Lincoln Cent Collection
dpvilla
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Up for sale is a near-complete date set of Lincoln Cents that was hidden away in a safe for many years. (They are part of a dealer’s inventory that was squirreled away back around 1985 or so.) The coins are all in 2 x 2 flips with the previous owner’s grade listed on the front of each holder. I disagree with many of the grades. In the list below I show both the assigned grade followed by my grade. None of the key dates were in this set.
Many of the early dates were cleaned a long time ago, but the color on just about every piece looks like the natural orange color (almost) that one would expect from an “original” Lincoln cent. (The coins don’t have that pinkish hue that you see on an obviously cleaned coin.) I could not get a decent looking picture from my scanner so I photographed four of the coins with my digital camera (click the link below for the pics). This pic shows the color about right and also shows the cleaning. I picked the 1910 to show the worst example. Most of the cleaned coins are more like the 1909 vdb (first image). Many of the later pieces are totally original like the 1919-D and 1943-S shown. The pieces from the 1950’s and later are mostly MS63 or better and RED!. I did not scan these (got too tired) but they are gorgeous. If you’d like selected pics of these, let me know.
$500 delivered in the U.S. OR make an offer. These must GO. PM or email dpvilla@aol.com. Thanks.
Link to the pic is HERE.
Here’s the description of each piece (previous owner’s grade followed by my grade):
1909 BU – AU cln
1909vdb BU – XF45 cln
1910 BU – AU cln
1911 BU – AU cln
1912 BU – XF45 cln
1913 BU – AU cln (light)
1914 BU – AU cln (light)
1915 BU – VF/XF cln
1916 BU – AU cln (light)
1916-D BU – XF cln (light)
1916-S BU – AU
1917 BU – AU cln (reverse die crack)
1917D BU – AU58
1918 BU – XF45
1918D BU – AU cln
1918S BU – XF45 (small rim defect near 10 o’clock)
1919 BU – UNC (could be 63, not cleaned)
1919D BU – AU58 (could be UNC)
1920 BU – XF cln
1920 BU – AU
1921 BU – XF
1923 BU – XF
1924 BU – UNC (a few v. light hairlines)
1926 BU – UNC (flashy red)
1926D BU – VF
1927 BU – UNC
1927D BU – VF+
1928 BU – UNC (v. flashy red)
1928D BU – AU
1928S BU – F/VF
1929 BU – UNC (flashy red)
1929D BU – AU
1929S BU – XF cln (light)
1930 BU – UNC (flashy red)
1930D BU – AU cln
1930S BU – AU cln
1931 BU – MS60 (light cln)
1931D BU – XF
1932 BU – MS63 (nice red)
1932D BU – XF cln
1933 BU – MS65? (gorgeous)
1933D BU – AU55 cln
1934 BU – AU
1934D BU - MS63 red
1935 BU – UNC
1935D BU – MS63 flashy red
1935S BU – AU cln
1936D BU – MS63 red
1936S BU – MS63 red
1937 BU – MS 63 (beautiful)
1937D BU – UNC MS62?
1937S BU – MS63+ red
1938 BU – MS64+ red
1938D BU – MS63 or better, red
1938S BU – UNC MS63? nice red
1939 BU – MS65? very flashy red
1939D BU – AU
1939S BU – MS63++
1940 BU – UNC mostly red
1940D BU – UNC red
1940S BU – MS63 or better, red
1941 BU - MS63 or better, red
1941D BU - MS62 or better, red
1941S BU – UNC red
1942 BU – AU cln
1942D BU – UNC flashy red
1942S BU - MS62 or better, red
1943 BU – MS64 or better, nice
1943D BU – MS62 or better
1943S BU – MS63
1944 BU – MS64 fiery red UNC
The remaining dates are 1950, 50-s, 51, 51-d, 51-s, 52, 52-d, 52-s, 53, 53-d, 53-s, 54, 54-d, 54-s, 55, 55-d, 55-s, 56, 56-d(2pcs), 57, 57-d, 58, 58-d, 59, 59-d, 1960SD, 1960LD, 1960-d SD, 1960-d LD, 61, 61-d, 62, 62-d, 63, 63-d, 64, 64-d, 65, 65-d, 66, 67, 68, 68-d, 68-s, 69, 69-d, 69-s, 70, 70-d, 70-s, 71, 71-d, 71-s, 1972pds, 1973pds, 1974pds, 75, 75-d, 76, 76-d, 77, 77-d, 78, 78-d, 79, 79-d, 80, 80-d, 81, 81-d, 1982 SD(2pc), 1982 LD (2pcs), 1982-d SD, 1982-d LD (2pcs)….I assume that these 1982’s are both copper and zinc types, 83, 83-d, 84, 84-d, 85, 85-d, 86. Just about all of this latter group are full red. A few in the 1950’s are RB. All are UNC.
email me with any questions. Thanks.
