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1964 1C Lincoln Cent--Struck on Clad Dime

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1964 1C Lincoln Cent--Struck on Clad Dime
<table><tr><td><table><tr><td>1964 1C Lincoln Cent--Struck on Clad Dime Planchet--MS64 ANACS. A lustrous silver-gray example with pleasing surfaces. The portrait is bold, however, the peripheral legends exhibit the moderate softness of strike that is characteristic of this wrong planchet combination. Clad dimes were not produced until 1965, but Breen states in his 1988 Encyclopedia, "Many [Lincoln Cents were] struck in 1965 from 1964 dies, pursuant to [the] Act of 9/3/64." The Mint attempted to relieve a serious national coin shortage by removing mintmarks, freezing the dates, and re-opening the San Francisco Mint, among other measures. A similar error in the Bowers and Merena sale of Wayne S. Rich collection, March 2002, lot 545, realized $8,050. <BR><BR><B>Important notice:</B> Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid. <BR><BR><B>IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT RESERVES:</B> Heritage now divulges all reserves on its web site 7 days before every auction. If you want to know whether the reserve on this lot has been met, and if not, what the reserve amount is, please visit this lot page on the HeritageCoin.com web site, or email: bid@HeritageGalleries.com </span></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>