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My latest book: The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922

ashelandasheland Posts: 24,391 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Just got it in today’s mail, this is a very cool book!
Anybody else here have a copy?
Now I need a 1922-D and 1922 plain for the collection…. 😎

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 2, 2026 8:44PM

    Cool looks good 👍 (one of 250, limited edition i wonder?)

  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I got a copy too, and I don't even collect US Federal coins!

    I'm just a sucker for good research.

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 24,391 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @johnny9434 said:
    Cool looks good 👍 (one of 250, limited edition i wonder?)

    I paid extra for the limited edition, it’s really cool I think. B)

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 24,391 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @pruebas said:
    I got a copy too, and I don't even collect US Federal coins!

    I'm just a sucker for good research.

    Me too, I only own a handful of Lincoln cents, but I love books like this and it does make me want to buy some 1922 Lincolns…

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  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @asheland said:

    @pruebas said:
    I got a copy too, and I don't even collect US Federal coins!

    I'm just a sucker for good research.

    Me too, I only own a handful of Lincoln cents, but I love books like this and it does make me want to buy some 1922 Lincolns…

    Not to mention that a little knowledge can be a good thing (though too much knowledge can be dangerous to your bank account).

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,768 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @johnny9434 said:
    Cool looks good 👍 (one of 250, limited edition i wonder?)

    Yes. Only 250 hardcover printed.

    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,728 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 3, 2026 3:46PM

    @asheland said:

    @johnny9434 said:
    Cool looks good 👍 (one of 250, limited edition i wonder?)

    I paid extra for the limited edition, it’s really cool I think. B)

    If there is a cheaper “unlimited” edition, I’ll buy it.

    I bought a 1922 Plain with the strong reverse about three weeks ago.

    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • Old_CollectorOld_Collector Posts: 927 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It is really a lot more than "just" a book about the 1922 cent, it really is like opening a time capsule of that was happening at the US Mint during the early 1920s, which I found fascinating. There are real reasons behind a lot of the things that happened at the time and why some things were minted and other weren't. And it really is just a matter of chance that we had any 1922 cents at all.

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 11,189 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Love my copy.
    Jim


    When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln

    Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,768 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BillJones said:

    @asheland said:

    @johnny9434 said:
    Cool looks good 👍 (one of 250, limited edition i wonder?)

    I paid extra for the limited edition, it’s really cool I think. B)

    If there is a cheaper “unlimited” edition, I’ll buy it.

    I bought a 1922 Plain with the strong reverse about three weeks ago.

    Bill, I've been asking $50 for an autographed softcover edition delivered (the box and postage cost me a little over $7), but for a fellow old timer I will do you one for $42.

    TD

    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
  • CaptainBluntCaptainBlunt Posts: 210 ✭✭✭

    Bill another option
    Buy a paperback edition off of Amazon
    I personally own a hardcopy of Tom’s great work

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,905 ✭✭✭✭✭


    Had to go order one for my self and got lucky with a low serial number as well. A very decent read thus far 👍

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,768 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting number. I got most of box number 1 (Nos. 1-10) but I have no idea in what order they were distributed.

    Who did you order from? If Whitman, I hope they started from box #25 (Nos. 241-250) and worked their way backwards, which might mean that they are almost near a sellout, but of course a distributor would be shipping from a box or two ordered in December.

    Should be getting a royalty check for 2026 Q1 in about ten days. If I have two or three good quarters I might recoup the money I spent on professional photography!

    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,905 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, i got this one from whitman

  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I got mine from Amazon and it was number 249.

  • robecrobec Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I ordered mine from Whitman in Dec and received it just before Christmas…..#151.

    - Bob -

    MPL's - Lincolns of Colorimage
    Central Valley Roosevelts

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 24,391 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @johnny9434 said:

    Had to go order one for my self and got lucky with a low serial number as well. A very decent read thus far 👍

    I got number 17. That’s just too cool!

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,905 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @asheland said:

    @johnny9434 said:

    Had to go order one for my self and got lucky with a low serial number as well. A very decent read thus far 👍

    I got number 17. That’s just too cool!

    Way cool 😎

  • oldabeintxoldabeintx Posts: 2,962 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Just got #16. Counting down?

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 24,391 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Who’s got #1? 🧐

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  • RedRocketRedRocket Posts: 1,400 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @asheland said:
    Who’s got #1? 🧐

    I did not.

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 24,391 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:
    I told you I got most of Box #1.
    My three surviving siblings got Numbers 2, 3 and 4.

    I want that copy. :p

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,768 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @asheland said:

    @CaptHenway said:
    I told you I got most of Box #1.
    My three surviving siblings got Numbers 2, 3 and 4.

    I want that copy. :p

    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,905 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:

    @asheland said:

    @CaptHenway said:
    I told you I got most of Box #1.
    My three surviving siblings got Numbers 2, 3 and 4.

    I want that copy. :p

    A hundred years from now will bid on it at one of the auction houses 🤑

  • gonzergonzer Posts: 3,079 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:
    I told you I got most of Box #1.
    My three surviving siblings got Numbers 2, 3 and 4.

    Pop 1of 250

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,768 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thank you, Sir!

    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
  • shortnockshortnock Posts: 496 ✭✭✭

    Agreed!

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 24,391 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:

    @asheland said:

    @CaptHenway said:
    I told you I got most of Box #1.
    My three surviving siblings got Numbers 2, 3 and 4.

    I want that copy. :p

    :D

    My YouTube Channel

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,768 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The ANA agreed to stock some of my books for the Summer Seminar students to buy, so I went down there yesterday to autograph them.

    Curiously two of the hardcovers had low serial numbers, while the other one was up in the 200's somewhere.

    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,905 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:
    The ANA agreed to stock some of my books for the Summer Seminar students to buy, so I went down there yesterday to autograph them.

    Curiously two of the hardcovers had low serial numbers, while the other one was up in the 200's somewhere.

    I got the Overton book to 👍

  • Desert MoonDesert Moon Posts: 6,294 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BillJones said:

    If there is a cheaper “unlimited” edition, I’ll buy it.

    I bought a 1922 Plain with the strong reverse about three weeks ago.

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/0794854206/?coliid=IBN4QIVO7YIQ8&colid=8L9JCWB459W5&psc=1

    My online coin store - https://desertmoonnm.com/
  • Mr Lindy Mr Lindy Posts: 1,642 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hot Shopping Tip !

    Hardback enroute for $36.15 delivered via Amazon on Sunday

    I have zero 1922 P or D Cents & never owned any.

  • Old_CollectorOld_Collector Posts: 927 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Mr Lindy said:
    Hot Shopping Tip !

    Hardback enroute for $36.15 delivered via Amazon on Sunday

    I have zero 1922 P or D Cents & never owned any.

    It is worth the price easily for the great slice of mint history of the period that becomes clear as you read. The book goes well beyond just the 1922 cent. There were a lot of things happening and Tom puts them all into perspective and relation to one another. Great read that I recommend to every collector.

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