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Korea, Republic Of
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Yep, both is the best choice when it's hard to decide! ;)
Best wishes to your quest!
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 United States
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I don't understand why the Olympic Dollar isn't the obvious choice. It's a standard Silver Dollar, legal tender, available in Business Strikes. That's what most don't seem to get about Commems - they're also legal tender.
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I completely agree with SsuperDdave, to me the Olympic $1 would be the better choice, especially over a non US minted bullion round. As mentioned, the Olympic is a legal tender dollar minted for 1983, while the bullion round is soley bullion with 1983 on it... But the date on it is totally insignificant and it's not made by the US mint, nor a "true" dollar.
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United States
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If you have a hard time finding a certain year you might think about having one from 100 years before... 1883 Morgan, 100 years old when you were born.  Not exactly what you are looking for, but it just adds a different dimension to the set. |
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United States
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As said in prior posts the 1983 Los Angeles Olympic dollar is the obvious choice for 1983   And if you want a dollar a year this is the choice for 1984   The real dilemma is there were no silver or even clad dollars issued by the United States in 1985. |
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If you have a hard time finding a certain year you might think about having one from 100 years before... 1883 Morgan, 100 years old when you were born. That's what I have, well almost complete... a 100 year before my birthday set, one of each denomination and mintmark from 1882. |
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United States
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That is what I'm working on as well, 1884. Must be an '80s kid thing.
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Must be an '80s kid thing. It's a common theme among collectors, wanting a Birth Year set. Yeah, mine's from when Eisenhower was President, but I want one all the same.  |
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Must be an '80s kid thing. Well the 70's were kind of sporadic, a '73 IKE is rare as hen's teeth, and they didn't even make a 1975 JFK  Since Muddler posted 1983 and 84, and 1985 is nonexistent I'd like to suggest a beauty for 1986. Of course the ASE was introduced in 1986 but that just means massive premiums and short supply  The Statue of Liberty hit it's 100th anniversary in 1986 and the mint made a special Dollar and half dollar set...  I'm sure you can get just the dollar that is shown here but I have the full set and I love it. |
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United States
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United States
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Not a dollar but it's 1985  |
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United States
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Lol, when ASLAN said "must be an 80's thing" we wernt talking about a regular birth year set, but rather a "100 years before" your birth year set... And the few of us that said we were doing that all had birthdays in the 1980's.. Lol.
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Well, I am from the 60's and I am doing a birth year set, also have a coin 100, 200, & 300 years before my birth. My Birth Year Set of world coins is up to 229 coins from 84 different countries.  |
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Fuzzy, what an awesome idea!
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United States
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Born 1951 and my favorite gold coin is an 1851 dollar. Every good boy [and GIRL!] deserves a coin that was made one hundred years prior to being born. Indian Head cents and "V" Nickels suit the purpose. But 200 or 300 years? That's reaching, but a worthy effort. |
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