I commonly come across memorial cents from the late '60's & '70's that are in much better condition than 30 or 40 years of circulating would allow (still bright & shiny, good detail). I often wonder if they came from a recently cashed stash. I tend to see them frequently enough that I really don't know if they should be kept apart from the herd or not. What do you guys do when you come across such pieces?
ceddy I keep all my high lustre coins seperate. I sort and hoard mainly for the future numismatic value of the coins anyway and I feel that a few years downt he road once coppers are being melted down that the high lustre coins will carry a pretty good premium. Just my thoughts anyway. Guess it all depends on why you are sorting and what type of collector you are. I plan to fill folders one day with the ones I pull. Hope this helps
I set them aside. I have no idea why. I think the collector in me just can't part with something over 25 years old and "like new".
I feel exactly the same way. I feel any coin that is in BU condition that is 40 years old deserves to be kept seperate. So I have a pail that I throw all the BU ones in that catch my eye. I don't know if they will ever be worth any kind of premium but if you had enough to make some solid date rolls I am sure they would be. Or if any of your grandkids ever gets into coin collecting they might be worth more for them.
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Thanks for the feedback. I'm with you guys. I cull out the high lustre pennies and store them separately. I keep thinking of a statement I read years ago in a coin magazine: "Sure, to you they're just common cents, but how would you feel about it if you came across a jar full of mint red Indians your grand dad had socked away 80 years ago when they were just 'common cents'?" Like fb101 said: it's the collector in me. :)
I admit, if I see shiny coins in the copper pile I always investigate. If it's before '70 I always keep it. After '70 is a case by case basis.
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