Editor’s Note: For nearly 70 years, the feature-rich pages of Coins magazine, Numismatic News’ venerable sister publication, have tracked the history, fun and the growth of this great hobby, while also attracting new collectors to pursue what was once deemed the “hobby of kings.” Dusting off these time-aged issues, from the early 1960s and beyond, each installment of “Past Times with Coins,” written by its former longtime editor, explores what nuggets of interest they contain.
A1909-S VDB Lincoln cent graces the beginning of a feature by Robert Obojski in the June 1964 issue of Coins magazine, titled “Victor D. Brenner and the Lincoln Cent.”
“The Lincoln cent holds the distinction of having been produced for a greater length of time than any other United States coin – 55 years,” he wrote. “Standing next in ‘longevity’ is the Indian head cent which was struck for exactly a
