Are there many penny collectors out there?

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PS: Pictured is the 1867 one, you have the 1837 one (little different design).

 

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I search rolls of pennies looking for cents!!!!

 

I collect cents business strikes only. I do not collect error coins.. I have all the Memorial and Shield cents. I have all the Wheat cents except for the 1909-S VDB, 1914 D, and 1922 no D. For Indian Head Cents I am only missing 1869-1872, 1908 S and 1909 S. For Large Cents I have 1803, 1808, 1812, 1818, 1822-1856.

 

That George V was not the King George V of England though.

The To Hanover tokens related to the splitting of the line of the kings of Great Britian from the King of Hanover. When Queen Anne died without an heir they had to reach out for a more distant relative to take the throne. The closest relative was the King of Hanover in Germany. He came to England and became King George I. George II, III, IV, and William IV were known as the Hanoverian Kings and were the king of both countries. When William IV died there was a problem. Victoria became Queen of England, but under Hanoverian law the throne could not be inherited by a woman. So the Throne of Hanover went to her uncle Ernest Augustus Duke of Cumberland. The English people took the snubbing of Victoria as a slight and the figure on the reverse is the Duke being set off To Hannover. So the token is basically saying "Victoria is the Queen, and you can go to Hanover."

A bit of trivia. George I never bothered to learn English so the language of the royal court under George I, and II was German, and George III was possibly more comfortable with German than English as well.

 

Just FYI, I have a small collection of Australian Large Penny from an uncle. Although I know of them and like them, I do not appreciate as much as other coins. If you are interested, send inquiry to: dhenriquez@avtaxman.com

 

Yes, the same as all of you, I collect and enjoy Lincolns and have all but 1909 S vdb in books and with multiple sets. I began collecting Graded Lincolns years ago and have many of them too yet, most are valued over $100 each. I have two special ones: the 1970 S, Small date - PF69 RD and the 2019 "First W" Uncirculated Cent - MS70. I have others with less POP and valued more yet, these are the tops. The novelty of Wheaties to me is, you don't know who ever held it (i.e., Presidents, celebrities, etc.). This is the same for Indian Cents, really cool.

 

I keep ALL wheaties I find in change but have 99% of all cents from1798 on up (many in bad shape but I love the mutts just the same as XF. I stopped buying cents along time ago unles it's a super bargain, then I can't resist.

 

I'm working on rebuilding my IHC and LWC sets. I sold a complete raw LWC set years ago (AU 1909-S VDB, AU 1914-D and XF 1922 no D) and a nice partial raw IHC set (no 1877 or 1909-S). This time I'm focusing on building slab sets.

 

Not all cents. I even toss back wheaties into the wild (mostly from 40s and 50s and 60s) that are much less than desirable for me in grade/condition. No reason to keep those anymore and let someone else have the fun of seeing one occasionally while making sure the dogs get worse condition (keeps the good ones already out of circulation in limited supply). Anyhoo, I do like looking through them at times, but I've cut down on it a lot with the new ones (zincolns with shields) being quite predominant. I'm pretty much not interested in those.

 

Lincoln cents were the first coins that I collected. When I was young my father showed me his 2 Whitman folders of Lincolns. Book one and two. That was back in the 50's. He created a madman. Over the years I bought and sold all sorts of pennies. I went to local weekly auctions and always bought bags of foreign coins that no one wanted. I put together a great collection of English half cents and large cents. I worked a local monthly coin show with a friend and sold both sets to one man that wondered if I had any English pennies for sale. Boy was he surprised.
Today I have (5) half cents, (175) Large cents, Indian heads and Lincolns. No count on the Indians and Lincolns. The large cents (1794-1857) are mostly all different die varieties. I need advise on how to best sell all of them. They have all given me lots of pleasure. Oh yeah I collect pennies. And 2, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1.00 and currency too.

 

If you are a collector - you PROBABLY started your venture into the world of collecting in Lincoln cents. To this day, I STILL keep every pre59 cent that comes my way. I have approximately 230+ rolls of "wheaties" and if I purchase a collection, invariably there will be many old Whitman folders that I breakdown and put in the appropriate rolls. I have my own folder that I am trying to assemble with "wheaties" that are XF or better.
Semper Fi
Phil

 

I also collect pennies from other countries too. I have all the Canadian small cents and all the Large cents minus the 1858 key one.

New Zealand-all the Large Cents and about half the small ones.

Australia-most of the Large Cents and all except the 1986 and 1991 small ones.

Great Britain-several of the Large ones have a long run from like 1899 to the 1960s

 

I have tried to collect all cents from the Large Cents (only 3), the Flying Eagles (except for 1856), Indian Head Cents (except for 1877), I have all of the Wheaties, and I like to collect Memorials. I'm not interested in the Shield Cents. Many of my pennies/cents are in sad shape, but I love them all and for the most part, the cost to acquire has been reasonable.

 

I started collecting LWC when I was 5, thanks to a neighbor lady who gave me both blue Whitman folders and a bag of pennies. My dad had collected pennies also, but just by dates, no mints so I had a head start. I've assembled all the Flying Eagles, IHC and Lincoln wheat cents that were intentional mint varieties, not the mistakes. Here is my list of FE & IHC mint designs: http://members.iphouse.com/frech001/Al's Flying Eagle and Indian Head Cent Complete Design Set.pdf

 

The joy that I get out of my collections is derived from showing the items to other people. That being the case, I've never been motivated to collect series. I certainly understand how assembling a set would be satisfying to some individuals, but when it comes to showing them to other people, the presentation would get stale pretty quickly ("Here's a wheat cent from 1909, from 1910, 1911, 1912, this one has a D, this one has an S, ect., ect.")

I've since moved onto ancients, but when I was collecting US coins, I attempted to build a type set. This of course included cents, but only one of each major type. It's easier to retain the attention of laypeople when each coin is significantly different from the last!

 

I collect cent errors. I love it.

 

Like many of us I started out collecting Wheaties and moved onto Indians, flying eagles and large cents. I don't collect wheat cents anymore but, do have some nice ones. If I find a wheat cent in the wild, I'll check it out and most cases release it back into the wild. Young collectors need something to hunt. One of my first coins was an 1806 British Penny that my grandfather gave me. Below are two pictures one of an 1806 British penny (not the one my grandfather gave me but, one that I also own and an 1866 Indian I just picked up.

 

The Mint denotes them as pennies in the mint set specs.

 

IHC, Wheaties, FEs, and Large Cents all "cents" Lincoln memorial and shields are pennies lol

 

All I collect are Lincolns, although I have a lot "other stuff".