1909-S Lincoln Wheat Cent S/S Horizontal

I will some better photos it was in a slab I cracked it out and took the pictures quickly I need to redo them in morning with better sunlight.

I need to tilt the coin also.

Indian1, I have thought about this question several times...

Short Answer

I give people--- I like to believe I buy the coin and not the slab but that's not it. (and not the truth at all)

Long Answer

Too Learn, Pricing, Space, Coordination

I can get hands on under microscope and loupe and learn the coin the variety see it in detail. I like to look at the coins in hand. I think of it like having a vintage car in a garage perfectly kept not restored. Would I want to got out and look at it through the garage window. Or would I go out and sit in it and every once and awhile on a Sunday take it out on a back road for a soothing scenic drive.



The amount of space collecting takes up, I don't know how a lot of you guys do it or maybe you get rid of the excess coins.

Mind you I only been collecting 6 1/2 months I have well over 80 albums. I way over 30,000 coins in rolls, mint bags in several huge foot lockers - might you cant lift them only open them from the just last 6 months.

I like things in order in albums but even that does not work.

hopefully will have one day date complete error and variety album I am working on one with uncirculated errors and one with circulated.

I am extreme collector I dont have OCD but for example a 1960 cent I have over 100 different varieties but I am no where near even 50% complete in my mind.

I should have in a perfect world all DDO, DDR, small date and large date, common errors off center, clips, etc for that date.

In slabs the cost of how I collect would be prohibitive - my whole raw full liberty Indian heads collection cost the price of 4 coins on snows site where slabbed

Plus they look funny mismatch TPG brands, color etc.

and the final reason is the coin feels like it part of my collection when I second crack it free.