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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Lincolns make more sense!
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United States
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When I was a kid I was given a Jefferson Whitman folder and scanned loose change. I had forgotten about these until my mother gave it to me several months back. It restarted my interest in coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I realize that I'm only one of two people who voted for the Roosevelt dime. For some reason I always like the Roosevelt dime. It is an affordable series to collect. The one key to the series (if you call it that) the 1949S, is very affordable in MS65. |
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From an outlander's perspective... For me, it's more a question of which design I dislike the least. I've always found modern American coins to be far too "wordy" - three separate mottoes, the denomination and country name written out in full... they all really need to be tightened up. Of the five options given, I voted for the Kennedy half. Coats of arms are a major collecting sub-theme of mine, and the Kennedy is the only US coin currently showing it. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:wheezydog: "So many ( Jefferson nickels) still get overlooked..." My recent Nickel roll-hunting has been tons of fun!  1935 (full-date) Buffalo, 1939, 1940-D, 1940-S, 1941-S, 1943-P and 1944-D (wartime), 1946-D, 1948-D, 1951-D, 1957 (AU), 1960-D (AU), and six BU 2005-D Bison Nickels (likely from an opened Mint roll)... This is all just in the last ten days! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Think about this...
Franklin would still be our half if JFK wasn't snuffed out.
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United States
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Personally, I like all the circulating coins. Dollars included. Every time you get change there's a chance of something interesting. Many here state they don't like the looks or feel or whatever about a series but to me they are all different and that's good enough to make it interesting.
Fatcat
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United States
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ratio411: "Franklin would still be our half if JFK wasn't snuffed out." Also, it's likely in that case that the Half-Dollar would still be a circulating coin. The assassination of JFK caused people to hoard JFK Half-Dollars as keepsakes (especially in 1964), which caused a major decline in the circulation of Half-Dollars. Then add the silver hoarding on top of that, and by the time the last Half-Dollars were issued for circulation (2001-D, in the western U.S.), they were a true rarity to get in your change! I have four 2001-D Half-Dollars in my stash that are the last JFK Halves I got from circulation (that same year). |
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United States
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dollars!..lol I know you did not list it but there are just so many current ones to collect
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United States
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It has to be the Lincoln Cent for me, specifically the wheaties. The first coins I collected out of circulation were San Francisco mint Lincolns from the late 60's and early 70's. I must still have them somewhere! Soon I moved on to wheaties and Indians and I've now been collecting "pennies" for over 35 years. |
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Pillar of the Community
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United States
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Out of this list, probably quarters. Not so much the states, but the silver ones. With a few exceptions, they are reasonable to collect and they still satisfy that desire to have silver.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1126 Posts |
I voted for the Lincoln Cent because thats what I started out with when I was a kid. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I voted Lincoln Cents (although for me it is wheaties only) because of my childhood collecting. However, if Franklins had been a choice they would have been my pick. My MS to Proof complete set is sure nice to look at.
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Posted 11/18/2008 9:28 pm
