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Strange Inheritance

Postby mspennie » Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:43 pm

I have a strange inheritance. My uncle passed away in the 70's. He spent the better part of his life finding, collecting, and cataloguing Lincoln-error pennies. Most pennies are in a sleeve (some have slipped out), and he wrote on each sleeve a description of the error. Here are some examples of the descriptions he wrote:
• "1953 Double D West Rare"
• "60 Lg Date wobbly zero"
• "Bottom Vertical of last 4 thin & slanted"
• "53/BU states "LDERTY."
This collection has not been looked at by anyone. I have a friend on RealCents (Elcid69) that has looked at a handful of these, and I probably have about 1000 of these pennies. He suggested that I join the forum to see if there is anyone that could help me understand the significance of this inheritance.
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Re: Strange Inheritance

Postby highroller4321 » Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:01 pm

PM sent.
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Re: Strange Inheritance

Postby Copper Catcher » Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:27 pm

Welcome to the forum. :wave:

The following listed below is a guide that does not buy or sell, so take the prices they list with a grain of salt. I suggest you only use this to help identify what you might have versus focusing only on the prices.

Error Coin Price Guide with Mint Error Photo Descriptions
http://www.coinnews.net/tools/error-coi ... criptions/

Some of what you likely have would be considered minor mint errors and not listed.
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Re: Strange Inheritance

Postby RichardPenny43 » Fri Jul 31, 2015 11:13 am

Welcome to RC. :wave:

The Lincoln cent resource is a great site for info on errors and varieties. http://lincolncentresource.com/index.html
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Re: Strange Inheritance

Postby Elcid69 » Wed Oct 28, 2015 3:01 pm

Have you had any luck finding out the significance of your inheritance?
I want to buy " War Nickel's & Steel Pennies"
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Re: Strange Inheritance

Postby TXBullion » Thu Oct 29, 2015 7:15 am

Maybe if you post some pictures here that would be good. There are a lot of smart members here who can give you feedback
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