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43 Most Valuable PENNIES In CIRCULATION Worth Money!
Nov 21, 2024
See the most valuable pennies in circulation worth money. Top CIRCULATING pennies to look for - each worth $1 to $2,000!
👉All VALUABLE PENNIES playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDxNe4tJNuCufN6piegfTUpnrbhDmJFbL
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➜ LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO (in order, actual timestamps below):
Key-date vs Semi-key date date pennies explained:
https://coins.thefuntimesguide.com/key-date-us-coins/
Scarce vs Rare pennies explained:
https://coins.thefuntimesguide.com/scarce-coins-vs-rare-coins/
U.S. Mint Marks on pennies explained:
https://coins.thefuntimesguide.com/mint-marks-letters-on-coins/
1909-S VDB Penny value:
https://coins.thefuntimesguide.com/rare-1909-s-vdb-penny/
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today we're looking at 43 pennies you
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can be able to find in Pocket Change
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coin rolls your spare change jar and
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each of these 43 pennies is worth more
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than a dollar now I'm not a math major
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here but we're talking more than a 100
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times face
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value a few of the 43 most valuable
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pennies that we're looking at are
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actually worth a lot more than a couple
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of bucks still we're talking $500 $1,000
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$2,000 and even more than
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that we'll start with the oldest linking
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Penny that's Di that's 1909 penny that's
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the first year Lincoln sense came out
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they're worth $3 and up so worth looking
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for we'll end with the most valuable
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recent Lincoln penny the 1999 wide am
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Penny it's worth $500 or more I'll even
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show you the difference between a wide
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am penny a close am Penny and other
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pickup points you should be looking for
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when you're trying to find valuable
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pennies in between those two valuable
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Pennies from 1909 and 1999 there are 41
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more Lincoln cents including a few
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pennies you can find circulation worth
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as much as
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$2,000 now let's see what those 43 most
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valuable pennies are and how much
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they're
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worth what are the rarest and most
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valuable pennies well I have something
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here in my collection I'm going to go
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ahead and show you we'll start with the
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1909 penny with no mint mark which is
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this coin right here and I will start
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with the disclaimer of please forgive me
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I am not a profession profal hand model
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um I'm a coin collector SLG Gardener and
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gardening blog writer so um my hands are
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not in perfect condition but um beyond
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my hands let's go ahead and look at this
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coin now again this is the Philadelphia
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M 199 Penny uh you'll see here on the
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reverse there's no VDB
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initial or initials rather for Victor
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David brener see that that's blank down
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there this one's worth about $3 and up
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on this condition the next Penny we'll
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highlight is a 1923 S penny it's worth
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about $2 it has the S mint mark for the
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San Francisco mint see it right there
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it's right there next up back to the
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first page the 1909 VDB Penny from The
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Philadelphia mint which means it has no
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mint
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mark that's the wrong one no mint mark
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right there under the date again I don't
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if you can see that or not but it does
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have the VDB initials for Victor David
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brener on the base of the reverse
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field probably see it right there a
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little on the little on the fuzzy side
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here next up 1924 D peny this is a semi
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key date not really a rare coin per se
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but it's one of the lower mintage pieces
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and it's considered to be a tougher date
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really in any grade um but you see the
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dint mark right there it's worth about
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30 bucks and up now we'll go to one of
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the rare or at least categorically rare
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pennies the 1909 s peny this is not the
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one that a lot of you probably have
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heard about with the VDB which you'll
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see right over here we'll get to in a
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second on the value on that but this is
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1909s V or 1909s pening with no vdv let
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me go ahead and show you just so you can
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see what that looks like on the reverse
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here again no VDB right back there
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that's worth around $80 and up as of
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this
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video now back to the second page for
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the fifth coin here on our list and 1924
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s penny now you might be catching a
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theme here a lot of these scarcer coins
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are from the first we say 15 to 20 years
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of the series and are mint marked those
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are overall the lower mintage coins uh
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in the Lincoln sense Series so they have
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a lot more value than say your later
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dates or those from the Philadelphia
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mint um the 24s is worth about $1 and up
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now we're going to go to another early
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mitt marked coin that I think you have
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heard about and I kind of tease a minute
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ago the 1909 as VDB Penny you see right
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here it has the S mint mark under the
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date which you can probably see in the
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video and just so you see what I'm
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looking at
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here the famous VDB
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initials on the reverse side of the coin
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this one actually this is a coin I paid
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for on layaway many many years ago um I
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always wanted it since I was a kid and
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when I got my first real job I actually
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put uh three payments in to buy this
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coin a l way uh I don't plan to ever
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sell it cuz to me it's such a special
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coin I actually dressed up one year as a
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1909 as speb penny for Halloween if you
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can believe that um it was a homemade
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costume I actually lost the paper
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cardboard based costume in Hurricane
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Milton due to a little bit of water
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intrusion sadly but it lasted about 30
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years in my home and I'll always cherish
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the memories of my uh 1909 SB Halloween
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costume from when I was what 12 years
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old now we'll go to the 1926 Penny again
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we're going to follow the theme Here of
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early mint marked Lincoln sense there it
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is right there it is worth about $5 and
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up now back to the first page 1910 s
