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<p>[QUOTE="Midas, post: 51003, member: 2761"]<b>OLD survey results from PAST "unsearched" lots...</b></p><p><br /></p><p>You see a lot of ads on eBay for "unsearched lots". My contention is that these lots have been searched and cherry-picked many times over. I, too, have a gallon pickel glass jar that is half full with wheaties that were the result of me going through "unsearched" lots. Who knows? Years from now when I am gone, somebody is going to list these very coins on eBay as "Unsearched Lincolns...found in an old man's house!"</p><p><br /></p><p>I was reading David W. Lange's "The Complete Guide to Lincolns Cents" and he published surveys of 5,000 circulated Lincoln cents for the following years of 1937 and 1943. These "unsearched" lot results were from over 60 years ago!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Year </b> <b>1937--1943</b></p><p><br /></p><p>1909-P 14 17</p><p>1909 VDB 6 6</p><p>1909-S 1 0</p><p>1909-S VDB 1 0</p><p>1910 41 41</p><p>1910-S 7 0</p><p>1911 26 21</p><p>1911-D 8 1</p><p>1911-S 7 0</p><p>1912 15 23</p><p>1912-D 5 1</p><p>1912-S 8 1</p><p>1913 17 10</p><p>1913-D 9 9</p><p>1913-S 13 2</p><p>1914 24 19</p><p>1914-D 2 0</p><p>1915 5 8</p><p>1915-D 13 10</p><p>1915-S 10 0</p><p>1916 27 28</p><p>1916-D 27 14</p><p>1916-S 22 9</p><p>1917 53 70</p><p>1917-D 54 25</p><p>1917-S 64 6</p><p>1918 74 94</p><p>1918-D 42 15</p><p>1918-S 49 13</p><p>1919 131 162</p><p>1919-D 76 24</p><p>1919-S 183 64</p><p>1920 93 115</p><p>1920-D 54 27</p><p>1920-S 104 9</p><p>1921 8 23</p><p>1921-S 56 5</p><p>1922-D 7 4</p><p>1923 19 28</p><p>1923-S 33 2</p><p>1924 21 43</p><p>1924-D 4 1</p><p>1924-S 45 1</p><p>1925 36 59</p><p>1925-D 45 10</p><p>1925-S 150 7</p><p>1926 44 86</p><p>1926-D 49 22</p><p>1926-S 31 1</p><p>1927 40 90</p><p>1927-D 49 11</p><p>1927-S 83 2</p><p>1928 42 104</p><p>1928-D 61 13</p><p>1928-S 104 9</p><p>1929 47 114</p><p>1929-D 72 28</p><p>1929-S 488 10</p><p>1930 34 198</p><p>1930-D 88 27</p><p>1930-S 315 7</p><p>1931 4 16</p><p>1931-D 3 9</p><p>1931-S 36 0</p><p>1932 1 3</p><p>1932-D 29 6</p><p>1933 2 7</p><p><br /></p><p><i>That's enough...years 1934 to present dates of this survey have been left out as you get the point.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>The 1937 survery was conducted in Salt lake City, Utah and the 1943 survey was conducted in Illinois.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's what they said over 60 years ago:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>"As can be seen from the tables, the number of scarce date cents in circulation is rapidly declining. There are not enough desirable Lincoln cents in circulation to justify spending time looking for them...so if anybody else has an idea of going to through the local bank's supply of cents just can forget it."</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Remember these were searched over 60 years ago. Now even though these results are not scientific, they show how key dates were cherry picked quickly over this 6 year span.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Midas, post: 51003, member: 2761"][b]OLD survey results from PAST "unsearched" lots...[/b] You see a lot of ads on eBay for "unsearched lots". My contention is that these lots have been searched and cherry-picked many times over. I, too, have a gallon pickel glass jar that is half full with wheaties that were the result of me going through "unsearched" lots. Who knows? Years from now when I am gone, somebody is going to list these very coins on eBay as "Unsearched Lincolns...found in an old man's house!" I was reading David W. Lange's "The Complete Guide to Lincolns Cents" and he published surveys of 5,000 circulated Lincoln cents for the following years of 1937 and 1943. These "unsearched" lot results were from over 60 years ago! [B]Year [/B] [B]1937--1943[/B] 1909-P 14 17 1909 VDB 6 6 1909-S 1 0 1909-S VDB 1 0 1910 41 41 1910-S 7 0 1911 26 21 1911-D 8 1 1911-S 7 0 1912 15 23 1912-D 5 1 1912-S 8 1 1913 17 10 1913-D 9 9 1913-S 13 2 1914 24 19 1914-D 2 0 1915 5 8 1915-D 13 10 1915-S 10 0 1916 27 28 1916-D 27 14 1916-S 22 9 1917 53 70 1917-D 54 25 1917-S 64 6 1918 74 94 1918-D 42 15 1918-S 49 13 1919 131 162 1919-D 76 24 1919-S 183 64 1920 93 115 1920-D 54 27 1920-S 104 9 1921 8 23 1921-S 56 5 1922-D 7 4 1923 19 28 1923-S 33 2 1924 21 43 1924-D 4 1 1924-S 45 1 1925 36 59 1925-D 45 10 1925-S 150 7 1926 44 86 1926-D 49 22 1926-S 31 1 1927 40 90 1927-D 49 11 1927-S 83 2 1928 42 104 1928-D 61 13 1928-S 104 9 1929 47 114 1929-D 72 28 1929-S 488 10 1930 34 198 1930-D 88 27 1930-S 315 7 1931 4 16 1931-D 3 9 1931-S 36 0 1932 1 3 1932-D 29 6 1933 2 7 [I]That's enough...years 1934 to present dates of this survey have been left out as you get the point.[/I] The 1937 survery was conducted in Salt lake City, Utah and the 1943 survey was conducted in Illinois. Here's what they said over 60 years ago: [I]"As can be seen from the tables, the number of scarce date cents in circulation is rapidly declining. There are not enough desirable Lincoln cents in circulation to justify spending time looking for them...so if anybody else has an idea of going to through the local bank's supply of cents just can forget it."[/I] Remember these were searched over 60 years ago. Now even though these results are not scientific, they show how key dates were cherry picked quickly over this 6 year span.[/QUOTE]
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