Many of the early dates were cleaned a long time ago, but the color on just about every piece looks like the natural orange color (almost) that one would expect from an “original” Lincoln cent. (The coins don’t have that pinkish hue that you see on an obviously cleaned coin.) I could not get a decent looking picture from my scanner so I photographed four of the coins with my digital camera (click the link below for the pics). This pic shows the color about right and also shows the cleaning. I picked the 1910 to show the worst example. Most of the cleaned coins are more like the 1909 vdb (first image). Many of the later pieces are totally original like the 1919-D and 1943-S shown. The pieces from the 1950’s and later are mostly MS63 or better and RED!. I did not scan these (got too tired) but they are gorgeous. If you’d like selected pics of these, let me know.
$500 delivered in the U.S. OR make an offer. These must GO. PM or email dpvilla@aol.com. Thanks.
Link to the pic is HERE.
Here’s the description of each piece (previous owner’s grade followed by my grade):
1909 BU – AU cln
1909vdb BU – XF45 cln
1910 BU – AU cln
1911 BU – AU cln
1912 BU – XF45 cln
1913 BU – AU cln (light)
1914 BU – AU cln (light)
1915 BU – VF/XF cln
1916 BU – AU cln (light)
1916-D BU – XF cln (light)
1916-S BU – AU
1917 BU – AU cln (reverse die crack)
1917D BU – AU58
1918 BU – XF45
1918D BU – AU cln
1918S BU – XF45 (small rim defect near 10 o’clock)
1919 BU – UNC (could be 63, not cleaned)
1919D BU – AU58 (could be UNC)
1920 BU – XF cln
1920 BU – AU
1921 BU – XF
1923 BU – XF
1924 BU – UNC (a few v. light hairlines)
1926 BU – UNC (flashy red)
1926D BU – VF
1927 BU – UNC
1927D BU – VF+
1928 BU – UNC (v. flashy red)
1928D BU – AU
1928S BU – F/VF
1929 BU – UNC (flashy red)
1929D BU – AU
1929S BU – XF cln (light)
1930 BU – UNC (flashy red)
1930D BU – AU cln
1930S BU – AU cln
1931 BU – MS60 (light cln)
1931D BU – XF
1932 BU – MS63 (nice red)
1932D BU – XF cln
1933 BU – MS65? (gorgeous)
1933D BU – AU55 cln
1934 BU – AU
1934D BU - MS63 red
1935 BU – UNC
1935D BU – MS63 flashy red
1935S BU – AU cln
1936D BU – MS63 red
1936S BU – MS63 red
1937 BU – MS 63 (beautiful)
1937D BU – UNC MS62?
1937S BU – MS63+ red
1938 BU – MS64+ red
1938D BU – MS63 or better, red
1938S BU – UNC MS63? nice red
1939 BU – MS65? very flashy red
1939D BU – AU
1939S BU – MS63++
1940 BU – UNC mostly red
1940D BU – UNC red
1940S BU – MS63 or better, red
1941 BU - MS63 or better, red
1941D BU - MS62 or better, red
1941S BU – UNC red
1942 BU – AU cln
1942D BU – UNC flashy red
1942S BU - MS62 or better, red
1943 BU – MS64 or better, nice
1943D BU – MS62 or better
1943S BU – MS63
1944 BU – MS64 fiery red UNC
The remaining dates are 1950, 50-s, 51, 51-d, 51-s, 52, 52-d, 52-s, 53, 53-d, 53-s, 54, 54-d, 54-s, 55, 55-d, 55-s, 56, 56-d(2pcs), 57, 57-d, 58, 58-d, 59, 59-d, 1960SD, 1960LD, 1960-d SD, 1960-d LD, 61, 61-d, 62, 62-d, 63, 63-d, 64, 64-d, 65, 65-d, 66, 67, 68, 68-d, 68-s, 69, 69-d, 69-s, 70, 70-d, 70-s, 71, 71-d, 71-s, 1972pds, 1973pds, 1974pds, 75, 75-d, 76, 76-d, 77, 77-d, 78, 78-d, 79, 79-d, 80, 80-d, 81, 81-d, 1982 SD(2pc), 1982 LD (2pcs), 1982-d SD, 1982-d LD (2pcs)….I assume that these 1982’s are both copper and zinc types, 83, 83-d, 84, 84-d, 85, 85-d, 86. Just about all of this latter group are full red. A few in the 1950’s are RB. All are UNC.
email me with any questions. Thanks.
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