Does anyone know what a mint sewn bag of 1964 Lincolns is worth?

WarNickelHoarder · September 9, 2007 5:12AM

Hey all. I was at the coin shop yesterday picking up a few items as the dealer was cleaning out the back of his safe. He knows that I love OBW rolls and original bags and sets them aside for me whenever they come in. As I was finishing up with my purchases for the day, he pulled a mint sewn bag of 1964 Lincolns from the back of the safe, where they have been since he put them there over 40 years ago. To make a long story short, he threw the bag into the deal at face as I was making a fairly large purchase. I have done some research on the web, but haven't been able to figure out what this item is worth. Any and all help is appreciated.

Thanks!

Tom

oreville · September 9, 2007 5:23AM

Around $95 or so.

Shamika · September 9, 2007 5:23AM

I was going to say $100

WarNickelHoarder · September 9, 2007 5:27AM

$100 is about what I figured after seeing that CDN bid per UNC roll is $.95, but I didn't know if the fact that it was an unopened bag would create a premium.

Thanks,

Tom

MadMarty · September 9, 2007 5:33AM

A 64 bad would be around $125 if melted!!!

GrumpyEd · September 9, 2007 5:35AM

The $100 is reasonable.

Since there are several nice doubled dies in the year including 2 different DDRs worth about $100 each I'd be tempted to look and see if there are some in it before selling it.

There might be none, there might be a few or there could be a few in every roll so I'd sample some rolls to see before letting it go. After searching 5 or 10 rolls if you find nothing you could sell the other 90 rolls.

cladking · September 9, 2007 5:41AM

The best bet on these is usually to check them for varieties and
gems and take the rest to the bank. You won't get lucky with every
bag but it saves a lot of time, effort, and postage.

If you get a bunch of varieties you can start trading them for other
varieties and get a collection going pretty cheaply. Gems of some
dates are quite scarce though the '64 needs to be choice gem to be
worth hanging on to.

291fifth · September 9, 2007 5:42AM

$50. A bag that dates from the height of the roll and bag boom of the early 1960's. I wonder how many more of them are still out there? Quite a few, I'll bet.

fc · September 9, 2007 5:49AM

1964 does not remind me of anything cool variety wise.
a dealer never leaves money on the table.

sooo, i think they are worth face value. unless you have a supremo
gem in there.

Windycity · September 9, 2007 5:53AM

I've got two bags of 1974 cents. No exciting varieties and just too much work to go through that many coins. I'll keep them sealed and tuck them away. Hope I don't move, they're a pain to carry around.

GrumpyEd · September 9, 2007 5:59AM

There are COOL varieties.

The 2 big DDRs for 1964:

FS-026 is listed at $175 in MS65 in the CPG
FS-027 is listed at $250 for the EDS in MS63 in the CPG

There are also some minor DDOs.

It's worth looking.

FS-026 on coppercoins

fc · September 9, 2007 6:04AM

FS-026 is listed at $175 in MS65 in the CPG
FS-027 is listed at $250 for the EDS in MS63 in the CPG
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yikes! that is not chicken feed there. bust it open! :-)

MacCrimmon · September 9, 2007 6:10AM

I sold a mint sewn bag of 1963-P on eBay about 12 months ago for $205. Also, sold a bag of 1977-P for the same price. Copper spot was about $116 per bag at the time.

cladking · September 9, 2007 6:31AM

<< <i>$50. A bag that dates from the height of the roll and bag boom of the early 1960's. I wonder how many more of them are still out there? Quite a few, I'll bet. >>

I'd bet 75%+ of them are gone now.

That leaves a staggering number remaining. A few of the varieties may be mostly gone now though.

rdunnit · September 10, 2007 12:31AM

I know a dealer in a small town about 65 miles from me that has a back room with bags from the early 60's up to the 90's stacked to the ceiling with bags of cents. I know when the 95-P DDO was first being found he had 2-3 bags of 95-P's for sale with the earlier date stamp on the bags. He also had a couple of bags of 1972-P cents as well. I don't remember what he wanted then but I might have to check with him and see what he still has. If copper spot is $125 then I might be able to get a bag or two decently priced.

Does anyone know what a mint sewn bag of 1964 Lincolns is worth?

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