Popular coins I wanted when I was a kid...I'm old now and I still want them
MidLifeCrisis
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The 09-S VDB
The 55 Doubled Die
The 3-Legged Buffalo
etc.
I couldn't afford them when I was a kid. I've owned several as an adult. I'll always want them. They're just cool. They're not rare. Calling them "keys" is misleading. But persuasion is a powerful force when you're young...and it lasts.
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I know how you feel....
1921-S WLH
Draped Bust Dollar
Gobrecht Dollar
1916 SLQ
These are the ones that stand out for me....Yes, there are others, too.
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Add the 1907 UHR Saint for me. When I started collecting itwas the one coin I knew I would have to own one day. Just because it's so damn beautiful. But don't go by me as a kid I always wanted to have a painting of the dogs playing poker
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The 55 doubled die was all the rage when I was a kid. Everyone checking their pennies while standing in line at the elementary school cafeteria. I wanted one but not really a big deal. Liberty head nickels were my big thing. Quarters and halfs were big money so forget about those. I had all the adults on the lookout for those Liberty Heads. Every once in a while one would turn up.
Then.......BINGO!
The 55ddo was the biggie from my childhood and I have always thought them cool.
Just recently purchased one- as a retirement gift to myself.
It’s been a long and interesting ride!
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I still don’t have a 55 double die, but I have the other ones you mentioned that I always wanted when I was a kid. I also wanted a 16d Mercury dime and I have that too. Still don’t have a copper 43 cent though, I always wanted that one too and even plated one with copper using a chemistry/electronics set that my brother bought me.
Mr_Spud
You can get a small gold coin for not too much. So that should be within reach in no time.
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55 DDO as a young kid ... always thought the DDO meant "Double Die Obvious"
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
The coins I always wanted when I was a kid are the quarter eagle Indian (have had many now) and the the $50 pan pac, octagon preferred. I still want the $50 pan pac, but other coins are taking priority now.
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When I was a kid, I really loved the Walking Liberty Half Dollar. They were still in circulation. Fifty cents was way more than I could afford to pay for. I remember when the cashier would open the cash register, and I would peer inside and see a mixture of Walkers and Franklins. I always longed to have one of those beautifully designed and high denomination coins.
I have been hoarding the Walking Liberty Half dollars for many years now. Whether it be obtained in a junk silver purchase, or a certified key date, I stash them away and keep them.
Here is a list of my accumulation of Walkers:
1877 Indian Head Cent for me. I can afford one, but have never pulled the trigger.
The 1877 and 1909-S Indian cents were big for me when I was kid. I eventually got both, but sold the collection. I now have an 1909-S in Choice Unc., but I actually like the the 1908-S more because it was the first branch mint cent.
All those variety guys hunting for DDTs... doubled die trivial
For me it was definitely these. I've never subscribed to the idea that somehow the coins are less interesting because "they are not really rare".
That elusive hole that I would "never" be able to fill in the Whitman folder:
Then 'any' gold coin but I always thought the $2.50 Indians were the ultimate treasure:
The obscure 'keep an eye out for this one' advice from my uncle who got me into collecting as a young kid:
And all those newbies prosting DDIs ... doubled dies imaginative
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
A 1793 Liberty cap large cent G-VG. These always eluded me, but I still want one even though they are now out of my price range. I always want a $3 gold coin. I finally picked one up about 2 years ago.
You could easily get a $1 gold for under $300, might even be able to find a quarter eagle for that if you are lucky. I would recommend finding a coin show in your area. You could even go for a smaller coin than that if you went with foreign gold, or a bullion coin. When I setup I usually have 1/4 sovereign Proof 70's for $110.
I still remember my first gold coin, I still have it and the receipt. It is a 2 1/2 peso, Mexican gold. I was probably about your age when I bought it.
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When Iwas a kid, the only coins I wanted went for Candy, Soda pop and as I got older, Girls. Didn't even start collecting until in my late 30's when I was seeking a diversion from a high stress job! There is a whole story involved with that, but this doesn't seem the forum to tell it, so will save it for later!
It was always gold for me.
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I keep reading how tech-savvy younger people are but somehow, they never seem to be able to find an online image of that rare DD they think they found to compare to the coin they have. What's up with that?
My sights were much lower when I was starting. I was searching bags of parking meter cents in Racine Wisconsin. You could get a $50 bag to look thru on cold winter nights.
