Small investor lot of 8 1944 & 1945 PCGS Graded MS64RD MS65RD Red Lincoln Cents

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8 Lincoln Cent all graded MS64 Red and MS65 Red as follows; 2 1945 MS65RD, and 6 1944 MS64RD Free S&H within 24 hours of payment. A word of caution A lot of coin dealers use eBay as adumping ground for "Problem" coins and sets. The last thing they want to do is sell a problem coin to a customer in their store and then have the buyer find out he bought junk. Some other sellers are out and out thieves. At one time in the recent past, probably half the Trade Dollars on eBay were Chinese Cast Counterfeits. Resealed boxed proof sets are common, as are restapled early cellophane coin sleeves. Consider the sellers who offer a never ending supply of "Unsearched" rolls purchased at an "Estate Sale". They artificially "age" paper rolls, stick a decent 1909 Indian Cent showing on one end and the other end will show an Indian Cent reverse with an "S" Mint Mark. Or the roll of Mercury dimes with a 1916 obverse showing on one end and a D Mint reverse showing on the other end. They want you to believe that maybe, just maybe, you might find a roll of valuable coins. Isn't that nice of them to let you in on this potential gold mine of riches? They even invent non-existent banks. One seller had “sealed rolls” of dollars from the "Carson City National Bank". Just be careful and don't believe everything you hear. For every legitimate good deal out there, there are thousands of rip offs. If you have any questions about coins, USC Football or UCLA (John Wooden era) Basketball, just ask me. Seriously, I don't mind answering questions about coins in general or auctions in particular. I'm happy to offer my opinion based on 50+ years of coin collecting and coin dealer experience. If you are looking for the cheapest price, you might as well move along as you won't find them here. The coins I offer here are top tier, worthy of any collection unless noted. When I have a coin with some sort of a problem, I will describe it. And now, a word about pricing. If the price guides (Greysheet, PCGS, Coin World, recent auctions, etc.) say a proof set is worth $100, does that mean that every one is worth a $100? NO! Consider one that is gem quality, excellent strike, cameos. Another of the same year is spotted, ugly toning and weak strike. Are they both worth the same price? Of course not (although some dealers would like you to believe that). The gem set might be worth $200 and the ugly one $50. One last thing. Just remember that great coins are not cheap, and cheap coins are not great. How I Started Way back in 1961, I was a nine year old boy growing up in Santa Barbara, CA. Like most kids in those days we spent Saturdays playing outdoor games and basically running around on our neighbors’ lawn (at least until Mrs. Sturgess waved her cane and ran us off). When we needed money, we would round up all the soda bottles we could find and take them down to Mousers Grocery Store and get two cents a bottle. My goal was always to turn in five bottles for ten cents. Back then, that would get me a candy bar and five pieces of “Penny” candy. One day my friend Jimmy Kinsey and I went down to the store with our bottles where Mr. Mouser gave me my ten Lincoln cents. One looked oddly different. I asked Mr. Mouser, “What kind of penny is this”? Mr. Mouser told me it was a steel war penny and that is just the way they looked. Jimmy told me his dad collected coins and was sure he could tell us about it. Off on the bikes to Jimmy’s house we rode, with my treasure in hand. Jimmy’s dad (whose name is lost to history) looked at it and explained that the war effort needed copper and so they made Lincoln cents out of steel in 1943. He then pointed out the mint mark and explained that the “S” meant it was made in San Francisco. I guess I looked very interested (I was) because he asked me if I would like to look at some cool stuff from his collection. I jumped at the chance. Jimmy and I must have spent a couple of hours there as he showed me a plethora of coins that until then, I had never seen. I was in awe, and had a million qu... read more

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