Favorite Coin To Collect?

Investing in coins is a slightly different kind of activity, we are collectors and enjoy finding the coins we need for the collection. It's nice, of course, when your coin collection grows in value, but that's not the main thing.
For my collection, I am looking for US coins by type. I am also interested in the coins of the South Pacific region, in particular Fiji.
These are my main topics, but I also acquire coins that go beyond these limits. I'm just having fun like the rest of us here.

@Spence (moderator) You can delete if this happens to be an all too often thread. I was curious about specific coins (not just dimes, nickels, etc).

@I6609

Very cool! I only have a few wheat pennies:
1950 (D), 1944, 1949 (D), 1943 (S), 1943, 1944 (D), 1920, 1951 (D), 1941

Love the 3's and 9's on year.

And one 1905 Indian Head penny.

My main attraction is capped bust halves. They are affordable, very old, and easily attributable by die variety.

I'm a big fan of Buffalo nickels and Draped Bust Half & Large Cents. 1882 varieties and 1982 Die Clashes always have my attention too.

I'm more of a collector than an investor. Regarding what I am willing to pay, I view it more in terms of my budget / allowance that isn't much of a priority vs my family's needs and bills to pay. The better deal I can find isn't viewed so much in terms of profit margin but power to buy something else with my savings. It's about trying to have as much fun for the bucks as I can.

I rarely sell anything. So I suppose whatever I add to my collection is somewhat of a sunk cost. I don't have a trading inventory and a personal collection per se like many sports card traders do where they focus on turnovers and profitability on one set to maybe help fund the personal set. I've never found too much of a thrill and satisfaction on the trading side. I love holding the history and seeing my collection fill in. I hope I can just find joy in the hobby with my daughter and pass some nifty things along she'll remember me by.

I started off collecting Victorian bronze pennies that were still ciculating in very worn condition right up to Decimalization in 1971. They are still a favourite of mine and I am still upgrading my set and adding examples of some of the varieties.

Other favourites of mine include US Morgan dollars of which I have a basic full date set (one for each date from 1878 - 1904 with a mix of mintmarks and varieties plus 1921 PSD), New Zealand predecimal coins from 1933-65 (a short series with just a couple of rare coins) and Euros - still trying to get one of each denomination from each state!

I like to Collect

Morgan dollars - Mercury dimes - Indian Head cents

Many here (including myself) are "type set" collectors, where the favorite thing to collect is a type of coin which we don't have yet. In general the more modern stuff is more affordable, the earlier we get to the 'very beginning' (1792-ish, assuming you mean US coins) the more expensive and serious it gets. Still working on that Half Disme, chain cent, flowing hair silver :)