I do believe that 1961 penny is MS-67 grade.

Sorry, although I do have backside photos of these pennies, I don’t know how to share multiple photos on Lemmy.

Mods, I do hope this is an acceptable post. Please let me know if not…

    • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      Apologies, that wasn’t specifically aimed at you. Many people seem to use the manufacturing cost vs the face value of a penny as a reason to eliminate it. Those were the people that I was aiming the question at.

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        I mean I do think that given where inflation is at (and heading) that perhaps the penny and nickel don’t need to really be made anymore, but I also know that many people love coins.

        Realistically we could just stop buying washers at 10k a pop for our military and then we could afford to make coins forever, but that’s a different conversation about government spending…