I bought a coin, First bought ever, in fact two. I have 1.600 pennies. Not one 1926 among them. !925 I had one but it was stolen. Trying to make up sets I went to a local coin dealer. He had three 26's so I bought two. 25's yet to come. Many sets over, bar these couple. -1930. a dream. Aim is to make two good sets, so sons can inherit one each.
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pennies 26 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79329215@N03/9476875448/) by Bugsy T. (http://www.flickr.com/people/79329215@N03/), on Flickr
Oddly enough, I bought a couple of pennies today as well. A blank planchet and a 1964 with a big thin chunk (possible cold shut fell out before being struck?). Oh, and a clipped 1961 3d.
1926 can be a tricky year for some reason,i've been told over the years that official mintage figures for 1925 & 1926 are wrong.
I have always seen the 1926 penny as a hard date too
The 1926 penny was a fairly low mintage coin But because it isn't the coveted 1925 coin most of them have probably been sent to the scrappers :dash1:
The survival rate my indeed be far less than the 1.8 mill mintage :ok:
How much do the 1926 1d sell for?
Ebay ebbs & flows,anything from a $1 to $10,i only buy when i can get a good Coin sub $3 or in a bulk lot.MPO is 1925 Mintage is understated & 1926 over,there is an overlap in official records for some reason but its only heresay.It was in dealers interests post war to push the 1925 barrow even thou. thay had shoebox's full of them,now that Ebay has taken over someone might revisit the mintage figures..
Here's a nice example of a 1926 penny I picked up
a few months ago
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Quote from: 'stevo1962' pid='25546' dateline='1376962237'Here's a nice example of a 1926 penny I picked up
a few months ago
very nice one