Lincoln Penny Collection. Which Would You Rather?

I, like you, have been working on Lincoln cents as well. There are several coins that I will never be able to afford, and I don't really let that bother me. I don't leave them empty, but I just throw a coin in there with the reverse showing. The three most expensive for me being the 1909 S VDB, 1922 plain (which I wouldn't purchase regardless most likely) and the 1914-D.

It used to bug me, but this is a simple fix for me doing it this way. Plus, it honestly looks kind of cool IMO.
And yes, I would consider a set complete without the 1922 plain or 55 DDO. Far as I can tell, these are just die varieties and I don't really personally count die varieties among normal business strike collections, but that's just me. Same thing with the Buffalo nickels with the 3 legged variety and 1918/7 or whatever it is. From what I've read some others say, they treat them as die varieties. I plug these spots in the album with other things.

And yeah, I could use 2x2's... But honestly, I don't like fiddling with those. I don't like messing with the staples, I'm kind of OCD, and I think having an actual album looks pretty top notch. I mean, at most, one can always also do a blank album and build their collection accordingly to how they want.
There really isn't any wrong way to do it honestly. Whatever works for you.

All my album holes need to be filled with what goes in them. No placeholders, so substitutes. If the coin is obtained in a slab, it is freed to occupy the hole. But that is just my choice. You have to do whatever satisfies your wants and needs.

I have 2 complete sets of Lincoln cents. One has the 1909 S VDB and the 1914 D but no 1922 no d. In the empty space I just put in a nice wheat vent but reversed.

The other album the sVDB and the 14d are in slabs so I have an empty hole, but funny enough I have 1922 weak D in the no D space.

To me the collection is complete as I wouldn't ever get the no d and I have the svdb and 14d even though slabbed. I have cracked a lot of coins out but I buy them to crack out. Since I have a complete set already I see no reason to crack out the 2 coins.

You can see/read about my sets here.
https://goccf.com/t/456990

That's assuming someone wants to collect a no d, having the money and deciding to spend it on a coin are 2 different things. I have no interest in the 1922 no d. I did consider getting a 1955 double die, but I haven't committed yet.

a 1922 'Broken D" is an interesting way to list it..

Albums do make it easy to keep track.

that is ok Mr. Howell (First name Thurston would it be? )