@CoinscratchFever said:
There’s something up with your camera not sure what but all of your pics look very generic. I’m sure the coins look better than the pics. ?!?
Bad lighting. I'm not using a flash. When is I do Its a glare. That's why the pictures look a little dull. Taking a picture with the best clarity as I can.
This one is with Flash. Just an Album filler without PCGS certification. This is a decent coin also. If I have a nice coin to show it off I will. No need to for these Wheat pennies.
Uhhh, because I didn’t realize how bad they were before I packaged them up.
Cell phones explode the colors and I was blinded by the light. Now I look and see the weak headdress and thin skin I missed before.
I'm surprised you're finding any BU zincolns from before 2000.
Have you noticed how elusive nice VF and better 1966 cents are? Almost the entire mintage went into circulation and it was low mintage by the standards of the era. A lot of the higher grade coins are spotted because they came from rolls that went bad.
Until pennies became worthless about 1974 one cent coins circulated and this date was worn. Since then the attrition on pennies is just so staggering it's a wonder you can even find a beat up 1966.
@Coin_nut1977 said:
I'm not seeing very much of any nice coins at all! Mainly 2020 pennies. A Few Album fillers to possible replace. Alot of Stained ones.
I know the zincolns are almost all ugly and stained. Most of the ones in rolls are too but no one opens them to see. I recently opened most of my zincoln rolls and ended up putting most of them into circulation. The early ones were especially bad but I did find a lot more Gems than I expected even in '82/ '83 rolls. The '84 to 86 were actually worse for some reason. The '84-P is the sleeper of our time with unblemished specimens with attractive surfaces being rare to non-existent. 35+ years have not been kind to these and they were pretty rough to start with.
Today's pennies will be pretty interesting to collect if there is ever any competition for them. It's not like you can call up your favorite dealer and order a roll of nice XF/ AU's. The coins simply don't exist.
Very good. and on a side note. I submitted 100 of these to PCGS , once. Owned 5% of graded MS 64s for a time.
Such a good hobby ...when doing it your way. Thanks for sharing and searching. https://www.pcgs.com/shared-orders/order-details/20287182
Nice finds, been awhile since I did a search. Last time was looking for halves from $500.00 I ordered from my bank. Asked a few months ago but no dice, coin shortage. I have pennies all over the place, got to get better organized.
C’mon.......We’re ALL waiting for an IHC!!! The Memorials must be killer in hand. Photography NEVER does them justice. Are you keeping an eye out for 1995 Doubled Die? Not too rare but probably a lot were already pulled back in the day. It is a great candidate for a Score though.
@ambro51 said:
C’mon.......We’re ALL waiting for an IHC!!! The Memorials must be killer in hand. Photography NEVER does them justice. Are you keeping an eye out for 1995 Doubled Die? Not too rare but probably a lot were already pulled back in the day. It is a great candidate for a Score though.
Yes I have been looking for it! I did find one 4months ago
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I eventually will. I set them aside, but I do go through them after the search.
Not too many at all with MM
Small Lamination.
There’s something up with your camera not sure what but all of your pics look very generic. I’m sure the coins look better than the pics. ?!?
Bad lighting. I'm not using a flash. When is I do Its a glare. That's why the pictures look a little dull. Taking a picture with the best clarity as I can.
Apparently my camera does the opposite...
Why are these Certified?
This one is with Flash. Just an Album filler without PCGS certification. This is a decent coin also. If I have a nice coin to show it off I will. No need to for these Wheat pennies.
Searching coins is always fun.
Uhhh, because I didn’t realize how bad they were before I packaged them up.
Cell phones explode the colors and I was blinded by the light. Now I look and see the weak headdress and thin skin I missed before.
The old clog 9,5 example.
Score!
YOU DID SCORE!!!!!!
I'm surprised you're finding any BU zincolns from before 2000.
Have you noticed how elusive nice VF and better 1966 cents are? Almost the entire mintage went into circulation and it was low mintage by the standards of the era. A lot of the higher grade coins are spotted because they came from rolls that went bad.
Until pennies became worthless about 1974 one cent coins circulated and this date was worn. Since then the attrition on pennies is just so staggering it's a wonder you can even find a beat up 1966.
I'm not seeing very much of any nice coins at all! Mainly 2020 pennies. A Few Album fillers to possible replace. Alot of Stained ones.
Can you too in a photo of a 1909 S VDB in XF just to make a few of us wet our pants?
I know the zincolns are almost all ugly and stained. Most of the ones in rolls are too but no one opens them to see. I recently opened most of my zincoln rolls and ended up putting most of them into circulation. The early ones were especially bad but I did find a lot more Gems than I expected even in '82/ '83 rolls. The '84 to 86 were actually worse for some reason. The '84-P is the sleeper of our time with unblemished specimens with attractive surfaces being rare to non-existent. 35+ years have not been kind to these and they were pretty rough to start with.
Today's pennies will be pretty interesting to collect if there is ever any competition for them. It's not like you can call up your favorite dealer and order a roll of nice XF/ AU's. The coins simply don't exist.
The last opportunity I had to roll search some Lincolns I was surprised how difficult 2009 cents were to find. How are your rolls?
My War Nickels https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/nickels/jefferson-nickels-specialty-sets/jefferson-nickels-fs-basic-war-set-circulation-strikes-1942-1945/publishedset/94452
Looks like a saved from circulation collection was dumped back into circulation. Are you saving pre-82' copper ?
100% Positive BST transactions
No
Very good. and on a side note. I submitted 100 of these to PCGS , once. Owned 5% of graded MS 64s for a time.
Such a good hobby ...when doing it your way. Thanks for sharing and searching. https://www.pcgs.com/shared-orders/order-details/20287182
@TwoSides2aCoin Dang!
Is that how you made your fortune?
Nice finds, been awhile since I did a search. Last time was looking for halves from $500.00 I ordered from my bank. Asked a few months ago but no dice, coin shortage. I have pennies all over the place, got to get better organized.
I’d like to find a bank roll stash of three cent nickels, put away about 1890-1900 or so when the shop keepers got tired of them
You're finding some neat old coins and you appear to be having fun doing it. Fun thread to look through.
C’mon.......We’re ALL waiting for an IHC!!! The Memorials must be killer in hand. Photography NEVER does them justice. Are you keeping an eye out for 1995 Doubled Die? Not too rare but probably a lot were already pulled back in the day. It is a great candidate for a Score though.
Yes I have been looking for it! I did find one 4months ago