As more non-collectors are gathering around to hoard/collect Lincoln cents, here is a chart

sanddollar

What would you add or take away from this basic chart? Cents to look out for and to place aside.

dcarr

Also 1960 [P] (proof) large date over small date, and small date over large date.

I think the only known 1974-D aluminum cent was confiscated.
1974 [P] aluminum cents do exist in the marketplace (and are quite valuable).

hummingbird_coins

Make sure to add that one image of strike vs. hub doubling, or else you could be creating more "change checker" types.

Coins3675

That is a good chart.

johnny9434

Theres the chart, make good use of it

WCC

It depends upon someone's assumptions and their intended holding period. To start, I'm assuming anyone intending to set aside any of the above list with a substantial premium expects to pay market price, unless cherry-picking a variety or an under graded coin.

Using my assumptions, I wouldn't set aside any for "investment" or financial speculation, particularly in the quality I infer from the OP. Totally different for anyone who wants to collect it. That's a recreational consumption expense.

jonathanb

@Coins3675 said:
That is a good chart.

That is a bad chart. There is no chance of finding almost everything listed on that chart. Or a negative chance, if you consider that it's more likely to find a counterfeit than a real example.

Try generating a list limited to the last 40 years, excluding all of the proofs that won't be found in circulation anyway, and all of the marketing hype varieties (floating head?) that nobody will pay for.

sanddollar

@jonathanb said:

@Coins3675 said:
That is a good chart.

That is a bad chart. There is no chance of finding almost everything listed on that chart. Or a negative chance, if you consider that it's more likely to find a counterfeit than a real example.

Try generating a list limited to the last 40 years, excluding all of the proofs that won't be found in circulation anyway, and all of the marketing hype varieties (floating head?) that nobody will pay for.

I will have to learn to live with your disappointment.
May I humbly suggest you come up with a chart limited to the last 40 years? As that was not my attempt, maybe it can be yours.
Please share your chart with all of us here.

SurfinxHI

I don't think that is a chart, per se, in the way I'd interprete the word. A list perhaps, or a table, but not a chart.

But then again, I'm a visual guy.

WCC

@sanddollar said:

@jonathanb said:

@Coins3675 said:
That is a good chart.

That is a bad chart. There is no chance of finding almost everything listed on that chart. Or a negative chance, if you consider that it's more likely to find a counterfeit than a real example.

Try generating a list limited to the last 40 years, excluding all of the proofs that won't be found in circulation anyway, and all of the marketing hype varieties (floating head?) that nobody will pay for.

I will have to learn to live with your disappointment.
May I humbly suggest you come up with a chart limited to the last 40 years? As that was not my attempt, maybe it can be yours.
Please share your chart with all of us here.

Is the intent of this thread to acquire coins at FV, buy it at the market price, or both?

My interpretation is both.

Creg

@WCC said:
Is the intent of this thread to acquire coins at FV, buy it at the market price, or both?
My interpretation is both.

Between those options exist bulk acquisitions, collections, and trades. Free is good too.

Veep

That’s a great list for a numismatist.

In my experience of dealing with the public, a list, just like an internet search gets laypersons imaginations running wild and coin shop phones ringing off the hook with unfounded claims of rarities.

jmlanzaf

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jmlanzaf

@Veep said:
That’s a great list for a numismatist.

In my experience of dealing with the public, a list, just like an internet search gets laypersons imaginations running wild and coin shop phones ringing off the hook with unfounded claims of rarities.

This. 99.9% of the public couldn't identify any of the DDO/DDR or the RPMs or the near/far AM.

erwindoc

What about the recent VDB-V variety?

MFeld

@SurfinxHI said:
I don't think that is a chart, per se, in the way I'd interprete the word. A list perhaps, or a table, but not a chart.

But then again, I'm a visual guy.

So am I and maybe AI is, too 😉

AI: “A chart uses visuals like graphs and diagrams to show data relationships and trends, while a list (or table) uses rows and columns to present precise, detailed data. Choose a chart for a quick overview and to highlight patterns, and a list for detailed analysis, specific figures, and when you need to see the exact values side-by-side.”

dipset512

I'd add:

1988-D Rev of 89
1970-S DDO
1971 DDO

MasonG

@jmlanzaf said:

99.9% of the public couldn't identify any of the DDO/DDR or the RPMs or the near/far AM.

99.9% of the public couldn't tell you what DDO, DDR or RPM means without doing an internet search.

jmlanzaf

@MasonG said:

@jmlanzaf said:

99.9% of the public couldn't identify any of the DDO/DDR or the RPMs or the near/far AM.

99.9% of the public couldn't tell you what DDO, DDR or RPM means without doing an internet search.

True. But even if they found out what it means, they still wouldn't recognize it on a coin.

MasonG

Can't argue with that.

oreville

@sanddollar said:
What would you add or take away from this basic chart? Cents to look out for and to place aside.

You left out the 1958 DDO cent. Also they should called the Doubled Die cents.