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What was YOUR dream coin ....as a KID

ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭✭
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You know...sleepy saturday afternoons.

Rain

Youre looking through your old worn dogeared Redbook...


Whats the ONE that you fawned, oogled, dreamt of, imagined owning..holding....worshiping?

Aw Come on, you know you had one.



MINE??



1885 Trade Dollar (kid you not)
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  • speetyspeety Posts: 5,424 ✭
    My first real dream coin was either a small eagle gold coin ($5 or $10) or a 1796 / 1797 bust half.

    Once we started the seated dollar set it shifted to a certain 1873-CC and the 1870-S.
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  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,010 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It may sound crazy, but when this one came out and was on the cover of coin newspapers it captured my imagination more than anything else did. I finally got this one in 2009:

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  • DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,377 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I didn't have one but I do know my brother's dream coin.

    Back in the 1970's, he passed on buying an 1822 US dime.

    It was about a VG grade coin and it was selling for $50.00, at the time.

    He still regrets buying it to this day as it's still missing in his collection and is still one of his 'dream' coins.
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  • IrishMikeyIrishMikey Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭
    My dream was finding a 1909-S VDB in circulation. This was back in the early 1960's so
    it was not completely out of the question. I never found one, and I have never owned one.
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  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,028 ✭✭✭✭✭
    When I was a kid?

    Why the 1909 s vdb lincoln penny of course!
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  • edix2001edix2001 Posts: 3,388 ✭
    This is probably why I'm now such a fan of the Unrecognised States Numismatic Society:

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  • drwstr123drwstr123 Posts: 7,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
    On the Waterfront...."Stella".
  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,382 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I still want a chain cent.
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  • llafoellafoe Posts: 7,220 ✭✭
    It was the 1852 $50 Assay... I had a very life-like replica of that coin and wanted to own one when I grew up. When I grow up, I'll let you know if I buy one! image

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  • RB1026RB1026 Posts: 1,485 ✭✭✭✭
    I wanted a nice 3-Legged Buffalo nickel. I always thought that was a really cool piece. In 1988 at age 20 I finally bought a full horn example for $110. I still have it. I sent it in to PCGS a couple years ago so it would be slabbed and fit in my box with the other keepers and it came back XF-45. Guess my eyes were OK back then LOL. That's THE one coin for me.
  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    I fell in love with an MS 1796 Bust Quarter with concentric blue toning on the obverse.
    Just the most beautiful coin I've seen for the series, IMO!

    Sorry, no pics image
  • RWRW Posts: 485 ✭
    Definitely the S VDB, 22 no D, and 55 DD. I can remember being 6 or 7 years old and searching through my grandfather's wheats for them. Of course if I had found one we would have scrubbed it with baking soda and a toothbrush as was his policy. image
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yep, same here the 1909S VDB...couldn't afford it then, and can't afford it now in the grade that I want...it's super high grade or nothing so I've got nothing. LOL
  • NewEnglandRaritiesNewEnglandRarities Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭✭
    A Bar Cent. I always looked through the RedBook and just loved the simple design. Too bad I didn't buy one back then!
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The same as today.... a $50, Octagonal Pan Pac.... saw one as a kid, never forgot it. Cheers, RickO
  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Gloucester Courthouse token

    The whole "2 known" thing made it even more desirable. image
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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭✭
    When I was kid I thought that Indian cents were the bee’s knees and the cat’s pajamas. Given that, my dream coins were the 1877 Indian cent followed by the 1909-S.

    Latter on when I was getting into gold type coins, the Three Dollar Gold Piece topped my list for a while. I was lucky. The first gold coin I ever owned was an 1854 Type II gold dollar. It was only in VF with a weak date, but I had one early on, and did not have “the hots” for another one.
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  • RedTigerRedTiger Posts: 5,608 ✭


    << <i>The same as today.... a $50, Octagonal Pan Pac.... saw one as a kid, never forgot it. Cheers, RickO >>



    I vote with RickO. Pan Pacific Octagonal. Flipping through the book that coin stood out from all the rest.
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  • 57loaded57loaded Posts: 4,967 ✭✭✭
    09-s VDB

    oh yeah and that 22 no D
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,799 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Stella
    94-S dime
    Draped bust right gold
    Trade dollar
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  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As a kid collecting coins from pocket change I hoped for something I thought I might actually find: the s-vdb. Never did. But I've since owned 6 or 8.

    The dream coin I wanted and knew I'd never get was a '43 bronze Lincoln.
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  • FropaFropa Posts: 71 ✭✭
    The coin I've wanted since I started collecting in the late 60's is a 3-Legged Buffalo. Unfortunately all these decades later and I've still never owned one and it's still one of my dream coins.
  • NeoStarNeoStar Posts: 1,123 ✭✭✭
    I dreamed of a 1923 Peace Dollar my grandma had. My mother showed it to me when I was around 5 years old. I have never owned one.
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  • SLQSLQ Posts: 311 ✭✭


    << <i>My dream was finding a 1909-S VDB in circulation. This was back in the early 1960's so
    it was not completely out of the question. I never found one, and I have never owned one.
    image >>



    Same for me. Back then, circulation was the only source of coins.

