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jacer333
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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 Posted - 02/13/2009 : 21:08:27
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I have noticed that most everybody checks mint marks and keeps "S" mints. I understand these were minted from 1969-1976 and have also been pulling a few from my rolls. Just wondering if there is any value to these or what the motivation is to keep them??
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 02/13/2009 : 21:21:28
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I don't keep them separate from the other coppers. There have been "S" mintages almost every year, starting in 1909. (1909 S V.D.B. is the Holy Grail for us.) In recent history, '75 to present I think, the "S" mint mark is reserved for proof cents. Mintages generally run lower from San Francisco, and some do indeed carry a premium. It wont hurt to keep them, as you should be keeping all the coppers any way....
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jacer333
Penny Pincher Member
USA
119 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2009 : 21:33:26
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| Yea come to think of it I do recall seeing a lot of "s" mint wheaties too. I guess since I have been separating them to date, I may as well continue doing so and stacking them up too. |
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1112 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2009 : 22:08:04
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If you're going to save a San Francisco, be sure to wear a flower in you hair...
(Sorry I couldn't help it)
I've been tossing my S's in a separate jug for the last two or so years because they are lower mintages.
Now all I have to do is find and sort them out of all my earlier jugs, a lot easerier to type out than actually do.
Maybe I'll leave that task to my heirs... |
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jacer333
Penny Pincher Member
USA
119 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2009 : 22:40:41
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| Haha, perhaps I should have clarified my motives for keeping the "s" mints... |
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Kurr
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1964 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2009 : 11:30:23
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I have been keeping them seperate from the rest of my Cu. I hand sort so it is easy enough. If I had a ryedale I more than likely wouldn't.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 02/14/2009 : 11:40:53
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Since I am only about 40 miles from the SF mint I tend to get a little higher S mint percentage than the average hoarder here. But even here the percentage of S mints is only 5-7% of all copper cents I pull from circulation based on a sample of a couple of bags of copper cents I did a while back. If I were hand sorting I would definately keep the S mints seperate since I think they might potentially have a higher market value than generic coppers. But since I do high volume sorting by machine I just leave them in the hoard with the rest of the copper cents.  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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jacer333
Penny Pincher Member
USA
119 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2009 : 14:26:33
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| I also hand sort...just don't think the ryedale is worth it right now at my smaller volumes. I'm sure if I was just running the coins through the machine I wouldn't take the time to separate "s" either, but if I am looking at each date, I may as well glance at the mint too... |
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Epaphras
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 02/14/2009 : 18:17:43
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| I still sort out the "S" mints (as well as other things) even though I have a Ryedale. |
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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
993 Posts |
Posted - 02/16/2009 : 12:41:20
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| The "S" mintmark was used on the 1908-09 Indian head cents, the 1909-1955 wheat cents, and the 1968-1974 memorial cents. With the lowest mintages of the entire copper memorial type, the S-mint memorials will be the first with numismatic value. Thus I save them. They are rarer than wheats, and I've only found two rolls worth in three years. |
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Mikep2020
Penny Collector Member
USA
402 Posts |
Posted - 02/17/2009 : 07:46:17
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| The 1968 S-mint is the most rare out of the 68-74 series, i've only found three of those out of around 50K sorted. In a few decades, I think the 68'-S will be the new 1909 S vdb for the memorial series. |
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