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MS 1964D cents. How easy or hard is it to find this coin in MS66 or 67?
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The reason I ask is that I grew up in Denver and when I was eight (in 1964) my family and I took a trip to Rocky Mountain National Park and stopped by a trinket shop at the park entrance. The shop was selling pennies in small clear glass bottles. My dad bought four of them. I have them now. The cents are all 1964D. They are in little glass bottles with corks in the end. They look just like a "Ship in a glass bottle" we are familiar with, except the ship has been replaced with a cent.
The cents look like they just popped out the striking chamber. Bright orange and with clean surfaces. They have been in these bottles for 43 years now and resting in 43 year old Rocky Mountain air.
I never thought these cents were worth much, but considering how nice they look, maybe they would receive a 66 or 67 grade if slabbed. How hard is it to find 64D cents in 66 or 67 grade?
The cents look like they just popped out the striking chamber. Bright orange and with clean surfaces. They have been in these bottles for 43 years now and resting in 43 year old Rocky Mountain air.
I never thought these cents were worth much, but considering how nice they look, maybe they would receive a 66 or 67 grade if slabbed. How hard is it to find 64D cents in 66 or 67 grade?
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Russ, NCNE
<< <i>MS66's aren't all that easy either, in spite of all the Omaha Bank Hoard coins that happen to say MS66 on the label.
Russ, NCNE >>
To say what Russ said in another way - The Omaha coins are over graded.
<< <i>Coin Values list an MS67 Red Lincoln Memorial at $100. >>
Good luck finding a PCGS example for that.
Russ, NCNE
Then again, they are only 1964D cents. I can not get out of my mind the fact that 1964 dated cents and nickels, especially from Denver, can still be found in circulation quite easily.
<< <i>The cents are all 1964D. They are in little glass bottles with corks in the end. They look just like a "Ship in a glass bottle" we are familiar with, except the ship has been replaced with a cent. >>
Funny, my mother has one of these. Same date, same mint, same tiny bottle.
<< <i>At $100.00 for a 67 example, maybe I should send the four coins in for grading and see if I get lucky. >>
If you scored an MS67 at PCGS, you could count on a lot more than $100.
Russ, NCNE
<< <i>Shamika, where did your mother acquire the "Coin in a bottle"? At the trinket place at the Estes Park, Colorado entrance to the Rocky Mountain National Park? >>
I'm not exactly sure since I'm "only" 40 years old. I don't believe she's ever stepped foot in Colorado but I remember looking at this item as a kid and wondering how the heck they squeezed that penny through that itty bitty opening.
I'll make it a point to ask her if she remembers where she got it and I'll get back to you in a PM.