Do you still posses the first coin of your main series?

morgansforever

Curious if members here still have the first coin purchased of their primary series. I do, purchased raw at a small shop some 15 years ago for $75 bucks. Years later Messydesk pointed out that it was a vam145, broken N and M and a open O in GOD. The obverse has nice PL qualities and the reverse is flat and lack luster. Not a very desirable VAM but it's in the top 50 VAM's. Lets see your first, Go Bengals!

fastfreddie

Yes, I do. bought raw for $39 in 2007 graded p40

Go Stafford since I'm from Detroit. Lions tried to ruin him!

gumby1234

@morgansforever Nice coin, but to clarify your statement there is a Top 100 VAM list and there is a Hot 50 list. The Hot 50 come after the top 100 so your coin is not in the top 50.

From VAM World
"These are varieties that were identified in addition to the Top 100 Morgan dollars that collectors were interested in."

gumby1234

Yes I do have it. A MS68 1949S Roosevelt.

coinbuf

Yes, a favorite of mine. Purchased in the late 90's.

oih82w8

Yes, quite a few of them. I don't remember which was first, but my earliest, among my first purchased was my 1807/6 Large Cent that I crossed over from an old white ANACS holder.

moursund

Last three posters forgot to say go Rams! 😉

vulcanize

Yes I do have the very first coin of all my series.
Have not sold much except for the extras I gave my kid and he in turn sold them.

vulcanize

@moursund said:
Last three posters forgot to say go Rams! 😉

Maybe you got to explain the game to them - an old but satirical joke to help - A Guide To American Football

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE7qVAtNwQk

BryceM

Nope. Upgraded long, long ago.

Love to get 'em. Love to sell 'em. There are only a couple that I probably wouldn't part with.

morgansforever

@BryceM said:
Nope. Upgraded long, long ago.

Love to get 'em. Love to sell 'em. There are only a couple that I probably wouldn't part with.

That would be that toned 21 Peace buck in 65 I believe or is it a 6?

BryceM

Yeah, that's one of them. Most likely my favorite coin. If I ever did decide to try it, I'd submit it a time or two for regrading. I think it has a legit shot at a 6+.

BillJones

I couldn’t tell you. In the U.S. series, the type set is my series. I dare dare say that the first one is gone.

TurtleCat

Yes, for now. An 1873 G$1 I got from NGC. I’ll be upgrading it eventually. But it was my first gold dollar.

WaterSport

I still have my First PCGS graded coin when I started the Lincoln Registry - a MS 66 Red 1939. But before the registry I collected Lincolns in Capitol Plastic Boards which I have posted here many times. Over the years I upgraded every cent in board # one except 1. That is this 1924 D I found roll searching back in 1968. I keep it to remind me how far I have come.

ricko

I have all the coins I have collected as an adult.... Sure wish I had some I collected as a kid (two or three '55 DDO's).... Cheers, RickO

lkenefic

I still have a few Indian Head Cents and two Morgan Dollars from the collection I started as a kid, but neither of those series are my main focus these days. I still collect Morgan Dollars by date, so I guess that counts...

JeffMTampa

My core set is AU Barber Half Dollars. I purchased an 1892 S in 1982 (obviously raw) that got me started on a quest to assemble a full AU set:

As an AU 55 it's not part of my Everyman Registry set (I have an AU 58 as well), but this coin is still in my stash and will likely be the last coin I part with. It got me started.

BryceM

That Barber Half is magnificent. Perfect for the grade.

RichR

I have actually NEVER SOLD A COIN!

From 1976-Present.

I have upgraded coins and now have multiples of many...but I've never sold anything other than what would have been considered "scrap" silver when silver was fetching $50/ounce...and I even regret some of those sales!

And PS...in those many years, I've also acquired my dad's and my grandfather's coins...and I miss them both dearly!

FredF

I still have my Lincoln Whitman folders volumes 1 and 2 (which I think go 1909-1974). When I started a Lincoln collection with one of my kids, after we got a few coins in, I took whatever coins from my book were not in the new set and moved them. I don't remember which ones, but some in that set are from my childhood. However, there were some in my books that we already had gotten, so there are still a handful in my old books.

So I guess, yes, I have my first coin - I just don't know which one of the Lincolns it is

morgansforever

@ricko said:
I have all the coins I have collected as an adult.... Sure wish I had some I collected as a kid (two or three '55 DDO's).... Cheers, RickO

Never collected coins as a kid, it was all baseball cards. The 99 Silver proof set off my coin collecting interest, then straight to Morgans and other stuff.

semikeycollector

@WaterSport said:
I still have my First PCGS graded coin when I started the Lincoln Registry - a MS 66 Red 1939. But before the registry I collected Lincolns in Capitol Plastic Boards which I have posted here many times. Over the years I upgraded every cent in board # one except 1. That is this 1924 D I found roll searching back in 1968. I keep it to remind me how far I have come.

Exciting find! Always wanted to find one of these!

Eldorado9

The first of my Barber Half proof set, and I'll always love it. It still looks great.

pursuitofliberty

I've owned a few over the many years before I ever started collecting them, but only had one left when I came back in early 2020. However, the Bust Halves and Quarters, and my books about them, rekindled my interest in the Capped Bust coins.

Then I met this guy named Lance @lkeigwin here on the boards, and then I bought this one from some guy on eBay I didn't know yet named David Kahn. And so it began ...

1827 O-129 (129.1), R4-; PCGS AU50; Gorgeous, original skinned example with wonderful detail and luster, and excellent color and surfaces. From the collection of Dale Heisler. Dale was an BNHC member and a retired machinist from Indiana that passed away in about 2010. He had amassed a collection of over 500 Bust Halves according to Dave Kahn, the seller. Dave and Brian Greer handled the sale, and Dave and Dale were good friends as I understand it. Very well may be Lot 301 of James D. Brilliant Collection (Jan. 1992), although no definitive plate exists.

nwcoast

Yep. I still have my old blue Whitman folders from when I was a kid, mostly intact.
Later upgraded some of them to Dansco albums but those old Whitman’s are still floating around, partially filled with the original common stuff while the better of them migrated to Dansco’s.
I still have an Unc 1909-vdb purchased when I was in elementary school.
Lincoln cents aren’t my main series though and I’m not certain of which piece in my more focused sets was actually first.

jesbroken

Not for sure, but good possibility, as I have the first Lincoln Cent collection I started in the 50's from change. It lacks only 4 coins(guess) of which I have had several, but not raw for the set. I would guess 85% to 90% out of change. The rest I probably bought after the 60's. My albums are nearly worn out and were given to me by my Uncle Schley who started me coin collecting on my bday in 1958. He gave me the Lincoln Albums and the Indian Cent Album in the early 60's as I was keeping my collection in an ashtray on our dresser. I would bet many posters here in my age group did much the same.
Jim

Edited to add:
While I still have my early whitman's in pieces, I long ago put them in a used but healthy Wayte Raymond album and 48D up in an old Meghrig album(which is not in greatest shape, but together). The Meghrig album is the 1st album I had with sliding clear covers(obverse only).
Jim

nwcoast

Fun thread.
Though Lincoln cents aren’t currently my main series, they were indeed at one time my priority- that being when I was a kid.
I just pulled this from my album to photograph it and I’m certain this was the first coin purchased as a little kid. It looks like it’s suffered some environmental damage on the reverse in the intervening time.
I don’t recall it looking so rough way back then. But then again, I didn’t have the most discerning eyes either.