20 June 2026: 1910 P Lincoln Wheat Cent

 

The next coin in the set of three that were purchased at the same time is the 1910 P Lincoln Cent, or the Wheat Cent. 

As I said in the previous post, it was VERY inexpensive and I felt like I needed to grab it for less than $2 USD and NO shipping costs. 

But there was a problem. I already purchased the exact same coin from the eBay store who is local to me, and for a much larger cost. The problem worked itself out though as I received a message from the local seller that they had mistakenly left the coin up on eBay even though they had already sold the coin the week before, therefore a FULL REFUND was given. I was very appreciative of their honesty to their error and grateful for the entire amount being refunded. 

It solved the "issue" of just having bought the exact same two coins. 

I had selected 1910 as the target year because I know that in 1909 the Lincoln Cents were just getting started. And there's some speculation of WHICH CENT FROM 1909 that has the lowest mintage number and different varieties and all of that. I just didn't want to give myself a headache trying to figure that all out. I went for the 1910 just to see if it was actually attainable. Obviously, it is as I was about to have TWO of them but like I said, getting the refund left me to receive this coin instead.

I tried to not make things complicated, and they ended up complicated in their own way instead. But I have put the coin in with the rest of the cents in its folder. Now I just need to make a decision on the following coins as it would complete the first panel of the folder: 

1943-D Steel
1945-D
1950
1950-D
 

Because I had luck in purchasing three various coins from the same seller at the same time without extra cost of shipping and/or postage, my brain began to float away in questioning whether or not I could get these four coins to fill up the panel and do so all in the same transaction. I suppose it is possible. I just have that nagging fear in the back of the skull that I don't want to do anything stupid financially speaking. 

For now, this is the second out of three. The final coin is coming up soon in the next post.