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I started collecting cents about 10 years ago, and got a 1909#8208;1940 album about 8 years ago, first putting in a 1919-S, 1926, and a 1939 Wheat penny from coin roll hunting. Since then I've added many more to the collection, through hunting or coin purchases. So far this is what I have(pre-1927 I put in holders) My best coins in there are probably the 22-D and the 26-S.      |
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great progress on your cent folder!  |
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Nice progress! Errers and Varietys.
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Good job so far. |
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Excellent job! It's harder than most people think!
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Nice looking collection...If you're on the west coast keep looking, because I've been dumping a lot of my poorer quality LWC that I have saved since childhood. |
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Looking good there. |
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Great progress with some very nice examples! smat |
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This looks great!
If I may, I wanted to share my dad's story with the same dates. He was born in 1927 and had the same Whitman folder. As a kid, he was able to fill up every hole except the S-VDB, 11-S, 14-S, 15-S and 31-S strictly from circulation, meaning coins he got in change. No roll hunting, no banks, no coin dealers. Just change. He probably got many of his coins paying for comic books and bubble gum.
Imagine how fertile and plentiful the collecting fields were back then!
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01/10/2026 5:12 pm
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No roll hunting, no banks, no coin dealers. Just change. That's amazing! I've only ever found a few wheat cents in change. |
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As a kid, he was able to fill up every hole except the S-VDB, 11-S, 14-S, 15-S and 31-S strictly from circulation, meaning coins he got in change. That's awesome! Pretty good. Errers and Varietys.
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Yes, imagine getting a 1909-S and a 1914-D in change! He did. Quote:
That's amazing! I've only ever found a few wheat cents in change. Well, of course, it was a different world back then. All Lincolns were wheaties until he turned 32! Edited by jpsned
01/10/2026 5:17 pm
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Looking good! |
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younger coin enthusiasts have no idea how much fun it was to collect
low denomination coins as a kid growing up in the 1950s and 1960s.
it was possible to find almost anything if you had enough time, patience,
and spare change. of course 25 cents allowance per week was not a lot to work with.
it also helped an east coaster to have grandparents on the left coast
who were happy to sort through their pocket change. it is so different now.
everything is commercialized to a frustrating degree. I suppose eventually
i will have to break a spell and actually purchase the seven coins
needed to finish my pre-1940 cent collection.
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Posted 01/09/2026 5:18 pm
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