Trying to fill my Whitmans, I would have been thrilled to find a 55-S, much less a 14-D, 09-S VDB, 31-S or 22 plain. Took me years to graduate to nickels.
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1916 D mercury dime
I want to get a 1906s philippines pesos
My dad swears as a kid he dropped a 55 double die Lincoln into a gumball machine. As it slipped through his fingers he recalls clearly seeing something weird with the date and trying to grab the coin back...
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I don't really have any coins like this that I feel I have to have. I probably just didn't see enough coins back then!
When I was young, I coveted the 1856 Flying Eagle Cent. It is still on the list. Maybe one day...
This PR66 CAC would scratch the itch nicely:
Indian Head $10 Gold Date Set Album
I'm not interested in the coins I wanted the most as a YN. Back then, I wanted an 1805 draped bust half as it was the oldest affordable date, eventually. The others were (and still are) far out of my budget, like the $50 territorial slug.
Come to think of it again....
Along with that 1955 double die cent, the 1909-s VDB seemed the holy grail to me as a kid.
Silver dollars and even halfs were out of reach for my budget and my collection was mostly low denomination coins that were more accessible.
I had a real facination for “old” though. The older the better- though I didn’t have access to much there and that interest didn’t gain any real traction until a few years ago as an adult.
Gold too held a niche facination though it too was out of reach
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I had '55 DDO's as a kid.... they disappeared from my 'sock drawer' sometime after I joined the Navy....Had two nice one's.... Oh well.... I will find another...Cheers, RickO
Definitely the 55 DDO was my dream coin long ago. Have never owned one, maybe someday.
My memories were walking or riding my bike to the local drug store to pay 2 cents for this:
Loved the taste.
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
Like to add the 1914-D Lincoln cent to the kid wish list
As a YN 45 to 40 years ago, I never craved the 20th century key dates.
As a US type collector, the 1796 quarter and 1796-7 half dollar and dollar, 1795 gold, and 1793 copper were then, as now, the holy grails.
Have most of the other business strike designs through 1999, and a smattering of colonials, all the early pre-1828 types were summer daydreams from my 1977 Redbook..
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I've never had any of those three. When I was a kid the 16-D Mercury was the thing I dreamed of one day having. I had one for a while, a nice PCGS F12 that I owned for three or four years a while back. It was a nice coin that I sometimes wish I'd kept, but you know how it goes.
As a kid, I always wanted a 3-legged Buffalo Nickel. I thought that was so cool.
Complete Set of Chopmarked Trade Dollars
Carson City Silver Dollars Complete 1870-1893http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/showcase.aspx?sc=2722"
Always wanted a nice example of the King of the Lincoln series. The 55 DDO
Waited a long time to get this one.
A 1918/7 s slq works for me
The coins that I now collect the most were not even on my radar as a kid. My radar consisted of coins in my parents pockets and coins I got in change from the corner store. And Lincoln cents were the most numerous and the most thought about at that time.
I think that sums it up for me also. When my finances got sidetracked from collecting to girls and cars, I was just about to start satisfying that itch. Wish I had as $20 were less than $60 a pop then!
I never have had any desire to add the three legged Buffalo to my collection. I had a few of them as a dealer. I liked them because it was easy to make money on them. They were quick sellers.
..and the Bazooka Joe funnies...
The fifties were a wonderful time for me growing up. Had a paper route and money to spend at the local craftshop. I was into both model cars and coins and spent all my money on both. While the 55/55 lincoln was a big deal I had never heard of anyone finding one, but I did know a fellow who supposedly found an 09 S VDB Lincoln Cent, so that was my big change search. Had plenty of cents to search through, but never did find one. By the mid 60's I was able to buy my first MS buffalo Nickel, a 1913 T1. All I knew was it was beautiful and of course no grade at that time. Dealer I bought it from said it was choice for the grade and to me it was certainly choice. Wish I still had the nickel but I don't. I think I paid $6 for it, which was a lot of money then. Fill up my SS with gas, buy a pack of cigarettes and spend the rest at a drivein. Wow what a life I had in mid 1960.
Jim
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I have always wanted a nice brown 1793 half cent, chain cent, a high relief $20 and an octagonal slug.
Still without any of them as numismatic priorities have changed with a 17/14 half dollar now at the top of the wish list.
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