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First started collecting back in the early '60s but got discouraged when
the bottom fell out of the market in the late '80s.
Just noticed that there is much more interest, these days, in what we
called "irregularities", back in the day ... I guess you folks now call
them "die varieties" ? If I'm wrong, please correct me.
There's something that I bought back in the '60s that I think would
qualify for a die variety. It looks much like what I saw, on this website,
that was a 1922 D die pair #3, weak reverse. I refer, specifically, to the
'flattened' or shallow depth of approximately 1/3 of the "O" in ONE CENT
on the reverse.
The issue is that the coins that I own that exhibit this are all 1945-S
Uncirculated Lincoln cents. In fact, I bought a whole role (50). I bought
them at a coin store in the neighborhood. I assume they either got them
straight from the mint or picked them all out of a bag from a bank. They
all have the same weakness in the exact same place. I can't seem to find
any other flaws in the strike, even bag marks.
Of course, I haven't looked at this roll in years. They're in my safety
deposit box at the bank.
My question is ... does this add or detract from their value?
They still have considerable mint luster. Should I take them out of the
plastic roll and package them individually?
Regards
SS
the bottom fell out of the market in the late '80s.
Just noticed that there is much more interest, these days, in what we
called "irregularities", back in the day ... I guess you folks now call
them "die varieties" ? If I'm wrong, please correct me.
There's something that I bought back in the '60s that I think would
qualify for a die variety. It looks much like what I saw, on this website,
that was a 1922 D die pair #3, weak reverse. I refer, specifically, to the
'flattened' or shallow depth of approximately 1/3 of the "O" in ONE CENT
on the reverse.
The issue is that the coins that I own that exhibit this are all 1945-S
Uncirculated Lincoln cents. In fact, I bought a whole role (50). I bought
them at a coin store in the neighborhood. I assume they either got them
straight from the mint or picked them all out of a bag from a bank. They
all have the same weakness in the exact same place. I can't seem to find
any other flaws in the strike, even bag marks.
Of course, I haven't looked at this roll in years. They're in my safety
deposit box at the bank.
My question is ... does this add or detract from their value?
They still have considerable mint luster. Should I take them out of the
plastic roll and package them individually?
Regards
SS
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