Do you own a `83 DDR Lincoln

Cam40

Slabbed or raw?
Grade?
Estimated value?

I need to dig out my NGC MS66 and take a pic sometime.

coppercoins

Nope...and I've been searching for 20 years now. I won't buy one, I'm convinced that I'll eventually be able to find one.

Cam40

that would be neat to find a bn example in change, or rb maybe
a rd find would mean you got lucky and smoeone spent part of
anothers collection.

coinbuf

I hve the 84DDR and the 84DDO. A dealer I bought many coins from offered them to me for a few bucks each, why so cheap, well the previous owner had cleaned them. Thay will never be slab candidates but sure look nice in my dansco.

Chris

WaterSport

yep, got it raw on Ebay, now housed in a PCI holder, MS63 R&B

WS

oreville

Paid $675 in 1998 for my 1983 DDR cent which is in an old PCGS slab graded MS-67RD. The nicest one I have ever seen.

Paid a similar price for a lovely 1984 DDO also in a old PCGS slab graded MS-68RD. Purchased in 1999.

I have not checked their values in the last few years.

goose3

I have a gorgeous ANACS 65 RED one that I got raw and had slabbed a few years ago.

It is a blazer and DEFINITE 65 and then some.

bigtonydallas

Oreville can you post some pics of those two?

Cam40

really, pics of those coins would be great to see.

also, i havent seen an `84 DD before.
are they as dramatic as the `83 DDR?
and which of one(s) are considered the better one(s)

Cameonut

I was lucky to find a 83 DDR Lincoln in a PCGS 64RB holder in 1989 for $160. Have only seen a couple for sale since.

oreville

bigtonydallas: At one time I posted the pics of those coins here from one of those former web sites that used to store my pics. I tried to retrieve those pics from my old windows 95 computer without success. Looks like I will have to take new pics.

koynekwest

MS64 RD. Paid $80 as an AU a few years back.

seanq

(replying to an old thread because I haven't been around)

I have a raw AU which was found in circulation. Not by me, though - by Bill O'Rourke, who writes the 'Found in Rolls' column in Coin World. Long before he had his column, we struck up a correspondence. Ihelped him attribute many of his finds (I sent him my outdated 2nd edition of the Cherrypickers' Guide), and he in turn sold me some wonderful Lincoln Cent varieties. My 1980 DDO, 1983 DDR and 1984 Die #2 DDO all came from Bill.


Sean Reynolds

richbeat

I was living in north central Florida (Gainesville) in 1983. One of the local DJ's there who was a coin collector mentioned on the air to be on the lookout for them, as that was one of two areas where they turned up. So I began to look through rolls which were easy to obtain as I worked in a credit union there. I eventually found eight of them. I would guesstimate that they are XF-AUish as I found them right after they were released. I have no idea of their value in that grade range since the red book does not list value below MS-65. Anybody have an idea?

Artist

I bought a '84 from a dealer back in '84 for about $110.00 - he had it labeled as a 63. His 65s were like $155 or something, so I went with the one I could afford. (I was 12 at the time.)

When I got back into the hobby a few years back, I decided to focus on 20th century type stuff, and so i decided to sell my '84 DDO.

I sent it to PCGS, and it came back '66 Red!!!

At the time, the book value was about $500 in that grade, and they we were selling for $375.00 to $425.00 on Ebay. When I listed mine, I got lucky - I got close to the full $500.00 for it!!!

One of the coins I wanted for my collection was a St. Gaudens $10.00 - a 1914-D to be exact since that was my Grandmother's birthyear. I took a chance and bought one raw for the $500.00 I got for my penny - that coin now resides in an NGC 63 holder - with a definate shot at 64 if I ever decide to sell it.

SO - from that $110.00 coin, I now have one that lists at $1,500.00 plus! The moral of the story: back in the day, I should have sprung for a 65 for $45.00 more - they were definately nicer.

Iampoorman2

I run the coffee mess at work, and I found the attached 84 in the change can.

thebeav

OK......I'll be the first to post a pic.....Here's mine....Graded MS 63 - RB (red-blue) I really love that Memorial color !!....



Paul

BillJones

Yes.

Yes ago I put together a little set that contained the 1955, 1972 and 1983 doubled die cents in a little Capital Plastic holder. I purchase the 1955 with ANACS papers. The 1972 was raw and the 1983 was an MS-65, red in an old PCGS rattle hoder. I hated slabs back then and had the dealer crack it out for me so that I could put it in my Capital Plastic set.

The 1983 doubled die is really neat. Unlike the 1955 and 1972, which were created when the matrix die rotated during the preparation of the working die, the matrix die shifted to the north, which created a unique effect. Like the 1937-D three legged buffalo, the coin has a maker on the obverse as well. There is a polish mark behind Lincoln's head.