How did I not find this forum sooner!

[JonMN34]

Hello everyone, my name is Jon and I have a Lincoln Cent problem.

I started collecting coins when I got a "job" at a coin shop (I think I was 13... anyway) and it has been down hill since.

I tell you what, since moving to North Carolina from Minnesota I've been really bored. I've taken to buying boxes of cents from the local banks, sorting them, recording dates/mint marks and searching for varieties. I'm at 80K searched so far (for some reason my wife says I'm OCD, but I keep telling her I'm OCO... who ever heard of an obsessive compulsive person being disorderly?!)

For the curious here are some of the better finds in the 80K coins:
3 - 2000 Wide AM
11 - 1998 Wide AM
2 - 1997 DDO (Ear)
2 - 1995 DDO
1 - 1994 DDR
1 - 1987 Struck through a fiber obverse(right on Abe's noggin)
2 - 1984 DDO (The minor version not the full lobe)
1 - 1984 Obverse CUD
2 - 1983 DDO (Minor varieties if I remember correctly)
1 - 1983 Obverse CUD
1 - 1983 Counter Clash (Extra Letters)
1 - 1981 Obverse CUD
Oldest being a 1906 Indian Head Cent
Plus 11 Dimes

Anyway I look forward to discussing Lincoln cent coins with you all very soon!

Thanks
Jon

[1sgret]

Welcome to the Forum!

[car10]

Welcome Jon, glad you found us. Sounds like you've made many nice finds already.

[OCD]

Welcome to the LCR.

[Steven]

Welcome to LCR Jon..........

[RWBILLER]

Hello everyone, my name is Jon and I have a Lincoln Cent problem.

I started collecting coins when I got a "job" at a coin shop (I think I was 13... anyway) and it has been down hill since.

I tell you what, since moving to North Carolina from Minnesota I've been really bored. I've taken to buying boxes of cents from the local banks, sorting them, recording dates/mint marks and searching for varieties. I'm at 80K searched so far (for some reason my wife says I'm OCD, but I keep telling her I'm OCO... who ever heard of an obsessive compulsive person being disorderly?!)

For the curious here are some of the better finds in the 80K coins:
3 - 2000 Wide AM
11 - 1998 Wide AM
2 - 1997 DDO (Ear)
2 - 1995 DDO
1 - 1994 DDR
1 - 1987 Struck through a fiber obverse(right on Abe's noggin)
2 - 1984 DDO (The minor version not the full lobe)
1 - 1984 Obverse CUD
2 - 1983 DDO (Minor varieties if I remember correctly)
1 - 1983 Obverse CUD
1 - 1983 Counter Clash (Extra Letters)
1 - 1981 Obverse CUD
Oldest being a 1906 Indian Head Cent
Plus 11 Dimes

Anyway I look forward to discussing Lincoln cent coins with you all very soon!

Thanks
Jon

Welcome - looks like you found some good coins for only 80k of lincolns cents.
I felt the same way when I joinsd and still fell that way know.
Thanks
Roger

[Shingpumps]

Those are some nice finds. Some of my family went to Fayetteville NC about two weeks ago. Bringing me back $100. Hope I find some of those NC varieties.
Welcome to the forum

[neal]

Welcome you have made some good finds.

[AgCollector]

Welcome to the forum- with the finds you have so far, you're off to a great start!

[amac44]

Welcome I hope you enjoy it here!!!!

[JeanK]

Welcome to the forum JonMN34... you will have fun here.

Now enough with the niceties .... where are the confounded pictures of some of these prizes you have found? ;o)

JeanK

[JonMN34]

I'll have to work on those
I've not gotten good results with my camera yet
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!
Jon

[JeanK]

Jon, I know what you mean about cameras... took me awhile to determine what one I could actually afford to buy that would do something close to what I needed.
Does your camera have a macro setting? Do you use natural light as much as possible... no flash...? Sometimes I have to take many pictures before I find a suitable angle to show an anomaly.
Just a couple of hints.
JeanK