    The 1955 Double Die cent was also sought, but never found.image
  • mozeppamozeppa Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭
    the entire lincoln collection!...had em all too!

    except the 69-s ddo-001

    and the 1909 vdb matte proof.

    most are gone now.image
  • Mission16Mission16 Posts: 1,413 ✭✭✭
    Brasher Doubloon-
  • crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭
    1856 FE proof

    1795 / 1795 half dollar

    1805/4 half

    1875 s/cc Trade (loved the picture in the red book)



    I studied the redbook like the bible and 2 out of 4 acquired isn't bad



  • okracerokracer Posts: 436 ✭


    1909 S VDB



    ......I collect old stuff......
  • rainbowroosierainbowroosie Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭✭
    1804 restrike large cent -- I own the Eliasberg specimen image
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  • llafoellafoe Posts: 7,220 ✭✭


    << <i>1856 FE proof

    1795 / 1795 half dollar

    1805/4 half

    1875 s/cc Trade (loved the picture in the red book)



    I studied the redbook like the bible and 2 out of 4 isn't bad acquired isn't bad >>



    What are the two you've acquired? The Redbook and the Bible? image
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  • PinkFloydPinkFloyd Posts: 1,762 ✭


    << <i>It may sound crazy, but when this one came out and was on the cover of coin newspapers it captured my imagination more than anything else did. I finally got this one in 2009:

    image >>



    That is seriously cool. Elizabeth looks like she's turning into a zombie.

    I don't think there was ONE coin that I really dreamed about when I was little. But to name a few, I was a lincoln cent collector, so the 1909-S VDB was up there. I also wanted a trade dollar--date didn't matter. To date, I have never owned either....
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  • AMRCAMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Whenever anyone questions the value of a 1909-S VDB relative to its mintage, they should be referred to this thread.
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  • crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>1856 FE proof

    1795 / 1795 half dollar

    1805/4 half

    1875 s/cc Trade (loved the picture in the red book)



    I studied the redbook like the bible and 2 out of 4 isn't bad acquired isn't bad >>



    What are the two you've acquired? The Redbook and the Bible? image >>

    LOL only have use for one of those but I now own a s/cc and 5/4 and am keeping an eye out for a nice 95/95.
  • golfer72golfer72 Posts: 3,588
    1955 double die!
  • AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,370 ✭✭✭✭
    Didn't start collecting until I was 26. At that time, my dream coin was a chain cent. I have three of them now.
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  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,589 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As previously mentioned(several times in fact) the 1909 S VDB---searched throughout the late 50's into the 60's but never found one in change. I found many, many 1909's but none with the S VDB. I finally bought one in 1972 when I got out of the military and finally completed the collection sans the 22 and of course no 55ddo.
    What a find that would have been.
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  • joebb21joebb21 Posts: 4,769 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1797 9x7 $1 in AU

    Ive actually never owned one yet in any condition.
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  • InYHWHWeTrustInYHWHWeTrust Posts: 1,451 ✭✭✭
    Kid in the early 70's with blue Whitmans: any key date Lincoln cent, but esp the 09sVDB. Never owned one. As a grown kid, the 22 no D seems cool, never owned one. Did get all the others though... then sold...
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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,533 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1916-D Mec...it was the only Merc I did not have at the ripe old age of 8....now I have quite a few.
    I was also quite fascinated with the Chain Cent...still am and do not have one still....working on other crazy priorities right now I guess.
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  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,958 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1909-S VDB

    Any matte proof (I wanted to see what one looked like).
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  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This one
    And I still smile when I think I finally got her.
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    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • LeeBoneLeeBone Posts: 4,596 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As a kid it was without doubt, hands-down, the 1909-S VDB
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I liked low mintage keys as a kid and have owed all as an adult except a 1895-O Barber Dime which I still drool over whenever I see a high grade example.
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  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,559 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This one:

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    I finally bought one (this one raw) and after about two years got tired of my now completed collection.
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  • CoinspongeCoinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭


    << <i>1955 double die! >>




    ditto.
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  • 1960NYGiants1960NYGiants Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭✭
    Back then - the $50 gold slug.

    Now - a 1911 Canadian dollar, the 1859 brass cent, 1921 Canadian 50c, 1862 British Columbia $10 + $20 gold coins, ...
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  • Chump4ChangeChump4Change Posts: 108
    My dream coin as a kid? Probably the dollar...because that could buy the most Now & Laters and Slush Puppy/Slurpees/Big Gulps image

    I didn't have an interest in coins as a kid, only until a couple years ago.

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  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,105 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I saw one of these in the case at Ben's Bookstore/Coin Shop when I was12.
    I thought it was bee-eau-ti-ful.
    I still do.

    imageimage

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  • HotfootspinHotfootspin Posts: 430 ✭✭
    My dream coin would have been something old and different. Large Cent, I think, or maybe Half Cent.

    My aunt had a coffee can full of old Lincolns, including a 1909-S (no VDB). That was the most valuable
    penny I'd ever seen. Years later, I told her I'd love to have that coin and the rest of her can. She said
    the neighbor kids had broken into her house and stolen the coffee can full of pennies. image

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