It would be difficult to look through this marvelous collection of Lincoln cents and not be impressed by the effort shown in assembly of the collection. Rather than merely plugging coins into an album, or plugging credit card numbers into an internet coin site, this collector chose to select his coins as time and budget allowed, and used vinyl pages to store the 2x2 flips (many of them the original dealer's flips). All the coins expected of a standard collection are present, with the exception of the 1970-S small date, which is inadvertently substituted by a large date example. Keys are listed as: 1909-S (XF), 1909-S VDB (VF and struck on a very odd wood grained planchet), 1914-D (F), 1922 plain (VG/obverse minor digs), and 1931-S (XF). In addition, many early coins are uncirculated, such as 1909-VDB, 1909, 1917-D, 1919-S, 1922-D, a couple of coins in the 1930s, several in the 1940s, and many in the 1950s. Nearly all of the memorial coins are uncirculated, concluding with 2008-D. Finally, the collection concludes with all the proof wheat and memorial cents except for 1936, with highlights including: 1937 (PF-60/PVC), 1938 (PF-62), 1939 (PF-63), and all the rest from 1940 - 2007-S.

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