Omega Lincoln Cents Spark Buzz—and Big Questions
Sky-high prices for the 2025 Omega Lincoln cents have captured public attention, but whether the excitement reflects lasting value or market exuberance remains an open question.
Have these been a good buy, or was their purchase price based on irrational exuberance? We won’t know until some of the coins appear in the secondary markets, but what is certain is that the 2025 Omega Lincoln cents caught the attention of collectors, investors, and the general public. Regardless of how the coins perform when they eventually go up for resale in the secondary market, the important thing is that the public is watching.
When the public becomes engaged with news about coins, the hobby gains some new collectors. The three-coin Omega cent sets averaged selling for $72,000 per set. The final set, number 232, included the dies and sold for $800,000. Despite all the attention, these coin sets literally got smoked by the $6 million recently realized at an auction for the James A. Stack Sr. Class III 1804 Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle silver dollar.
Any 1804 dollar, 1913 nickel, 1937-D three-legged buffalo nickel, or 1943 copper cent will usually grab the attention of the general media. Part of the “magic” that helps keep prices sky-high for these coveted coins is that not only collectors but also investors and the general public take an interest in them. One important reason for this interest is the outlandish thought or dream of finding one of them in change or lost in someone’s long forgotten dusty bin of miscellaneous stuff.
The Omega cents won’t circulate unless some mint employee had accidentally put an Omega coinage die into a circulation strike machine prior to the dies being defaced. As improbable as this scenario might be, should such a rumor start, it would benefit the hobby.
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