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Pillar of the Community
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Yes, Rob, you have reached the pinnacle of the long incline that we numismatists try to climb. You have the first specimen set, as well as the spectacular circulating Registry set. Both of those are capped by the 4, soon to be 5, bibles for Canadian large set collectors.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Congratulations! That is quite an accomplishment!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow, what a great set.
Which coin do you favor the most?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Remarkable accomplishment, congrats!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Amazing feat! Congrats!
If someone offered to buy the set from you, what would the price be? Or is there no price?
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Pillar of the Community
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I can only wish, great collection congrats.
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I assume that some specimen strikes, like 1884, are not in the set composition due to their rarity?
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Amazing set. Congratulations.
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Pillar of the Community
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The short answer on the 1884 is there has never been one in the PCGS census. It was originally in an NGC holder and now is in a PCGS body bag. Others, such as the 1898H and 1912 are rare, with only two of each in private hands, so that is not the reason.
The longer answer is that there are many, many misunderstood things about large cent specimens. I have completed a manuscript about them that tries to make sense of them. I hope to have it published by late this year.
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06/11/2019 12:28 pm
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United States
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Congratulations on your accomplishment!   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well-done. Any pics ( or did I miss the on PCGS?)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi res photos will be in the book
http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Congrats Rob, I've enjoyed your publications, as well as drooling over your coins. Happy it was you that completed this epic quest. Well deserved. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks for the kind words, guys. Joecoin - I really do not have a favorite large cent specimen, but would probably choose one of my large cent patterns (not in the PCGS set), if pushed. Deductible - the value of the set is moot, as it is not for sale.
http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That's a remarkable accomplishment and a remarkable set. I am truly impressed and awed by both the quality of the coins and the amount of effort you put into completing this set.
I wouldn't put a value on this set either, it can only be defined in terms of blood, sweat and tears.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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