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peny a very early mint marked uh scare
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State it's worth around 15 bucks and up
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now I go to the second page here the
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1931 D penny this is a early depression
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error Great Depression error coin when
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across the board us mintage numbers
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really fell because there wasn't much
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demand for circulating coinage at that
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time because there was severe economic
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malays in our country really across much
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of the world at that time uh and it
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impacted us Min production figures this
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one's worth about we'll say about four
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bucks and up uh General in well worn
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condition as you see here we'll go to
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another Denver Mint coin here the 1911 D
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penny an early mint marked scarce date
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we'll call a semi key date which it
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really is it's worth about five bucks
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and up now back to
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1931 we have here the 1931 s link scent
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which is a key date by definition
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although so many were saved early on in
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better grades that it's actually about
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as common in un circulated condition as
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it is in circulated grades believe it or
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not um the value for the 31s Penny
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hovers around 85 100 bucks and
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up um so keep that one on your uh radar
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when you're looking through rolls of
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pennies now the 1911s penny I call this
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sort of a borderline key date um it is
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not one of the lowest vintage coins out
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there um but it certainly is in the the
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top say five when it comes to or top 10
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when it comes to the regular issue
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lincol sense uh this one is worth
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around uh 4 50 bucks or more in
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circulated grades it's a very scarce
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coin um um you won't always find one in
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the condition maybe you want and when
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you do find one you might want to pay a
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little more to ensure you get it because
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there is competition for these early M
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Mark coins that show nice chocolate
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toning as this one does here no outward
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evidence of any cleaning or corrosion or
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whatever and no signs of damage like
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holes or scratches or heavy Nicks and
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those things now the 1932 Philadelphia
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no mintmark penni is another scare state
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to keep an eye out for you see right
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here in my collection that one's worth
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about 150 and up in that same pricing
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range we have the 1912 penny no mint
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mark right here from the Philadelphia
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mint that's good for about a dollar or
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more 1932 D penny another scarcer date
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right over here you see it it's worth
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about oh about a dollar $150 and up
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right
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there 1912 D Penney again another early
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mint marked coin uh these are tough to
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find in uh circulated condition with
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just honest wear so no cleaning or holes
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or you know other problems like that you
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could look at about $6 to 8 for this
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coin in this condition and of course up
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from there the 1933 no mintmark Penny
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right over here on the second page again
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worth about a buck or more it's not the
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lowest mintage coin it is though a lower
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mintage coin some would call it a semi
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key date I say it's more of a tough date
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but no matter how you cut it it is a
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coin to look for when you're going
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through rolls or if you're trying to
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build a collection like this of lincol
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pennies try to try to find a good one uh
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not good for per se as in the gray
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condition but find a nice one that has
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good IAL and no outward
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problems the 1912s penny right over here
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another scarce state that is worth about
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20 bucks and up even in this grade right
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here the 1933 D penny
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you see over here on the second page
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again this one's good for about two
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bucks from more as is the 1913 D penny
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back over
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here three bucks and op buy you a nice
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condition uh example now the 1943 D
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boldly doubled mint mark Penny I don't
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actually have one in my collection this
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is mainly a uh a regular issue um album
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in that sense that it really just has
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the coins that were regular issues not
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varieties now there are a few varieties
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that you could include in this like the
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1922 plane Penny which we'll see in a
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minute um but the 1943 D bully doubled
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mintmark Penny I'll show you the regular
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D mint mark which you probably can't see
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too well here on the screen but that's a
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regular 43d the 43 boldly doubled mint
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mark will show doubling in the D mint
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mark that's worth about 10 bucks and up
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now around the same price point is the
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19113 S penny back to the first page for
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that one over here an early mint mark
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scare State uh 12 bucks an up will buy
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you a nice example and well well worn
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grades the 1944d over s peny again I
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don't have that one in my
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collection but if you find one in which
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the D mint mark was punched over an
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inadvertently punched s mint mark on the
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die okay so the D is over traces of the
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S okay that's worth about10 $25 and up
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uh over mmark erors like that generally
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are scarce especially in the 20th
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century cuz not many mistakes like that
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were made in that era so keep that in
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mind look for those look for those over
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mitt Mark errors and double M Mark
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errors on any coins you go through but
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especially on pennies of the we'll say
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the mid 20th century you see a lot of
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those issues out there like that the 194
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D penny this is this is indeed a rare
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date uh it's also an early mintmark date
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you see here the 1914 D
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penny generally sells for about
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$175 and up even in a Grade of good uh
