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
It has been just over eight months since the United States Mint released the Lincoln Coin and Chronicles Set on October 15, 2009 to a ravenous group of buyers.
Initial day ordering was so high that many collectors experienced technical difficulties on the U.S. Mint’s online store and when calling in by phone.
Reports placed sales in the first five hours at almost 30,000 — an amazing number considering the mintage of the sets was capped at 50,000. Fast-forward 25 hours and all of the Mint’s inventory was marked as sold. New orders were entered on a standby "waiting list" to cover cancellations.
While the 30-hour sell-out was longer than some actually predicted, it showed the intense interest collectors and the general public had for the sets… and still do..
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You might—at this very minute—have a small fortune in your pocket or purse. In fact, it's estimated that several million Americans every year do, and they end up spending it as "regular money."
Rare coins have more worth than their face value. A penny might be worth $300 and a quarter $3,000. What a tragedy ...
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In a list of dates that never get any respect, the 1939-D is one Lincoln cent that gets essentially no attention. What makes it so ironic is that if the 1939-D had come along with its mintage a couple years later, the whole situation would be different.
By the 1950s, there were two Whitman holders for Lincoln cents. The first held dates from 1909 to 1940, while the second ...
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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…]
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
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…]
It has been slightly over four months now since the Lincoln Coin and Chronicles Set was released by the United States Mint. On that day, October 15, 2009, eager buyers wasted no time in snatching up the Mint’s inventory.
In fact, it took less than thirty hours for the 50,000 sets created by the Mint to be sold at their issue price of $55.95. And that was with many buyers experiencing technical issues during the first few hours of availability on the Mint’s website and via their phone ordering system.
Making the set so unique were the five coins included ...
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