1967 lincolm cent just found wondering history

Benito

History please tankyou

291fifth

Kennedy looks at Lincoln cents were made in large numbers in the 1960's and later. Many different dates and mintmarks were used to make these. Most were originally mounted on cards that talked about similarities between Lincoln and Kennedy. They have very little value.

Benito

Tankyou

OldEastside

They were a gimmicky numismatic item sold in the 60's during the Coin boom, here are a few examples

Happy Hunting and Welcome to the Boards

Steve

tyler267

@291fifth said:
Kennedy looks at Lincoln cents were made in large numbers in the 1960's and later. Many different dates and mintmarks were used to make these. Most were originally mounted on cards that talked about similarities between Lincoln and Kennedy. They have very little value.

I remember as a kid growing up in South Florida in the early 1970's, one of the local banks gave these out as Promotional items, as 291fifth said they were attached to a card that listed similarities between Kennedy and Lincoln. At that time the public loved anything JFK related.

They were a big hit with my friends and I and one of the things that got me interested in collecting.

SaorAlba

They were also glued to those cards and sold in vending machines for a quarter during that time. I have found about 30-40 of these with Kennedy stamped on them in coin roll hunting.

divecchia

@OldEastside Thanks for the info showing the history behind these Lincoln/Kennedy cents.

@Benito Welcome aboard and good luck with your coin hunting.

Donato

philographer

I remember this card (found on Google) when I was a kid in the 70’s.

ricko

@Benito...Welcome aboard.... That is a commercially stamped cent (not a mint issue) that was a popular item many years ago... no real numismatic value. Lots of history showing them above. Cheers, RickO

johnny9434

welcome to the forums. ive gotten a few of them thru the years and hung on to them. best wishes

tyler267

If anyone wants a Kennedy Lincoln Cent Amazon has it for sale at 9.99 plus 3.99 shipping, includes the card describing the similarities between the two presidents. I had a whole stack of these as a kid, I wish I had kept them.

PocketArt

I remember back in the mid '80's finding one of these in circulation when I was a kid. Good to know they are still out there- would be a fun surprise seeing one again out of circulation.

I do have a complete set of Lincoln Cents, in a cardboard display that comprise all 50 states with 50 Lincoln cents having a counter-stamp of a different state in the Union.

Thanks for sharing!

silverpop

a interesting coin you have there

asheland