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nice coins jbuck. awesome pieces of history
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Both of these are significant superlatives. The Draped Bust is now the oldest coin that I own (replacing my 1827 CBHD). The Classic Head has the lowest mintage (at least for an American coin, my avatar still has the lowest overall).
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This brings up one of the faults I find with the 7070. You fill it and you have an impressive collection BUTnot a complete collection. If you take a look at the NGC Registry Set for their definition of a type set you'll find two other designs need to complete the Half Cents. They other two are: -- Liberty Cap, Head Facing Left (1793) -- Liberty Cap, Head Facing Right (1794-1797) This is why: -- I base my type set on the NGC definition -- my type set is not in an album (no album that I know of makes room for all 5 designs) BTW I have a Liberty Cap, Head Facing Right. Mine is a 1795, Lettered Edge, With Pole, in XF-40. I do NOT have a Liberty Cap, Head Facing Left, and I don't anticipate getting one (unless I hit the lottery). |
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I don't know which one I like better! (I'll just say both  ) Edited by Joseph7420
10/28/2013 8:49 pm
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Quote:If you take a look at the NGC Registry Set for their definition of a type set you'll find two other designs need to complete the Half Cents. They other two are: -- Liberty Cap, Head Facing Left (1793) -- Liberty Cap, Head Facing Right (1794-1797) It is very true that there are glaring omissions from the 7070, no spot for 1838 no star Seated dime. However, the 7070 was designed to include coins minted from the 19th century onward. The coins you are siting are 18th century coins. |
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Very nice looking coins ... I bet they look really good in the set. I know it feels great to get a couple more holes filled.  |
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Kanga If you want a complete type set, you need the Whitman Bookshelf Type Set albums which covered every type listed in RedBook when the albums came out including all 5 Half Cents varieties. And might I wish you good luck in advance in trying to fill that complete set. If you want to take a go at it, let me know, I might have an extra album in my storage that I would sell you cheap, no coins included. |
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Great coins! Congrats |
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However, the 7070 was designed to include coins minted from the 19th century onward. Ah ha! I didn't know that. From now on I won't be as harsh on the 7070 as I've been. |
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Quote:If you want a complete type set, you need the Whitman Bookshelf Type Set albums which covered every type listed in RedBook when the albums came out including all 5 Half Cents varieties. And might I wish you good luck in advance in trying to fill that complete set. I have ALL of the Red Book 19th/20th century listed non-gold types. But understand that I terminate my type set at 1964, i.e., I don't include the clad-era coins. I'm working on the 18th century issues BUT short of winning the lottery I'll never get them all. As for gold coins I have a complete NGC Registry short set (nothing earlier than 1834 issues). And, yes, I have a 1907 Saint-Gaudens High Relief Double Eagle (Wire Rim variety). All my type set coins are slabbed so an album isn't necessary. My non-gold type set is in the NGC Registry and is ranked 12th. My short set gold type set is in the NGC Registry and is ranked 28th. I can provide links if you want to see. All the coins have images. |
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@kanga, If you need a more complete type set album try the Library of Coins type set. It'll be a little more challenging.  |
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Lovely coins jbuck and great additions. I have toyed with the idea of a 7070 for a long time ... might eventually come around.
Best of wishes to you for whatever is need for the set.
David
Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.artEdited by nickelsearcher
10/29/2013 8:34 pm
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@kanga, If you need a more complete type set album try the Library of Coins type set. It'll be a little more challenging. Hmmmm, I'm not familiar with that. I'll have to take a look. But the reason I went with the NGC Registry Set is because: -- I can put it online -- it accepts both NGC and PCGS coins (PCGS accepts ONLY their own coins) |
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