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For the record I am collecting sets, but only ones created by jbuck.  |
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I'vw been pecking away at a set of pre 1860 San Francisco coins for 25 years but will never finish it. The easy coins are the double eagles....I'll leave them until after I get that 1854-S half eagle.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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To me, buying a full set takes the fun out of collecting. It would be as if I had paid someone to collect all the coins for me. So for me, it wouldn't be my collection. Totally agree. Any such set would be an "imposter."  However, if you could get one for an insanely low price, then why not? Still, there would be no real joy in this for me- only the thrill of a score. That doesn't last long for me either. The joy of assembling my own set is long term. |
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When I purchased partial sets, I did so more in the spirit of @ratman4762. I get them and essentially dismantle them, use what I need and get rid of the rest the best way possible.
In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Like others say, part of the thrill is putting together sets yourself. I think the type set 7070 album is something every collector should do on his/her own for that reason. However, I find purchasing sets like the Lincoln cents, Washington quarters, jeffersons etc to be useful if you just want to have a date set regardless of the specific qualities of each coin. Some collectors want every coin to be a minimum grade or color/toning - that is when set buying goes out the window |
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I'll just stick to making my own sets. It is a hobby and that is part of it. Just to buy a completed set sort of takes the hobby out of it. Finding that one or two last ones to complete a set sure is maddening but that is part of it being a hobby.
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I have purchased one set as a whole, bullion American Silver Eagles. I had collected the proofs and decided to add the others to my holdings. Now I just add the new years to my silver eagles. The goal was to have one of each and the set was a easy fix but I do not see any other "set" that I would buy as a whole.
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Muddler, you do not really buy a whole set, you just expanded your existing set in one large swoop.   |
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About five years ago, I purchased a complete Buffalo nickel set (clean G-F avg grades) for $199+tax at a pawn shop. It was a great deal and I simply dismantled the set keeping upgrades for my existing almost complete set. I also purchased a complete 16-36 Walking Liberty half set from the same pawn shop a year before for $400+tax. I dismantled that one too and flipped it three days later for a 70% profit. In my early years (12-14 yrs old) of collecting I purchased a complete Roosevelt dime set and help onto that for a long time...actually until 2011 when I sold all the coins for silver value and made 4 times what I originally spent. |
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I have never purchased full sets of coins. I like putting my own coins together, gives me the option of what grades I want, color, etc. Like mention above if you buy a full set you really don't know what your getting. I hand pick with great scrutiny every coin in my albums. Plagiarism and cutting and pasting is easy! Thanks T-BOP!  |
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I didn't read through all the posts, however, I would buy modern sets that are complete because, let's face it, they aren't worth THAT much. And I would tend to put together my own sets of older coins. I might still buy a set to cherry pick and then pass off the rest. If I can buy a set of silver quarters for x amount of money, cherry pick it and then sell it for the same amount, it's like getting free coins!
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Seems like good reasoning to me. |
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I would have never started a high grade Lincoln set if I had started with the key dates. I just incrementally started upgrading going backwards from the later dates until I got to the point where I said "might as well try to finish it out". Yeah, I never start with the keys. For me, it's natural for the keys to be the LAST coins obtained. Edited by Darth Morgan
07/27/2018 10:05 pm
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Yeah, I never start with the keys. For me, it's natural for the keys to be the LAST coins obtained.  100% . |
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Dealers love to buy full sets. They know they can get them for a decent price and they well know selling each coin will get them the biggest return.
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