This week, I received the final Lincoln cent to complete a set, a 1914-D. (The scratch above Lincoln's eye is in the holder, not on the coin). Thanks to huntsman53 for letting me know about this coin. I looked at hundreds of them before I found this one. I'll be upgrading some of the lower grade cents, but I now have all of them from 1909-2007.
Excellent Job! and Congratulations..take an image of the set and post it for us to be salavating over.. Great Job!! :thumb::thumb::thumb: RickieB
Thanks! It'll take me a while to image the whole set, but I'll have to do it anyway for insurance documentation. I'll definitely post a link here, when I have it.
Very cool. Is the collection sporting a 1909-S V.D.B.? I'd love to see some pictures also. What grade are you shooting for? I'm trying to get all my collections in MS65 (nickels/dimes at the moment).
I do have a 1909S-VDB (see attached) in MS64 RB. I'm hoping to have all the coins in MS60 or higher. For the key dates, I've gone for higher grades. My collection needs a lot of upgrading in the pre-1930 issues so I still have plenty to work towards.
I have at least one example of every year and mint (including a 1922 No D) but they're not all as nice as the key dates. I wish that were true! I've focused on the key dates. Pretty much everything I have 1935 and later is mint state, but the earlier dates are lower grade and will need upgrading as I find them.
Congratulations! That's a great accomplishment. Now if I could only finish my set, 9 Lincolns to go for my set. Lou
Congratulations! Do you have the popular varieties too or are you saving that for after your upgrades?
I got the "big 3" DDO's (1955, 1972 and 1995) because I wanted to get them before the prices went through the roof......... well, OK, they're already through the roof, I wanted to get them before the prices reached earth orbit. I got the 22 "No D" also. I have both 1960 large and small dates. I have all the varieties of 1982 (Copper, zinc, big date, little date, etc). Somehow, I missed the 1943 copper, the 1969-S DDO and the 1973 aluminum cent. Next life, perhaps.
I've been collecting since about 1967, but I really started a big push to complete the Lincoln series about 2 years ago.