Noob curiousity about shiny 1968-D cent in pocket change
apollo17
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Admitted: habitually sequester copper cents from my pocket change (even '82s by the ring tone when bounced).
But I'd never seen one as old as the (shakily) pictured 1968-D, that had remained so shiny and still-detailed.
In surely naive coin-newbie curiosity: (aside from mystical powers,) is there any way to tell if someone popped open a 1968 mint set, or maybe by the imperfections if it perhaps sat in a bank roll, swam in a "loose change" jar, or chilled in the pocket of a forgotten pair of bell-bottoms, for the last 47 years?
Thanks!
But I'd never seen one as old as the (shakily) pictured 1968-D, that had remained so shiny and still-detailed.
In surely naive coin-newbie curiosity: (aside from mystical powers,) is there any way to tell if someone popped open a 1968 mint set, or maybe by the imperfections if it perhaps sat in a bank roll, swam in a "loose change" jar, or chilled in the pocket of a forgotten pair of bell-bottoms, for the last 47 years?
Thanks!
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Hey, welcome to the Forum!
is there anyway to to tell....nope
looks like it's from a roll or bank bag due to it's color
rumor is
some collectors "salt" circulation to inspire others to collect....
Nice Lincoln.
"If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"
My Washington Quarter Registry set...in progress
and too much marking above the date. It's about the 50th %ile for the date and
having two problems is sufficient to assure it's keeper.
Welcome aboard.
I don't know if they've come from old rolls recently broken open, a really old change jar or from mint sets.
Wherever they've been, I enjoy receiving them!
Check out the Southern Gold Society
Hoard the keys.
Seems like a friendly place around here!
Guess the dazzle of this coin got me thinking of its life story. It certainly is NOT going into the copper bullion box.
Not sure what I'm in for now if the above pic is appropriate. Comments got this OP looking very carefully at my own photo, and now I keep seeing an alien face above the six in 1968.
<< <i>I am always amazed how much the mint lowered the relief of the design over the next 30 years. >>
crypto, isn't this the elusive 1968 D High Relief Lincoln Cent with rolled rim?
I see it too! Alien or devil!
If you find a nice 69 to put next to it you'll see how drastically they changed the design, less relief and more detail.
It's fun to find old red coppers in circulation
<< <i>"Comments got this OP looking very carefully at my own photo, and now I keep seeing an alien face above the six in 1968."
I see it too! Alien or devil! >>
I don't see a Alien or a Devil I see this guy
Hoard the keys.
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
About a year ago I found a nice rosy 1938 Lincoln in a roll.
And last week I hit a jackpot with nickels, literally dozens of AUish 1938-1941 dated nickels that must have been broken out of a collection somewhere.
<< <i>My guess is that someone broke open a bank roll. It happens.
Hey, welcome to the Forum!
ditto and welcome to the forums as well.
<< <i>Be sure to examine the mintmark and see if you have the D/D RPM and flip it over and check for the doubled die reverse. The DDR is pretty dramatic and will turn your good day into a great one... >>
This. The easiest PUP for the doubled die reverse is the tails of the S's in STATES, though the doubling on E PLURIBUS UNUM is very dramatic as well.
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
<< <i>Nice coin. However, it is not at all unusual to find brilliant uncirculated cents from the ' 60s still popping up. >>
Quite true but usually the BU coins you see are dated 1964 or earlier because
not nearly as many coins were set aside after 1964. Of those set aside the ma-
jpority are one cent coins and half and dollars make up most of the rest. Nickel
availability is spotty and there aren't any dimes or quarters.
Forgive any incorrect terminology etc (still learning). It does seem noticeably higher relief than many later cents I looked at, and that the I G W Trust later moved further away from the rim. I never before noticed a very clear VDB as part of the bottom downslope of the Lincoln image. The lettering and numbering is certainly thicker, but seems clear and does not look doubled to me. The mintmark just a single punch as well. After briefly searching the term online, I'm not yet quite getting the ideas behind "rolled rim" vs normal, wire etc. rim, but will keep looking.
Thanks very much for your discussions. I'm being careful since this stuff seems like it could be addictive.
(Oh, and the "face" - now I'm thinking Davros(?) - is somewhat less visible by eye than in the photo, but still is there. Just normal pareidolia, I hope…
They were stored in a closet on the floor in open plastic tubs.
The puppies found them, and drug out a bunch of rolls and chewed the paper, and, apparently, had a blast scattering the pennies all over the closet and bedroom.
I just swept them up, and spent them over about a week period. Some of them had great color, but off they went.
They WASHED ....EVERY.. coin they dispensed thru the store as change.
Yes. It ruined the coins. But they were SHINY! REAL SHINY!
And the whole town would remark on Smith & Lang's ....EVERY... time they saw shiny coins being used.
Now, THAT is advertising.
It was apollo17's post from January 7, 2015 7:47AM about a shiny 1968-D cent in pocket change that made me join your ranks. I had a similar experience with the coin pictured on my profile. I thought it odd that such a coin could exist and in such new looking condition. Someone mentioned that a bank roll may have been opened, so I guess this is what happened in my case.
Nice!
I throw a Wheatie back into circulation every now and then. The 1968 coins were quite popular in the day because the Mint started putting Mint Marks back on the coins after three years.
Pete
I regularly dump BU rolls from the 60s and 70s into Coinstar machines. Especially shotgun rolls with no date visible on either end. You just can't sell them for over face, so there's really no point in my keeping them in inventory. I dumped about 40 rolls in a Coinstar right before Christmas, mostly mid 1960s I found as I cracked them open.
I've also dumped partial Mint sets into Coinstars. Makes for the prettiest bucket the Coinstar has ever seen. Again, if someone's cut the 1/2 dollar out for example, you can't sell them for over face and there's only so much crap I want to trip over.
As I mentioned on another thread, I'm close to dumping a few complete proof sets into the Coinstar. When they are selling for 50 cents over face, they just aren't worth bothering with.
Welcome aboard.
There are some pretty nice coins dumped into circulation. Some come from rolls but the majority are from mint sets. For the main part any larger denomination old coin is at best only XF because the odds of it being repeatedly or continuously out of circulation for so long are infinitesimal. When you see a nice XF '69 quarter you can be quite confident it's spent only the last five years in circulation.
With pennies you can't be as sure because many are not circulating.
Welcome!
@mediatech .....Welcome aboard.... Yes, often we see an older cent - or even dimes or nickels - that has probably never been in commerce for all those years.... old mint sets, bank rolls or sock drawer clean out....Cheers, RickO
When I worked for Harlan Berk's coin shop in Chicago and was breaking down collections, I returned a lot of stuff to circulation.
My favorites are all those retail sets (QVC, HSN) with the beautiful, fancy packaging that i have to fill my recycle bin with before I can get my face value. LOL. Talk about lost time. SMH.