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I was fortunate to have a sixth grade teacher who enjoyed coin collecting also. I had found a 1913 s cent and he traded me 20 different Indian Head cents for it. That was over forty years ago. They still are in my cent folder that lack the 1877, 1909 s and the 1864 l. A fun set for all ages. |
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The 1877 will be the biggest hurdle. Other tough dates are 1866-1872 (a challenge to find problem free). If it's just a date set such as I'm working on, the 1909-S will be another hurdle. The 1908-S is pretty doable at any time. This is a fun set. I am also working on my IHC Dansco with VG-VF coins (problem free mostly). 32 so far. My advice is to take your time and have fun with it and don't just settle for any coin. There are many original ones out there, and a lot not so original :-) swcoin.ecrater.com
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I have heard the smart collector get many of the hard ones out of the way first. I am also glad you set a minimum guideline for coin grade for your collection so it will be worth it when you are done!
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If this is any help, to calculate your total expected cost, I just sold a complete Flying Eagle/Indian Head Cent collection this week, in the aproximate grades you mentioned, on ebay for $866: http://www.ebay.com/itm/300780520884 |
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My daughter and I started with Lincoln cents--alot of affordable ones and they sell pounds of them
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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That IHC set was a great price! swcoin.ecrater.com
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I have started this set as well. Not very far along, but its something fresh and I'm having a lot of fun learning about them. Plus its one of my favorite designs.
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We've collected about six so far. Being over here in the uk has actually worked out. We haven't found quantities but the quality has been there. So far all of them have liberty clearly on them. I was amazed to find my first Two Cent Piece as well. It was quite a shock. So far we are doing great though as far as the budget goes. We are under $3 a coin. A few of our purchases have been two coins one in our grade and one not. Same year and mint and still in our $3 a coin price range. So I'm hoping that we will end up with a few extra so that we may be able to trade for one or two that we are short. I also love the fact that all of the chores are getting done. A new coin comes in and stays in my collection until the weeks chores are done. Then it can move over to his collection. Another quick question though. I want to get a Dansco for him. Where can I get a cheap one? Coin Wizard is about the best that we've found so far. Anywhere else that I should check? |
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Remember: you and your son are looking for lower grade Indian Head pennies. The biggest piece of advice I can give you is buy brown pennies, and stay away from any shiny red ones. Shiny and red is huge possibility its been dipped/AKA cleaned. Very fundamental concept here: somethings wrong if an indian head is a lower grade with circulation wear, but is shiny and red. I get burned on Cleaned coins. Better to get a cleaned coin with BU detail. because at least the BU indian head pennies that look dipped have that nice "eye appeal" that a lot of collectors keep talking about. a dipped BU coin is still rarer and much more desireable than a dipped fair or good or fine coin. circulated coins in low grades will be toned brown. to buy red ones in low grades is a money losing venture, if you sell them.
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Coin Wizard is about the best that we've found so far. Anywhere else that I should check?
If you mean Wizardcoinsupply.com, I think they are the best for coin an currency supplies. A member here turned me on to them. You could also try ebay. |
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Wizard will kill you with high shipping, try ebay. Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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We are definitely going for natural coins. I actually found my 77 on ebay.com the other day. It had 12 hours left and I thought I was going to get a steal. I the first bid at a buck. Half an hour later it was at $300. |
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United States
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Wizard coin supply is the site that I was referring to. That brings me to my second ebay miss for the week. An IHC Dansco for $7. I thought that I had bid, but I guess that I just had a stupid moment. So goes my luck. |
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Quote: Wizard will kill you with high shipping, try ebay. Their shipping is high, but their prices are a good bit lower than most. I try to make bigger/bulk purchases from them so the $9.95 flat rate shipping is worth it. |
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United States
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So, we just bought a used Dansco Album off of ebay for $5. I put his collection into Exact Change so we can track his collection easily. We've got the album, a good tracker, now just to find the rest of the coins... |
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