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What coin did you desire the most when you started collecting?

stephunterstephunter Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭
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For me it was the 55 Doubled die Lincoln cent. I recently bought one and it felt almost as good as buying my first home.

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  • boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,081 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The 1909-s vdb of course! Didn't everybody dream about that one?image
  • Dennis88Dennis88 Posts: 5,797 ✭✭✭
    A gulden (guilder) of King Willem I (The netherlands). Don't have an example yet, altough I can afford it nowimage

    Dennis
    VOC Numismatics
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  • OldnewbieOldnewbie Posts: 1,425 ✭✭
    A Half Disme. I still do.
  • JrGMan2004JrGMan2004 Posts: 7,557 ✭


    << <i>A Half Disme. I still do. >>

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  • relayerrelayer Posts: 10,570 ✭

    A $2.50 Indian Gold piece. Not the kind of thing a 10-year-old buys
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  • tlhoytlhoy Posts: 2,204
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  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    The 1909-S VDB. That empty hole in my Whitman folder laughed at me. If I got one today it wouldn't go in the Whitman, but someday....someday...

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • ddinkddink Posts: 2,748
    S VDB for me too. Although what I really want nowadays is a 55/55. That's a beautiful example you posted!
    I heard they were making a French version of Medal of Honor. I wonder how many hotkeys it'll have for "surrender."
  • DominusDeusDominusDeus Posts: 993 ✭
    The sames ones I do today.
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,841 ✭✭✭✭✭
    When I got serius about collecting, the 1877 Indian cent followed by the 1909-S. I got both, moved on and sold them many years ago at a BIG loss.
    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 ... ?
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    14D lincoln. I always lusted over that date.
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  • DrPeteDrPete Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭
    1804 Dollar and 1913 V nickel.
    Dr. Pete
  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    1804 dollar by far.
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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,707 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1909-S VDB Cent. I didn't know any better at the time.
    All glory is fleeting.
  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Fugio. The history and the fact that it was the first coin minted under the authority of the US Govt.

    I still can't figure out why it's usually listed with the "colonials", and isn't an accepted member of US type lists.
    Easily distracted Type Collector
  • coachleonardcoachleonard Posts: 995 ✭
    at age 8 your tastes are simple...... a Buffalo Nickel. Followed closely by any coin with an 1800's date.
  • XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    I wanted a Franklin half.
  • AlaBillAlaBill Posts: 467
    Three legged buffalo
    ...AlaBill
  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    The first coin that intrigued me when I started collecting (in January of this yearimage), was the 1922 No D Lincoln. I started off liking the Lincoln Wheats and have moved to the early commems.
    They are image when they have nice color!
    image...There's always time for coin collecting. image
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,747 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ...a '13-S t II nickel. I finally bought a nice AG in the mid-'60's but I had a real nice VF Denver issue.
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • TerrapinWillTerrapinWill Posts: 848
    I started with a desire to have Morgan Dollars.....I have some but now I like all sorts of stuff.....
  • paigowjohnnypaigowjohnny Posts: 4,257 ✭
    When I started seriously chasing Morgans, I wanted a 93-S...never thought I'd ever own one, but....the story has a happy ending...

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  • relayerrelayer Posts: 10,570 ✭

    $2.50 Indian Gold
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  • DickyBetzDickyBetz Posts: 3,825
    1909-S VDB
  • TorinoCobra71TorinoCobra71 Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭
    Since I started with WWII nickels. I wanted to get a complete UNC set of them!

    TorinoCobra71


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  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭


    << <i>When I started seriously chasing Morgans, I wanted a 93-S...never thought I'd ever own one, but....the story has a happy ending...

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    I eventually want one also... image coin you got there!image
    image...There's always time for coin collecting. image
  • DJCDJC Posts: 787 ✭
    Panama Pacific $50 Otagonal image
  • ArtistArtist Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭
    St. Gaudens gold. I am lucky enough to have a few peices today.
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  • meos1meos1 Posts: 1,135 ✭
    a $20 dollar old piece. I would look on the ground walking home from school in case someone lost one..... Thats hopeful youth.
    I am just throwing cheese to the rats chewing on the chains of my sanity!

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  • markglickermarkglicker Posts: 1,486 ✭
    An 1894 Morgan in Proof 69. Have the bucks, but can't find one.
  • VetterVetter Posts: 915 ✭✭✭✭✭
    3 Legged Buffalo Nickel.
    Members I have done business with:
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  • flaminioflaminio Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭
    It always was, and still is, this coin:

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  • Barberman55Barberman55 Posts: 1,605 ✭
    The same as every other kid in the early sixties, the 1909-s-VDB cent.
    Dan F.

    Connor Numismatics Website
  • NysotoNysoto Posts: 3,824 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As a 7 year old I admired the design and rarity of the flowing hair and draped bust coins in the Redbook, forty years later I collect them by die variety.
    Robert Scot: Engraving Liberty - biography of US Mint's first chief engraver
  • CharlotteDudeCharlotteDude Posts: 3,167 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1st - the 1838-C $5
    2nd - the 1839-C $5

    Since I started, I've managed to secure 1 '38-C in P-40 that I've had since 1996 and two 39-C's in P-30 ('97) and P-40 ('01), respectively.

    And I wouldn't turn down a reasonably priced & accurately graded example of either one still...

    the dude
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,875 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A St. Gaudens double eagle. Saved my allowance for quite a while and got one. Cost me $47.00. I wish I still had it. It was a 1927. I have several others now but I still miss it. image

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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  • clackamasclackamas Posts: 5,615 ✭
    A BU RD 1868 2 Cent piece.
  • RBB617RBB617 Posts: 498 ✭✭
    Same as every kid who started collecting in the mid to late '70s - a 1909-S VDB Cent.
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    S-VDB back when I was 10 years old.

    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • numonebuyernumonebuyer Posts: 2,136 ✭
    Owning an 1893-S Morgan is a bit of a thrill to me.
  • TorenToren Posts: 56
    A high-relief Saint.
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