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this here is a good six example right
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here very tough date to look for and
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find when you find it you want one
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that's in in Nice condition this one
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shows no outward signs of cleaning uh
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heavy scratches or Nicks or things that
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would be uh you know detractor so to
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speak for the coin 1946 s overd again
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another over mitt mark eror that I do
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not have in my collection um but in this
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case the S mitt Mark was punched over a
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d Min mark on the die and you will see
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traces of the D on that coin that's
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worth about 35 bucks
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now now the 1914 S penny remember the
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theme of the early mint marked coins
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that are scarce in the series well we're
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back to it again right here uh this
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one's worth about 20 bucks and up um
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even in this condition right here which
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you can see is heavily worn now the next
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coin that is worth a lot of money you
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want to look for that I no longer have I
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had to sell to pay the mortgage but is
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1955 doubled die obverse
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Penny I wish I had that in my collection
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still to show you I will someday
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repurchase one but if you find one uh
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and I hope you do it's worth over $1,000
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even in well-worn condition now the next
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coin on our list here is a coin I do
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have uh not worth 1,000 bucks at least
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in circulated grades but it's 1915 penny
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with no mint mark right over here that's
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worth about about a buck 50 up in well
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worn condition now we go to the 70s with
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this next uh next coin the
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1970s small date Penny you see right
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over here this is one of the varieties
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that is in this album This danceco Album
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um so basically in 1970 the US Mint made
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lincol sense with dates of two different
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physical
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sizes right here the way you can tell a
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small date is by looking to see if the
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tops of all the numerals in the date
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line up like on an invisible plane which
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you probably can't see uh I wish I could
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draw a line across to show you but the
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low seven which you see here the large
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date if you see a low seven in your 1970
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Penny it's a large date so see that how
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the seven drops just below the height of
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the nine and the zero whereas on the
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small date the one the tops of the one
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the nine the 7even and zero all kind of
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line up that's your small date that's
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worth around 30 bucks and up and
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circulated condition as this one is here
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now back to the teens 1915 that is 1915
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D penny oh that's not 1915 this is there
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we go this coin's worth about two bucks
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and up in well woring grades like good
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or very good uh a lower Mage coin again
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the early midm marked Lincoln sense are
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generally scarce so anything before 1920
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that has a mint mark on it in Lincoln
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sense series you should hang on to
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anyway um some are worth more than
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others uh but the 15D is certainly one
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you want to hang on to the next coin
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worth looking for next penny worth
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looking for I don't have anymore again I
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sold it
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for uh for the house I'm trying to pay
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the mortgage off my wife for almost
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there but the 1972 D penny which would
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would be now there's not actually a spot
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for it in this album but I had a a slab
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example that is worth roughly 250 bucks
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and up in any condition
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um the doubling is really heavy uh in
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the In God We Trust motto uh in the
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legend Liberty and the date
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1972 so keep an eye out for that uh the
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1915s penny again we're going really
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through all the early early or the early
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mid teens here on this uh video the 15s
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penny that is worth around 20 bucks and
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up in circulated
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condition the 1983 double die penny
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which there's no slot for in this uh in
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this album I actually had an example
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years and years ago uh I sold it um it
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actually has doubling on the reverse or
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the backside of the coin so what you
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want to do if you're looking for the 83
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double die penny is look for signs of
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heavy heavy doubling in uh the United
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States of America inscription eous Unum
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and in one cent now if you find 1983
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double die penny you're looking at a
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coin that's worth about2 $200 or more so
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it's worth looking for uh a lot of folks
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don't know that it exists especially
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those folks outside of her hobby so if
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you are aware of the 83 double die penny
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uh you have some insight that most folks
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don't have and will not know about
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unless they are coin collectors so keep
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an eye out for the 83 double die penny
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the 1916 D penny moving along here we've
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got right here okay that's worth about a
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buck and up even in waren grades keep an
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eye out for that the 1984 double die
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penny again another double die that I
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sold uh I wouldn't say regrettably
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because I could always buy it back and
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it has helped pay down debt um but
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because it did pay down debt you might
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surmise that's worth some money and
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indeed it is about 150 bucks or more
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what you want to do is look for doubling
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of Lincoln's ear on the 84 double die
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penny uh I don't have it here so I can't
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really show you the example but you
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would see basically an extra lobe of
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Lincoln's ear just below the primary
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lobe there again worth about 100 150
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bucks and up in mstate grades the
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1916 S Penney let's go back to the front
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here again on that one another scarce
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date worth about a buck 50 and up I'll
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show you an example right here this is a
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u well-worn example typical of what you
