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You have $1000 to spend on a Lincoln Cent. What do you buy?

dtkk49adtkk49a Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭
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You got $1K to spend. Must be on a single Lincoln cent. Any date.
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    dohdoh Posts: 6,457 ✭✭✭
    The nicest 14-D I could find.
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    SilverEagles92SilverEagles92 Posts: 6,787 ✭
    09SVDB - They sell easily. Sell it, and buy something I really want image
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    CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    The nicest RB matte proof I could find. image
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    fivecentsfivecents Posts: 11,207 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Throw in a few more $100 and buy a 1955 DDO.
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    SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,129 ✭✭✭✭✭
    matte proof with great colors of course!
    duh!
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    mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    A nice 14D
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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,618 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1909 Matte Proof 64 RB
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    DJCoinzDJCoinz Posts: 3,856 ✭
    A nice matte.
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    BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,538 ✭✭✭✭✭
    14-D for me too. I likely wouldn't keep it. Not a Lincoln Cent fan. Anyone wanna buy it now?
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    WaterSportWaterSport Posts: 7,095 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nothing after 1931

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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You have $1000 to spend on a Lincoln Cent. What do you buy?

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    WhitWhit Posts: 375 ✭✭✭
    Show me a true gem 1954-P or a 1935-S for a grand or less. I'm not talking about MS-66 reds with washed-out color, carbon flecking here and there, a dig in the hair, buckshot across the lapel, and a weak ONE on the reverse. (What are TPG's thinking when they slap 66 on coins like these?) I mean a coin that has it all: strong strike, satiny fields, mark-free surfaces to the naked eye, and either full blast copper or subtle rainbow toning under full luster. Yes, that's what I want for Christmas.

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    tombrtombr Posts: 863 ✭✭
    14-D-----the nicest one possible.
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    RegistryNutRegistryNut Posts: 606 ✭
    1983 DDR

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    pnylvrpnylvr Posts: 568
    1972 ddo ms-66+
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    SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,277 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>14-D-----the nicest one possible. >>

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    MillertimeMillertime Posts: 2,048 ✭✭
    Matte proof or 1955 DDO.

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    fcfc Posts: 12,805 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Throw in a few more $100 and buy a 1955 DDO. >>



    agree. it is a wonderful conversation piece. everything else strikes
    me as boring unless in super high grade.
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    ArizonaJackArizonaJack Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭
    1924-D
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    WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    The best 55DDO I could get.

    Steve
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    ChrisRxChrisRx Posts: 5,619 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>1909 Matte Proof 64 RB >>



    You show me one at that price and Ill buy it right now!
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    LeeGLeeG Posts: 12,162 ✭
    26-S
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    mcheathmcheath Posts: 2,441 ✭✭✭
    Put me in the 55 DDO crowd. I would need more money though because I would want a nice AU coin with some luster remaining.
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    AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,375 ✭✭✭✭
    I agree with the 1955 DDO.
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    dtkk49adtkk49a Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭
    Yeah but the 55 DDO is so pricey right now. Ugly 63's going for 2500
    Even 09SVDB's are pricey now. I am leaning towards a nice MPL
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    ArizonaJackArizonaJack Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭
    You can't get a NICE matte for 1K tho
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    OneCentOneCent Posts: 3,561 ✭
    '1914-s in high grade RB.

    $1K would probably get you a 64 these days.
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    ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,557 ✭✭✭✭✭
    None. Takes $3000 minimum to get one thats not a 'widget'. Then I'd be looking for a PQ PCGS MS66RD 1909 S

    If I was limited to $1000, Id buy one of these

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    lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,492 ✭✭✭
    1965 sms ms65dcam...btw...goodluck on it being offered...what i think pop is 2 or 5 in dcam after 22 years of grading attempts

    even thou it shows an $850 guide price...it'd take more like $2-$3k possibly (note possibly there) to snipe one

    it's more then most even know about...a pcgs 1965 sms in cam or dcam and i find surprize i'm 1st to make reply of it
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    collegecoincollectorcollegecoincollector Posts: 426
    interesting how everyone would get a DDO or DDR.... i'd probably consider that, but i'd most likely get the 63RB 1926-S lincoln i saw at the last coin show i went to. it was beautiful.
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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,618 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>1909 Matte Proof 64 RB >>



    You show me one at that price and Ill buy it right now! >>


    Hey, I just went off the PCGS Price Guide listing...I don't follow these coins. This seemed like a good choice to me precisely because MPLs are hot right now and the 1909 date should remain hot for another year or so.
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    zeebobzeebob Posts: 2,825 ✭
    1910-S
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    RWBRWB Posts: 8,082 ✭
    I would buy a $50 box of Lincolns, and spend the rest having them slabbed. I’d then offer them to collectors as “rare” and “condition rarities,” and other such dross. Should be able to get 10x the original $1,000 cost.
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    66RB66RB Posts: 2,516 ✭✭✭


    << <i>None. Takes $3000 minimum to get one thats not a 'widget'. >>



    Geeeez man, with the exception of one, all of my coins are widgets nowimage

    I would find an early die-state superbly struck gem(65+) mintmarked coin from the teens, doesn't matter whether the slab calls it RD, RB, or BN.
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    nicetoning42107nicetoning42107 Posts: 1,162


    << <i>09SVDB - They sell easily. Sell it, and buy something I really want image >>

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    JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would avoid the matte's and go with a key like the 14D or the 55 DDO
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
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    CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139 ✭
    A 1964 SMS if you can find one and then find one in a grade with a price tag around $1K. I have one and would buy another if in this position.
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    lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,492 ✭✭✭
    coxe,
    i hope oneday to be able to say i've got a 64 sms too...all i have is the dime...but await that's change
    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


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    NHSBaseballNHSBaseball Posts: 2,470 ✭
    Whichever one I could most easily trade for a nice half dime....image
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    mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 7,439 ✭✭✭✭✭
    the best '14 D you can find...L@@K for a well struck au with some luster slabbed of course...'14 D is a magic date,in my opinion,and not at all boring.

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    illini420illini420 Posts: 11,710 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A 1909-S in PCGS MS65RD... if you can get a nice one at your price point. It can be done, just got one last month for $1008 shipped. image

    Could also go for a lower grade 1909-S VDB

    Could also go for a $1200 on eBay if you use the MSN cash back promo to get $200 cashback!!!!

    Don't even think about getting a matte proof for $1k. Apparently the price guide doesn't accurately reflect the market. Been looking for my first matte proof and nothing is ever close to those prices, and they are usually 2x to 4x the guide price if the coin looks halfway decent. Seems to me though that many sellers are continuous flippers who keep trying to pump the prices higher and higher, not sure they actually sell for the inflated prices in all cases, but I'm sure the really nice ones do!

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    renomedphysrenomedphys Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would probably buy anything I could find in that price range that had a truly incredible strike, and nice original toning. The date is not important. I would not flip it. I am always looking for condition rarities with off the chart eye-appeal. Maybe a super-struck 31-d with great luster in 66RB? Yeah, right. Still, I love that date.

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