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Bill
Will the year 2012 be our last year, here on Earth? Will a 2012 D, Denver Mint cent similar to this one be the last cent we see circulating in the Unitied States of America?
Being written and illustrated by Bill O’Rourke, the author of the “Found In Rolls” column, as seen in CoinWorld Magazine, “The Roll Searchers’ Handbook” is still in the works!
The recent rash of counterfeit coins reaching the United States from the Orient has prompted a few questions about the “Hobby Protection Act” here in the United States of America. I thought that it might be a good idea to add the text of the “Hobby Protection Act” as an article.
There are huge operations in China that do nothing but produce counterfeit coins. These are not just the usual, “run of the mill” fakes that have been made for years. Some of these are good enough to fool the experts.
I was recently asked several very interesting questions that pertain to a type of error known as a “Lamination Error” so I thought that I would share them with you! I will also share my answers!
I have been busy putting together my “Guide to Successful Roll Searching”. Many people have asked me questions about how I go about finding all kinds of rare and interesting coins in rolls that I obtain at local banks.
These are my thoughts as they pertain to the extreme wear that we see on older Lincoln Wheat Ears type cents. The amount of wear on later dated Wheat Ears Cents will be discussed along with the lessening of visible wear as seen on cents from the 1930s onward. I will also discuss why I think that Lincoln Memorial Reverse type cents minted from 1959 to 2008 are not often encountered in conditions as worn out as some of the earlier Wheat Ears cents. The images should help to support my explanations as to what I think some of the possibilities might be.
While searching through rolls of cents obtained at his local bank, collector Richard J. Ziegler of Quincy, Massachusetts discovered what may be one of the most exciting Lincoln cent die varieties to emerge in recent times.
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