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find in an album like this or coin
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folder again about a buck 50 and up keep
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them out for that now I do not have this
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next Penny nor have I ever had it at
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least the date anyway the
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1992 close am Penny there is a
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Philadelphia version with no Min Mark
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and a Denver version with a D mint mark
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and what you're looking
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for is let me show you an example of the
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reverse here the '90s
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so do you see the A and M right there
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okay on the close a penny the bases of
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the a and the M will appear to nearly
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touch each other now if you find a 1992
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no Mark or
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92d uh penny where the A and the M
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almost touch hang on to it it's worth at
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least
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$22,000 or
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more um just so you know I'm looking for
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that one too so good luck fellow close
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am
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Searchers the 1921s penny another rare
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day to look for let's go ahead and pull
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up the uh 21s here I think we're there
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we there right there that is a scarce
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date uh generally speaking you're
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looking at about a buck or more for 21s
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at least in this condition right here
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and of course much more if you are
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looking for or have an uncirculated
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version um the 1995 double die penny I
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remember when this coin was first
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discovered back in the in 1995 in the
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spring if memory serves it was actually
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on the radio uh TV news everyone
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everybody was looking for the 95 double
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die link 7 first came out I used to have
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a version or an example I don't have it
18:32
anymore due to after mentioned debt
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repayment on our mortgage um I'm going
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to try and buy one again on the road if
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you find a 95 Double Di Penny you'll
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know because you'll see very um
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prominent doubling and in Godly trust
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Liberty and the date that's worth about
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25 bucks and
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up now the 1922 D penny back to page two
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here in our trusty dance go album this
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is actually the regular issue version of
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the 1922 penny all 22s were struck at
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the Denver Mint and they should have a D
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mint mark right there under the date as
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this one does have it is a scarce State
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though and it's worth about $15 or more
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um and uh they're tough to find um not
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impossible I mean you can certainly if
19:18
you have the money you'll be able to buy
19:19
one but um these are coins that you do
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need to do some searching for to find a
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nice example that has no uh
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discoloration no scratches there no
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signs of cleaning so you know if you're
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shopping for one just just look for a
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nice one the 1999 wide am peny now let's
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go back over here to the back back of
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the
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book you recall a minute ago I showed
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you the close amm and how the a or and
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the M will touch on the close am date
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now in the mid90s and
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after the close
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a.m. okay that was actually typical of a
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uh let's find here here we
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go that was typical of the reverse of
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pennies from 1993 and on for circulated
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strikes for proofs it was the opposite
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but 19 19
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1999 there was the wide am Penny now
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it's a transitional error in which the a
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and the M were spaced further apart so
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as most pennies struck prior to 92 were
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you know look at the back here for
20:26
example of a you know what are we this
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is a late 80s Penny and you see kind of
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the wide am there if your 1999 penny has
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a wide a uh positioning like that that's
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worth 500 bucks and
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up and finally we go to the 1922 plane
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penny so the story with that is as you
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recall a minute ago all 1922 pennies
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should have had a d Min Mark but there
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was a problem as so often happens with
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coins like this there was some die
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damage that occurred at the mint in
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Denver and what happened was it was
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basically like a die class the two dies
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hit each other okay the reverse D was
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replaced okay and in fact make sure I've
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got the right one here yep you'll see
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that the reverse actually looks pretty
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strong on that one that's because it's
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it's made from a new die but the obverse
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die was polished and one might dare say
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over poolish the D mint Mart as you see
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here was obliterated by a very we'll say
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overzealous mint worker who tried to
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remove damage in the area of the D and
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remove the D alt together so what we
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have here is a very scarce uh you might
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call it a variety or an error it's a
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variety you could say by definition but
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an error because it was not intended to
21:49
be struck this way but the 1922 plane
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Penny you see an example right here in
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good six condition is worth about $500
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and up um will you find one in a roll I
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can't say no because it's not impossible
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but it's unlikely you will find one in a
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rle you'll probably likely to find one
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actually in an old coin collection that
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maybe you got uh that maybe you
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inherited or whatever or someone passed
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down to you um but it's a coin you want
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to look out for a definite keeper and
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with a $500 and up price tag a coin I
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can promise you I'm looking
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for and that would be
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43 pennies worth money and that are
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definitely worth looking for well there
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you have it those are 43 valuable
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pennies worth looking for again I don't
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have them all I'm looking for them I
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hope you are too let us know down in the
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comments below if you found any and
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which ones you have found and again this
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is Josh the fun times guide thanks for
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watching
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