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United States
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I started collecting when I was about 8 or 9 and just this past Wednesday I finished my Dansco 7100 album with a 1909 S VDB. All the cents from 1928 to now are BU, and about half of the ones from 1927 and back are BU, with most of the rest at least VG. So now that the set is done, what am I planning to do? Upgrade the early ones and start a second "pulled from circulation" set in another Dansco 7100. I got $20 in cent rolls at the bank on Thursday and found 6 of the 7 1982 varieties and all four 1960 varieties. Couldn't believe the luck. Maybe I should go to Vegas while I am still on this hot streak.
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United States
814 Posts |
Just started organizing my lincoln hoard, finished sortin wheats by year today. I'm estimating it about 75% complete, all circ finds and no keys. I will eventually get a ms set and a circ set, 1909-present. Doing circ sets for indians and large cents too.
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Valued Member
United States
102 Posts |
Thank you JBuck. I hope to finish my Lincoln's then work on the rest of my collection. If I can get one of my kids to turn the computer on for me, I hope to post more pictures.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I started out collecting Lincolns in 1968 CRH'n. I think my best finds were a 1926-s in XF and a 1922-d in VF. I still lack several keys including the big two (three if you count 22 no d)
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Bedrock of the Community
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It sure is nice to see so many members collecting lincoln cents. I really enjoy reading all your storiess. Lincoln Cent was the first coin I started to collect, back in the 1960's. I am always upgrading, when I see better grade coins. And I still need a 1922 no "D" |
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Valued Member
United States
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Love the Lincolns, completed the 59 - 2012, all uncirculated. Working on the 09-58 now. I have a nice 26s, PCGS XF-45, a 31s in AU (uncertified), and a fair amount of the others (36 on) in uncirculated. Still need the big three (09S-VDB, 14D, 22-no d) and 09s.
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Valued Member
United States
240 Posts |
I have been for 5 years, stuck on the keys :P
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I love the Lincolns. In fact my first love. Have two to go, 14-D and 09-S VDB. I am constantly upgrading my Dansco. I have been collecting Lincolns my entire life and used to go through the cash registers at my Dad's hardware store to pull out wheat cents.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Lincolns were my first coins I collected. My grandmother had a cup of change which she used for gambling money when she'd go to Las Vegas. She had a bunch of old wheats in it and I remember thinking how a 1919 cent must have been made back in the caveman days (I was a little kid so everything like that was OLD to me). I still have that 1919 cent I took out of that cup, though since then, I have housed it in a 2x2 and purchased a BU 1919 for my official collection. I have all its friends too now, from 1909 to now, housed in a Dansco. No 22 no D though. For that slot, I bought a blank planchet and put it in. Hey, there's no D on it.
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United States
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I really started collecting them in 2010. Two years later, I had acquired all the circulation strikes from 1909 to 1974 (including the 1909-S VDB), and kept any wheats I found in circulation in plastic tubes. I've never been one to collect errors, so I haven't gone out of my way to find a 1922 no D or a 1955 double die. Also, because I start graduate school in the fall, that will be where most of my money will be going.
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No 22 no D though. For that slot, I bought a blank planchet and put it in. Hey, there's no D on it. My goal has been to find a decent 1922 "weak D" cent in that hole. But you have me thinking... I might put a 1923 in that slot. Hey, there is no D on that one, either, and it will match the cent to its right.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I keep all wheat and prior to 1982 pennies. I have a can of the rest as well. Just like keeping 'real' money! (I keep nickels as well)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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the ones that are out of reach for me--I just put a shield cent in
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2150 Posts |
It's funny, when I first started collecting coins I hated Lincoln cents. Now it's my primary area of interest. Started with a dansco then moved to slabbed. Trying to build a ms '09-'58 set can be a challenge. My latest adventure is building a MS66rd set for '35-'58' I have 13 coins to go and can't believe what some of prices that some of the p mint coins command. $300-$400 coins for some of the '50's p minted coins is a little hard to swallow. I assume they are low pop or conditional rarities. I would try and make the grade myself but I think it is too much of a gamble over just buying already in plastic. I do feel if/when the U.S. halts cent production that cents will see a nice value increase. Looking at my PCGS registry set, it shows I still need 52 coins to complete it for '09-'58', I have 4 coins in NGC and ANACS plastic I would like to cross to add to the set. Beyond that, unless I strike it rich, this will be a lifelong build.
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Valued Member
United States
102 Posts |
291 holes 1909 to 2013. I think that even at lower grades its one of the more difficult collections to finish. The 1909 s vdb is the 7th lowest mintage of coin series that started in the 20th century, and ( not counting Peace dollars) about the 4th most expensive coin you can have. A ms63 can set you back over $2000. I don't know about you, .But it takes me a long time to save up that kind of scratch. The 1914D cost even more in the higher grades. Why didn't I just stay racing, it was cheaper lol |
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