1960 Lincoln cent
JayCoinhobby
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Thoughts on this coin? 
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JayCoinhobby
Posts: 18 ✭
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I think it looks like a Lincoln Memorial Cent.
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What are your thoughts on it?
Why do you make us guess what you think is special about it?
I like the tone/color.
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Yes your right im sorry to have bother you all. I thought that i could get info since injust started coin collecting have a nice day
Buy yourself a Redbook (all about coins) check more about the 1960 Lincoln cent. You'll be surprised what you might learn.
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--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.It’s always best to be as specific as possible when you ask a question. Do you want to know the grade? The value? Is it a 60-D Large date or Small date? Is it an error? Is the color natural? Is it unusual to find coins like this in circulation?
See where I’m going. It’s tough to be a mind reader. If you ask a specific question, those that don’t want to deal with questions from new collectors can skip over it, and those that are willing to help will know what you want to know.
Also, I recommend buying a copy of "A Guide Book of United States Coins" by RS Yeoman (Whitman Publishing). The best $10-15 you'll ever spend on the hobby
@JayCoinhobby .... Welcome aboard. When you have a question about a coin, try to be specific, giving the details that aroused your interest. Your pictures are very good and show a 1960 Memorial cent... beyond that, nothing special.... Cheers, RickO
The roll and bag (of current US coins) collecting craze was in full swing in 1960. Everyone was going to get rich by saving modern US coins or by finding "scarce and rare" coins in circulation. The craze lasted until May of 1964 when the market for such items collapsed. However, hope springs eternal among hoarders of such items so many such hoards were just put away in the hope the prices and interest in them would return. For many of the uncirculated rolls and bags of that era the interest never did return. The hoarders grew old and died and heirs found the hoards, learned or assumed they were of little value and dumped the coins back into circulation. Because of this it is not unusual to find high grade 60 year old Lincoln cents in circulation today. After all this time the coin you show is still worth just one cent. Supply is there but demand is not.
Value .01 cent
Your decimal is off a couple places.
Besides, it's a copper cent, so intrinsically it's at least 2c, but it's not legal to melt them so.. add it to the pile.
I think I see a die chip inside the 0
Collector, occasional seller
1960-D Large Date Cent. A 1960-P Small Date Cent would be what to look for.
Pete