Lincoln Cents... your first Love?

lkenefic

Like a lot of other collectors, I started out collecting as a kid and gravitated towards Lincoln Wheat Cents because I could collect them from circulation at the time and they fit the budget of an 8 year old. I've long since moved away from actively collecting them, but I still have a number of Wheat Cents hanging around in my collection.... mostly remnants of a full date-MM set that's been partially sold off to fund other projects. Here's one... All of the remaining set is raw

TitusFlavius

Nice example! I too started off with Lincoln cents, although wheaties were pretty scarce by the time I got started. My interests have since drifted back to the ancient world, but someday I'll get that 1909-S VDB to finally finish off the set!

moursund

I used to like Wheaties, but now it hurts my eyes to try to look at the mint marks.

CoinHoarder

I was into wheaties for many years. I have most of the key dates, and a pretty nice set.

But in recent years, I have no interest in coins that do not contain silver or gold. Preferably, as close to spot as possible.

thebeav

Of course.....
Dad brought home some Whitman blue books, numbers 1 and 2. Off to the races with my brother.
Having an uncle move to San Francisco in the mid 60's sure helped with the 'S' mints.

NumismaticJunkie

I began collecting Lincoln Cents. I had a nearly complete PCGS graded set but sold it off a few years ago. Now, I avoid most things that are not silver however, I will snag another 09 S-VDB and 14-D at some point just to say I have them in my collection.

ricko

I still put away any wheat cents I get in change.... They still show up, two or three a month. One day I will get around to going through them all...Some cold, snowy day when I am all caught up on projects, other hobbies and not working. Been putting them in jars for at least forty years.... Cheers, RickO

WaterSport

First and only...Oh, I tried most of the standard series, Just could not be swayed.

WS

Jzyskowski1

One of my first slabbed and still a favorite 😉

Off_Cent_er

Still love Lincolns. Especially the early wheats.

oih82w8

I started off with the Blue Whitman folders like so many other young collectors did. But I grew bored of the series and started the Type Set and expanded from there.

LanceNewmanOCC

close.

large cents.

moursund

Wheaties are ok, but steelies are great. I have a few stuck to magnets on my desk that I play with as stress relief.

divecchia

As a youngster I looked for wheat cents in my change also and other peoples change when they gave me the opportunity. My first serious searches were for a 1955 DDO. My favorite of the Lincoln cents.

Here are my 4 examples from my U.S. Type set.

Donato

Swampboy

I still have my blue Whitmans from my paper route days '60-'62.
Steelies in change every collection day.
Not this one though.

ernie11

Started collecting them at age 8, finished my set 10 years ago with this ugly but essential Lincoln.

oldabeintx

Started in the '50s with the Whitman folders. Have assembled and sold two nice sets. I have some in my type set and some early proofs, and may add an SVDB for the heck of it, Still have a soft spot for the Lincolns but I don't think I'll try for another set...probably.

ifthevamzarockin

Lincoln Cents
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Just a random raw one I have.

TurtleCat

I have a nearly full set of cents from 1909-1995 in a Whitman album. It wasn't my first love. I mainly started it because I had a huge number I could use from my mom's hoard she inherited. Over the years I've gotten it mostly complete. Just missing the keys now, basically. I don't know if I'll bother with buying and cracking out,

Did the same thing with my Jeff album 1938-1975. Got almost all out of circulation and bought what I needed to finish. Nearly done with the Merc and Wash 1932-1974 set.

Steven59

As a kid I used to ride my bike to the area banks and get rolls of cents and search them for wheaties right in their parking lots. I still search bags in my spare time but mostly have moved on to finding and collecting higher grade Flying Eagles.

bolivarshagnasty

Couple left over from my Lincoln cent days...........

vplite99

Yes, I first collected cents, but my first "love" was nickels. When I was rowing up in the 50s there were plenty of silver war nickels in circulation and they were easy to identify from the oversized mint marks. My dad tipped off to pull these out of change. My start to silver stacking.

coinbuf

My first and still my favorite series.

bearcave

Coinscratch

Yes and only 4 years in its still my favorite. Now dabbling in the other denominations yet I can’t see leaving the Lincoln’s anytime soon.

I’m obsessed with finding the highest grades and often times I feel like I’m living on Oak Island.

The_Dinosaur_Man

Lincoln Memorial Cents in Proof were the first collection I completed as a youngster. I'm doing the same series again, this time including Proof Shield Cents and Wheaties, all raw. I'd like to build a dedicated book soon for them.

NDcoin99

The first- and still the best! (although Indian head cents are a very close second).

nwcoast

Yes. My first series too in those old blue Whitman folders.
I still have an uncirculated 09-VDB that was one of my first real coin purchases as a kid in grade school as well.
Though I’ve been concentrating my efforts on other series the past couple of years, I have added the keys to that Lincoln set over that time regardless. The 09-S VDB - and the 55 ddo.
Sorry I haven’t gotten to polishing the scratches out of the slab and getting better pictures yet. This is a fairly new addition to my collection
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OKbustchaser

Lincolns were what I used to buy large cents.

gumby1234

When I was young I used to find Indian Head cents , Mercury dimes and wheat back cents in my change. I think the Mercury dimes were more exciting to find for me. Then when I was a teen with a paper route I had 1 customer that would pay me with Kennedy halves.

Zoins

This cent is one of my most interesting coins.

Crypto

Close, Indians

WildIdea

Yep, still love ‘em

NumismaticJunkie

This is a raw 09 VDB I still have.

moursund

@Crypto said:
Close, Indians

Close, but no (wooden indian) cigar...

Doubledieanotherday

First and current love. So many great coins in the series. List goes on and on.