FINALLY FINISHED... Date/MM set of Lincolns with this...1909-S VDB

[lkenefic]

I've literally been working on this set since I was a kid... around 10 years old. The gods smiled... the moons were in phase... the stars aligned... and I coincidently had the cash and the opportunity when this came up:

 

 

 

Thoughts...Impressions... think it will grade at PCGS or NGC?

[harvey8542]

Great looking Lincoln I'll go XF

[bsshog40]

Nice Lincoln. I think I would shoot it thru NCS first to make sure it slabs to get rid of some corrosion issues.

[CarolinaCollector]

Congratulations! My last coin was the 14-D. I completed a set started in the early 1960s about fifteen years ago.

 

Your coin has as much detail as the VF+ in my set (ANA photo certificate).

[MunkyMan95]

Nice Lincoln. I think I would shoot it thru NCS first to make sure it slabs to get rid of some corrosion issues.

 

Where exactly do you see corrosion?

[EZ_E]

WoW! That is outstanding! Congratulations!!

 

That really is a momentous occasion. I really like the look of the coin. Nice, thick skin. The black on the obverse bothers me some but not much. If your set is evenly matched like this then I know that it is incredible!

 

I had an almost complete set at ten but I sold it when I was 14.

[SkyMan]

Very nice looking coin! (thumbs u Congratulations on the completion of the set!

[DC Dawg]

Excellent catch!!

 

Attached is an older picture of mine. I might take it out of the bank and redo my images!

 

Scott

[physics-fan3.14]

Major Congrats on finishing the set, the Lincoln set is a very long set. That is a lovely piece of copper, and I agree with the monkey, I don't see any corrosion. I'm guessing VF-30+.

[James_OldeTowne]

Holy moly! A complete set? CONGRATULATIONS!

 

I'm very impressed. You must get us some nice images of the completed masterpiece!

[MTHead-migration]

(thumbs u Congratulations!

 

As has already been stated completing the Lincoln date & mintmark set is an accomplishment worthy of note and celebration.

 

Five years ago I too finished one I started in the mid-60's at the age of 14. Many of the coins came to me in change from my paper route. And, like you I had to wait until the fates, coins, funds, planets, gods and spouse all aligned and smiled in unison to purchase those last few key dates.

 

Again, congratulations!

 

MTHead

[Oldtrader3]

I never did finish my cent set. Too many dates and coins for me. Congratulations, nice '09-SVDB and tough set.

[BillJones]

Congratulation! (thumbs u

 

I was never a big Lincoln cent collector, but in 1982 I figured it was time to finish something I had started on Christmas day 1959. So I purchased the 1909-S and the 1914-D. Then I purchased that last coin, which was a 1909-S-VDB with ANACS papers.

 

Even though I'm not a big Lincoln cent guy (although I do collect his political campaign tokens and medalets with a passion) it was fun to finish it.

[lkenefic]

Thanks everyone...

 

I was never a huge Lincoln Cent fan either but I started the set after starting Indian Head Cents when I was a kid. Alot of "wheat" cents were still in circulation when I was young (late '60's) so I could pluck them out of loose change and fill in the earlier dates more readily than getting Indian Heads from my local B&M shop at the time. It's one of the few sets I've managed to stick with over the years since there's a bit of nostalgia associated with this set and I could never part with it when "thinning out" the collection.

 

Cheers!!

 

Leo

[astrostu]

Do you have plans to image and post the full set? That would be awesome!

 

(P.S. If someone posted that question already, sorry, I didn't actually read the thread.)

[lkenefic]

Good question about imaging the entire set. I plucked a number of the earlier dates out of circulation some 35 years ago, so I definitely have some plans for upgrading. I think I'll image the ones I'm planning on keeping (keys and common dates XF to low MS) first, and image the newbies after I upgrade... this could be a long process...L

[TomB]

It's got great color and I would really enjoy seeing images of the entire set together. (thumbs u