First there was one, then three and now there are four 1969-S Doubled Die Obverse No. 1 cents that have been found by collectors within just the past three years. Such a find is financially rewarding. One of them sold for $126,500. The valuable variety shows strong hub doubling on the date, LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST.
In a telephone interview with the finder of the latest specimen,I learned that he had found it in a roll of 1969-S cents that he had put together from tens of thousands of cents that he...
Full Article: $100,000 Find - NumisMaster
Among early United States cents one of the rarest and most mysterious is Dr. William H. Sheldon’s variety number 79 having a reeded edge, an example of which has just been certified by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation. Only eight pieces are confirmed to exist, and this one has been off the market for some 30 years. Its last public appearance was in a 1977 auction by the now-defunct Numismatic and Antiquarian Service Corporation of America (NASCA). NGC has graded ...
Full Article: NGC Certifies Rare S-79 1795 Reeded Edge Liberty Cap Cent - Numismatic Guaranty Corporation
2010 Lincoln Cent Coin Two Roll Set
The U.S. Mint on Thursday, as it announced earlier this month, began selling two-roll sets containing 2010 Lincoln cents for $8.95.
The sets include 100 coins, with a roll of 50 coins minted in Denver and a roll of 50 coins struck from Philadelphia. The Philadelphia coins, as is typical with pennies, does not include a mint mark. The rolls are Mint-wrapped, making them more attractive to collectors as compared to rolls that may be available from local banks.
The 2010 Lincoln cents bears a new reverse design featuring a union shield that is emblematic of President Abraham Lincoln's "preservation of the United States of America as a single and united country." As such, the penny is being tagged with a long title of Lincoln "Preservation of the Union" one cent coin. [click to continue…]
Our numismatist looked at his friend in disbelief. “You’re going to sell your Indian cent collection,” he said. “I thought that collection was your pride and joy.”
His friend looked shocked. He hadn’t expected our numismatist to take the news so badly.
“Putting the collection together was a lot of fun. I made a lot of friends along the way as I picked up individual coins. I actually finished the collection about 10 years ago, which is a long time in my book ...
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WASHINGTON - The United States Mint will accept orders for the 2010 Lincoln Cent Two-Roll Set - "Preservation of the Union" beginning at noon Eastern Time (ET), on April 8, 2010.
The set, priced at $8.95 each, is composed of 100 general circulating coins-one roll of 50 coins minted at the United States Mint at Philadelphia (no mint mark) and one roll of 50 coins minted at the United States Mint at Denver ("D" mint mark).
Each coin roll is wrapped with special United States Mint coin paper depicting the new design, a "P" or "D" representing the roll's mint of origin and "50¢," representing its face value. [click to continue…]
Finishing a Lincoln cent set with top quality pieces got a little more expensive after a March 4 deal saw a 1909 VDB cent graded Proof-68 RB with star by Numismatic Guaranty Corp. and CAC sticker sell for over $200,000.
Though the exact price was not disclosed, Laura Sperber of Legend Numismatics wrote in her blog:
"Yes, the coin we had displayed and always said was not for sale got sold ..."
Full Article: $200,000 Deal Buys VDB Cent - NumisMaster
Back in 1975 the yearly proof set included a San Francisco proof Lincoln cent. That might not sound like a big deal, because collectors know that there were “S” mintmarked cents in all the proof sets 1968-1974 as well.
However, because the Mint stopped issuing “S” cents for circulation at the conclusion of 1974, for the first time ever that proof San Francisco cent became a proof-only “S” cent. Buying the set for ...
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Collectors and the public at large will be able to exchange cash for 2-6 rolls of the new 2010 Lincoln cents for up to six hours in two Washington, D.C., locations on Thursday, February 25, 2011.
The new penny featuring the shield reverse designs was ceremoniously launched into circulation on February 11, 2010 in Springfield, Illinois -- the city where Abraham Lincoln spent most of his adult life. Attendees at the event were able to exchange money for between 2-6 rolls of the new coins. In less than 3 hours, 20,000 rolls containing 1,000,000 pennies were exchanged. [click to continue…]
On February 11, 2010, the new 2010 Lincoln Cent was launched at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois -- the city where Lincoln spent much of his adult life. Images of the obverse and reverse of the new cent were also released. Until now, the US Mint had unveiled only the line art penny design.
2010 Lincoln Shield Cent - Click to Enlarge
The collector excitement level of redesigned Lincoln cents has been high. Beginning in 2009, the United States Mint issued four new reverse designs that celebrated the bicentennial anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. [click to continue…]
