Do you keep the 68-74-S cent business strikes?

[68MUDSTUD]

Do you keep the '68-'74-S cent business strikes?

As a fairly new CRHer, I'm curious as to what I should do. I found over 6 of each year in 4 boxes of cents, so I'm assuming they're fairly common. So should I hoard, or try to sell?

Also, any other info about these years of business strikes would be great! Thanks everyone!

 

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[ArkieBassMan]

They aren't rare. Its kind of an urban legend of sorts that they are. Dunno how or why it got started, but its been around since I was a kid in the 1970s.

 

[boristhespider88]

I keep all of the S mint '68-S - '74-S that I find but that's because I don't find a lot of them on the East Coast. It's personal preference. I'm still looking for a 1974-S from circulation.

HH!
- DS

 

[philinchio]

Keep an eye out for the incredibly elusive 69-S double die obverse error during your searches.

 

[moff347]

I use to keep them as well but soon found that they really aren't worth anything. However, like "philinchio" said, keep an eye out for the 69-S error.

 

[MentalUnrest]

Unless they are BU condition, you will not sell them. I have full rolls of BU 68-74S and always have a set listed on eBay. Sometimes they sell, but most times the auction ends with no bids.

MU

 

[jrf30]

MU - When I have something I want to sell on ebay like your coins, I no longer use the auction. I put them up at my buy it now price and use the eternal listing (As I call it). It lists for 30 days, expires, and then renewed automatically for another 30 days. SO forth and so on. No extra fees, it is always there, and I then just forget about it until I get orders for all that I have in stock and sell out. Sometimes takes me 120 days, but they sell and I don't have to monitor the auction. :-) I used this for the new ATB quarters I found in BU rolls and also some 2012 dimes I found early last year before they wre commonplace.

 

[MentalUnrest]

MU - When I have something I want to sell on ebay like your coins, I no longer use the auction. I put them up at my buy it now price and use the eternal listing (As I call it). It lists for 30 days, expires, and then renewed automatically for another 30 days. SO forth and so on. No extra fees, it is always there, and I then just forget about it until I get orders for all that I have in stock and sell out. Sometimes takes me 120 days, but they sell and I don't have to monitor the auction. :-) I used this for the new ATB quarters I found in BU rolls and also some 2012 dimes I found early last year before they wre commonplace.

I do have a buy it now out there with these but prefer auctions. The simple reason is you are charged less on closing fees . (Auctions are 9% and BIN are 11%) You are also charge a insertion fee in BIN listings. Auctions are free insertion. If you just listing a few items, that is not a really big deal. However, I normally have over 100 listings each month, so those little fees become really big at the end of the month.

 

[GlenDronach]

I only keep those in really good shape to fill out my collection. I think if you did save, I'd only save the 68s, 72s and 73s, and only those in good shape because those are the lowest mintage numbers. A few rolls wouldn't be that much of a hassle, and maybe by the time your kids inherit them they'll be worth a little something, but still, probably not much.

 

[sagittarius98]

I keep them, since there are not common around here. However, they have no extra value.