-S.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway he picked these up in a 5000 coin bag in late 1968 and took them home to put in the safe later. When he got home he found his wife had rolled them for him <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; She was a wonderful collector also, who passed away about 6 weeks ago.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq279/desertgem/IMG_2599.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The lunch box was his son&#039;s who now is in his 40s.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq279/desertgem/IMG_2600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Rolled nice and tight, little room for environmental damage.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq279/desertgem/IMG_2602-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The coins at the top had normal golden toning for age, but no deeper toning</p><p>The ones at the bottom had darker toning on one side or other, or spots visible to the eye.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of the better coin in this roll. This year had Lincoln&#039;s hair &quot; flat and smooth, ear is smaller and blends with back of head, beard is smooth , chin larger and squared. Bust is larger and closer to rim, tie and jacket lines are smooth&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq279/desertgem/IMG_2604-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq279/desertgem/IMG_2606.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am going to get the 1969-S next weekend and find that 69-S DDO&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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